On June 15, 2015, Unified Patents Inc. filed to terminate IPR2016-01606 based on a settlement with Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems, LLC, and on June 17, the Board granted that termination. The settlement details are confidential. The motion to terminate pursuant to settlement can be found here: Unified Patents Inc. v. Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems, LLC, IPR2015-01181…
Toyota and Honda Join Unified Patents’ New Automotive Zone
Global automotive leaders now members of Unified Patents newest defensive Zone Los Altos, CA, June 9, 2015 – Unified Patents announced today that Toyota and Honda have joined its recently established Automotive Zone. The Automotive Zone is Unified Patents’ fifth Zone, each of which provides strategic protection to subscribed members. The others include Wireless, Cloud…
May 2015 Patent Dispute Report
Figure 1: May 2015 had 10% more District Court cases initiated than last year and 45.7% more than last month. Figure 2: High-Tech had the majority of District Court and P TAB initiated disputes. Figure 3: NPE litigation made up 69.8% of May 2015 initiated District Court cases, compared to 57.9% in May…
Unified Files to Invalidate Finnavations LLC Patent
On May 18, 2015 Unified Patents (Unified) filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) against patent owner Finnavations LLC (Finnavations) in order to protect Electronic Payment technologies from invalid NPE assertions. Finnavations claims to patent on a user’s ability to modify and download transaction data to a financial management program. Finnavations has filed 16 cases against Electronic Payments companies in April 2015. Unified independently filed…
April 2015 Patent Dispute Report
Figure 1: April 2015 litigation dropped 28% from last month. For the first third of 2015, litigation is down 7.6% from the first third of 2014. Figure 2: High-Tech had the majority of District Court and PTAB initiated disputes. Figure 3: NPE litigation made up 62.6% of April 2015 initiated District Court cases, compared to 76.2%…