Optima Direct patent determined to be likely invalid

On October 5, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 8,646,060, owned and asserted by Optima Direct, LLC, an NPE and 2S Ventures affiliate. The ’060 patent, generally directed to adaptive authentication methods using a mobile device, has been asserted in district court cases against HID Global Corporation, OneLogin, Ping Identity and Okta.

View Optima Direct’s district court litigation.  To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.  Unified is represented by Andrew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig in this proceeding.