On Tuesday, December 22, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted another petition filed by Unified Patents Inc. against a patent owned by Novocrypt LLC (Novocrypt) on two grounds and on all 13 claims. Unified filed the petition to protect cloud storage technologies from questionable NPE assertions. Novocrypt claims its patent covers, among…
Unified Files IPR Against Acacia-Owned Automotive Patent
On December 17, 2015, Unified Patents (“Unified”) petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent 9,043,093, owned and asserted by American Vehicular Sciences, LLC (“AVS”), an Acacia Research Corporation (@Acacia_Research $ACTG) subsidiary. On September 1, 2015, AVS filed cases in the Central District of California, asserting one patent. In those cases AVS is represented by Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing…
NPE Activity: eRetail Litigation Report
Table 1a: NPEs filed over 600 new cases in the eRetail zone in 2015. NPE litigation in the eRetail zone has increased dramatically over the last several years. From January 1, 2012 to September 30, 2015, Unified studied patent infringement actions against the largest in-store and online retailers with particular emphasis on those cases filed by known or suspected NPEs. The study demonstrated that…
Unified Settles with Elia Data of Texas LLC
On May 6, 2015, Unified Patents Inc. filed to terminate IPR2015-01607 based on a settlement with Elia Data of Texas LLC. The settlement details are confidential. The order to terminate pursuant to settlement can be found here: