On March 9, 2016, Unified Patents filed for inter partes review of all claims of U.S. Patent 6,891,633, a patent recently licensed and asserted by Ruby Sands LLC against more than twenty banking companies in the Eastern District of Texas. Ruby Sands LLC claims the patents cover electronic payment technologies, among other things. Unified independently petitioned for IPR2016-00723,…
Unified Files Second IPR on Second Patent Owned by William Grecia
On March 3, 2016, Unified Patents filed for inter partes review of U.S. Patent 8,887,308, one of three patents owned and asserted by William Grecia against companies in various jurisdictions across America. Mr. Grecia claims the patents cover electronic payment technologies, among other things. Unified independently petitioned for IPR2016-00602, challenging sole claim 1 of the patent. A…
Unified Files IPR Against Grecia Patent Asserted Against at Least 20 Companies
On February 17, 2016, Unified Patents filed for inter partes review of U.S. Patent 8,533,860, one of three patents owned and asserted by William Grecia against at least 20 companies in over 36 lawsuits in various jurisdictions across America. Mr. Grecia claims the patents cover electronic payment technologies, among other things. Unified independently petitioned for IPR2016-00600, challenging claims 1-30…
Unified Successfully Holds Unpatentable All Challenged Claims of Dragon IP Patent
On February 5, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in an inter partes review brought by Unified Patents, held all challenged claims unpatentable. IPR2015-01254 was brought by Unified to protect, inter alia, content delivery technologies. The challenged patent, U.S. Patent 5,930,444, claimed to have invented audiovisual recording and playback devices (e.g., TiVo-style recorders) that provide substantially simultaneous recording…
Unified Files IPR Against Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, LLC Patent Asserted Against 60 Companies
On February 3, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent 8,788,090, owned and asserted by Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, LLC. The patent, described by the Washington Post as one of the worst four patents of 2015, has been asserted by Rothschild in at least fifty-seven cases in the past year, mostly in the…