On October 10, 2017, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 6,873,940, owned and asserted by Kamatani Cloud, a subsidiary of General Patent Corporation, a well-known NPE. The '940 Patent, directed to a measurement service system "for carrying out remote measurements or telemetry," was previously asserted in district court litigation against Animetrics, Inc.
To read the decision and to view the entire proceeding, visit our PTAB Portal.