Bradium Techs. (General Patent) patent challenged as likely invalid

On April 23, 2018, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,253,239 owned and asserted by Bradium Technologies, LLC, a General Patent subsidiary and well-known NPE. The '239 patent claims the concept of dividing large data sets of images (such as geographic imagery) into “image parcels” at varying levels of detail, allowing users to browse quickly online, and has been asserted in district court against Microsoft (Case No. 1:15-cv-00031).

To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see our PTAB Portal.

Vilox Techs. patent determined to be likely invalid

On April 19, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims and grounds in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 7,302,423 owned and asserted by Vilox Technologies, LLC, a well known NPE. The '423 patent, which generally relates to a method for formatting search results returned by a database query,  has been asserted in multiple litigations against a number of retail companies such as Orbitz, Expedia, Priceline, Neiman Marcus, Buy.com, Costco and Walmart, among others. 

View the complete District Court litigation here. To read the decision and to view the entire IPR proceeding, visit our PTAB Portal. 

Sound View patent determined to be likely invalid

On April 18, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 6,125,371 owned and asserted by Sound View Innovations, LLC, a well known NPE. The '371 patent, which generally describes systems and
methods for managing versions of data records in a database to increase data capacity, has been asserted in multiple litigations against such companies as Fidelity Investments, Facebook, and Hulu. 

To read the decision and to view the entire proceeding, visit our PTAB Portal. 

Uniloc/Fortress patent determined to be likely invalid

On April 17, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 6,564,229 owned by NPE Fortress Credit Co. LLC and asserted by Uniloc Luxembourg, S.A., another notorious NPE and exclusive licensee of the '229 patent. The '229 patent, generally directed to pausing move or copy operations within a data processing system, has been asserted in 10 separate district court proceedings in 2017 against such companies as Square Enix, Nexon America, Big Fish Games, Ubisoft, Kaspersky Lab, and Akamai Technologies. 

To read the decision and to view the entire proceeding, visit our PTAB Portal. 

Litigation history for US 6,564,229

• Square Enix Inc. (2:17-cv-00302)
• Kaspersky Lab, Inc. (2:17-cv-00305)
• Nexon America, Inc. (2:17-cv-00276)
• Big Fish Games, Inc. (2:17-cv-00172)
• Big Fish Games, Inc. (2:17-cv-01183)
• Akamai Technologies, Inc. (2:17-cv-00375)
• Akamai Technologies, Inc. (3:17-cv-02116)
• Ubisoft, Inc. (2:17-cv-00175)
• Riot Games, Inc. (2:17-cv-00275)

MONKEYmedia patent determined to be likely invalid

On April 16, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all independent claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 9,247,226 owned and asserted by MONKEYMedia, Inc., a known NPE. The '226 patent, generally directed towards computer readable media and methods for playing stored content, has been asserted against Samsung in the Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 2:17-cv-00460).

To read the decision and to view the entire proceeding, visit our PTAB Portal.