On October 24, 2017, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,424,848 owned and asserted by Blackbird Technologies, LLC, a well-known NPE. The '848 patent, directed to a method for secure transactions utilizing physically separated computers, has been asserted in district litigation against such companies as Capital One and BMO Harris Bank.
To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see our PTAB Portal.