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On June 29, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed a petition for inter parties review challenging the patentability of all claims of a patent owned and asserted by Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. and Uniloc USA, Inc. The patent, U.S. Patent 8,566,960, was asserted against a number of parties on May 30, 2016, in the Eastern District of Texas.
A copy of the filing can be found on the PTAB portal.
On June 27, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted IPR on all challenged claims on a patent owned and asserted by the Acacia Research ($ACTG) associated American Vehicular Sciences, LLC. IPR2016-00364, challenged claims 1, 8, 10, 12, 17–19, 26, 27, and 36 of patent U.S. 9,043,093.
A copy of the institution decision is found on the PTAB portal.
On June 27, 2016, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review on a patent asserted by Hybrid Audio, LLC. That filing, IPR2016-01265, challenges all independent claims of U.S. Patent RE40,281, claims 5, 12, 18, 26, 34, 41, 48, 57, 66, 71, 76, 83,
90, 95, 100, 107, 114, 116, 118, and 120.
A copy of the filing is found on our PTAB portal.
On June 21, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) awarded adverse judgment against patent owner Qurio Holdings, Inc., prior to institution, cancelling claims 1–3, 10, 12, and 15–18 of U.S. Patent 7,787,904, as challenged via joinder by Unified in IPR2016-00998. The patent, the subject of two separate instituted IPR challenges by other parties, will now be cancelled without appeal. Relatedly, Unified was instituted in IPR2016-01940 against related patent 8,102,863 to Evans; that challenge remains pending.
A copy of the adverse judgment against patent owner can be found on our PTAB portal.
On June 22, 2016, pursuant to a settlement agreement, Unified Patents Inc. filed a motion to terminate their 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.).
A copy of that public filing can be found on our PTAB portal.
