On October 24, 2017, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 6,110,228 owned and asserted by Uniloc Luxembourg, S.A., a well-known NPE. The '228 patent, directed to a method and apparatus for software maintenance at remote nodes, has been asserted in fifteen district court cases since January 2017, ten of which remain pending. Defendants include such companies as Big Fish Games, Riot Games, Ubisoft, Square Enix, Box, Nexon America.
To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see our PTAB Portal.