Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Erica Ghironi, who received a cash prize of $5,000 for her prior art submission for U.S. Patent 8,929,552. The patent owner is SaveItSafe, LLC, an NPE. The '552 patent relates to securement of electronic information and cryptographic keys. SaveItSafe asserted the '552 patent against Oracle and Ultra Electronics Holdings in the Western District of Texas. However, the prior owner, No Magic, Inc., previously asserted the patent against Futurex, Atos IT Solutions and Services, SafeNet, Townsend Security, and Thales e-Security in 2015 through 2017. Litigation history can be found here.
We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.