On September 19th 2014, Unified Patents invalidated U.S. Patent 5,414,650 in Ex Parte Reexamination. The reexamination was initially filed on July 23, 2013. The '650 Patent was owned by Compression Technology Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Acacia Research Group. Compression Technology Solutions asserted the '650 patent in three litigations. The total list of defendants includes CA Inc., Hewlett-Packard, Netapp, LG Electronics, EMC Corporation, IBM, Quantum, Quest Software, Coby Electronics, and Curtis International. Read Unified's original filing to invalidate the '650 patent below.