On December 23, 2019, Unified filed a petition for post grant review (PGR) against U.S. Patent 10,303,411, owned by Pebble Tide, LLC, an IP Edge affiliate and well-known NPE.  The '411 patent is directed to capturing and outputting digital content. Since its May 28, 2019 issue date, the ‘411 has been broadly asserted in 23 district court cases against various products and applications such as remote monitoring camera systems, mobile banking apps, online photo-sharing services, and auto insurance claims submission apps.

Over the last 5 years, Unified is one of the top petitioners for inter partes review proceedings with over 180 petitions filed against bad NPE-controlled patents. This filing marks the first occasion that Unified has filed an early, post-grant review petition challenging a patent’s validity.

View Pebble Tide's district court litigation.  To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.  Unified is represented by in-house counsel Jung Hahm and Roshan Mansinghani in this proceeding.