On May 7, 2020, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,260,846, owned and asserted by Longhorn HD LLC, an NPE. The ’846 patent is directed to cybersecurity techniques including detecting malicious network behavior and was previously owned by Intellectual Ventures, a well-known NPE. It has been asserted against Fortinet and Juniper Networks; it is currently being asserted against Check Point.

View Longhorn HD’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. Unified is represented by David Tennant and David Markoff of White & Case in this proceeding.