IoT Zone Update The proliferation of connected devices has revolutionized society and driven an explosion of new products and services. Unfortunately, this growth has also led to a proliferation of Non Practicing Entity (NPE), or “patent troll” litigation.  Unified Patents (Unified) is pleased to announce that the only solution that challenges and deters NPEs is…

On April 13, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted IPR2016-00047 on U.S. Patent No. 8,640,183, assigned to Convergent Media Solutions, LLC, an organization tied to Acacia Research Corporation.  The PTAB instituted the IPR on all challenged claims. A copy of the decision can be found below. Unified Patents Inc. v. Convergent Media Solutions, LLC, IPR2016-00047, Paper 11…

On April 13, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted Unified Patents Inc. into an inter partes review IPR2015-01940 against Qurio Holdings, Inc. on all challenged grounds and all challenged claims 1–15 and 17–21.  The patent, U.S. Patent No. 8,102,863, is directed to connecting a Wide Area Network (WAN) to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). A copy of the institution…

On April 13, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed a petition for inter partes review, IPR2016-00836, against claims 1–3, 5–7, 9–16 and 19 of U.S. Patent 8,285,648 (owned and recently asserted by Verify Smart Corp.), directed to verifying electronic payments using cloud-stored information. A copy of the petition may be found below. Unified Patents Inc. v. Verify Smart Corp., IPR2016-00836 (Petition)

On April 4, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed to terminate IPR2016-01606 based on a settlement with Novocrypt LLC. The settlement details are confidential. The motion to terminate pursuant to settlement can be found here: Unified Patents Inc. v. Novocrypt LLC, IPR2015-01606, Joint Motion to Terminate