On October 1, 2020, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 6,931,382, owned by Kioba Processing, LLC, an IP Investments affiliate and well-known NPE. The ’382 patent is generally directed to blocking and unblocking payment instruments, and it has been asserted against Discover and American Express.

View district court litigations by Kioba Processing. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.