On July 24, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against US Patent 7,734,680, owned by S.I.SV.EL. S.p.A., an NPE. The ’680 patent, directed to a recommendation engine that generates a user profile based on a user’s interests and suggests content based on similar user profiles, has been asserted against Spotify, Rhapsody, and Rakuten in district court. At the time of this decision, Spotify and Rhapsody are in active litigation.

Unified is represented by Erise IP in this proceeding. View district court litigation for the ‘680 patent. To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see Unified’s Portal.