On June 16, 2017, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 8,799,088 owned and asserted by Rothschild Biometric Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of SRR Patent Holdings, LLC and a well-known NPE. The '088 patent, directed to a system and method for verifying user identity information in financial transactions, was first asserted in district court on January 19, 2017 against USAA Savings Bank. The case promptly settled.
To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, please visit our PTAB Portal.