On December 27, 2018, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,373,655 owned and asserted by American Patents, LLC, an NPE.  The ’655 patent, directed to a method for control of access to network resources, has been asserted in multiple district court cases against such companies as TCL, LG, Samsung, Sharp, Acer, Huawei and others. 

View American Patent’s district court litigation here.  To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see our PTAB Portal.