On July 7, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in a PGR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 10,303,411, owned by Pebble Tide, LLC, an IP Edge affiliate and well-known NPE. The '411 patent is directed to capturing and outputting digital content. Prior to institution, Pebble Tide already abandoned some of the challenged claims and the PTAB instituted a trial on all of the remaining challenged claims.

The ‘411 patent has been asserted against over 25 companies, involving remote monitoring camera systems, mobile banking apps, online photo-sharing services, and auto insurance claims submission apps. All of the district court litigations have been terminated.

Unified is one of the top petitioners for inter partes review proceedings with over 200 petitions filed against bad NPE-controlled patents. This filing was the first occasion that Unified filed an early, post-grant review petition challenging a patent’s validity.

View Pebble Tide's district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jung Hahm and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.