AVInnov patent challenged as likely invalid

On October 3, 2019, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,173,177, owned and asserted by AVInnov LLC, an NPE.  The ‘177 patent, directed to indicating on a user interface whether items in an playlist are owned or unowned, has been asserted against Spectrum (Charter Communications).  

View AVInnov's district court litigation.  To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.  Unified is represented by Husch Blackwell in this proceeding.