On June 25, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC et al. v. S.I.SV.EL. Societa Italian Por Lo Sviluppo Dell Elettronica S.P.A. et al., holding all but one dependent claim as unpatentable of U.S. 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, only Rhapsody is in active litigation.

Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Callahan, and by Jason Mudd from 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.