We are pleased to announce that Stripe, the San Francisco based payments platform and software provider, is now a Unified Patents member. Stripe is joining 250+ other companies committed to deterring the assertion of bad patents by non-practicing entities (NPEs). Recent studies indicate that NPEs continue to pose a threat to operating companies and account for more than half of all US patent litigation in 2019. Unified is the only entity which deters invalid patent assertions and never pays NPEs.
Data Scape patent determined to be likely invalid
On November 26, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 7,720,929, owned and asserted by Data Scape Limited, a Fortress subsidiary and well-known NPE. The ‘929 patent, directed to directed to controlling the transfer of digital files from one computing device to another, has been asserted against numerous companies including Amazon, Apple, Box, Citrix, Dell, Dropbox, F5 Networks, Spotify, Teradata, and Verizon.
Unified is represented by Larissa Bifano and Michael Van Handel at DLA Piper in this proceeding. View Data Scape's district court litigation. To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see Unified's Portal.
$1,400 Cash Prize for Prior Art on "E-mail content detection" Patent
On November 22, 2019, Unified added a new PATROLL contest with a $1,400 cash prize for prior art submissions for US 7,092,993. The '993 patent, generally directed to a method and system for customizing e-mail transmissions based on content detection, is owned by E-Attach LLC (an NPE) and has been asserted in district court. To protect innovation and deter future frivolous assertions, Unified is offering a $1,400 cash prize for the best prior art on this patent.
The contest will expire on February 22, 2020. Please visit PATROLL for more information or to submit an entry for this contest.
$1,200 Cash Prize for Prior Art on "Earphones holder" Patent
On November 22, 2019, Unified added a new PATROLL contest with a $1,200 cash prize for prior art submissions for US 9,167,329. The '329 patent, generally directed to a magnetic earphones holder, is owned by Snik LLC (an NPE) and has been asserted in district court. To protect innovation and deter future frivolous assertions, Unified is offering a $1,200 cash prize for the best prior art on this patent.
The contest will expire on February 22, 2020. Please visit PATROLL for more information or to submit an entry for this contest.
Cassiopeia IP (IP Edge) patent challenged as likely unpatentable
On November 18, 2019, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,322,046, owned and asserted by Cassiopeia IP LLC, an IP Edge affiliate and well-known NPE. The ‘046 patent, generally directed to secure use of a network service, has been widely asserted in 18 district court litigations against such companies as Best Buy, Western Digital, Aruba Networks, Epson America, and Funai.
View Cassiopeia's district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Alyssa Holtslander in this proceeding.