Accelerated Memory Tech patent challenged as likely invalid

On December 3, 2019, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 6,513,062, owned and asserted by Accelerated Memory Tech, LLC, an IP Investments affiliate and well-known NPE.  The ‘062 patent, generally directed to a system for improving server efficiency, has been asserted in 6 district court cases against such companies as Hulu, Kemp Technologies, F5 Networks, Barracuda Networks, and Citrix.  

View Accelerated Memory Tech's district court litigation.  To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.  Unified is represented by Raghav Bijaj at Haynes and Boone in this proceeding. 

Multiple claims of Mobility Workx patent held unpatentable by PTAB

On December 3, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents Inc. v. Mobility Workx, LLC, holding as unpatentable 5 out the 7 challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,213,417, owned and asserted by Mobility Workx, LLC (an NPE). The '417 patent, directed to a "system, apparatus, and methods for proactive allocation of wireless communication resources," has been asserted in the Eastern District of Texas against Verizon and T-Mobile.

Unified was represented by Eric Buresh and Jason Mudd at Erise IP in this proceeding. View all of Mobility Workx’s District Court litigation here. To read the decision and to view the entire IPR proceeding, visit our PTAB Portal. 

Stripe joins Unified Patents

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.