On May 15, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit summarily affirmed the PTAB’s ruling that all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,225,555, are unpatentable in a summary affirmance under Rule 36, effectively ending the longstanding assertion of those claims. The patent has repeatedly asserted the patent against multiple operating companies in the Eastern District of Texas. See General Access Solutions, Ltd. v. Unified Patents, LLC, No. 2019-1565 (Fed. Cir. May 15, 2020) (Rule 36 Affirmance). Unified was represented by WilmerHale; partner Brittany Amadi argued the appeal via teleconference, in a first for her firm and for Unified. To date, Unified has never lost a Federal Circuit appeal.

A copy of the ruling can be found on our PTAB Portal.