On September 22, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Targeted Radio LLC holding claims 1 and 3-9 of U.S. Patent 8,948,684 invalid. Targeted Radio LLC is an affiliate of well-known NPE Acacia Research Corporation. The ’684 patent is generally directed to the insertion of advertising or other content into an Internet radio stream based on the user's location. This patent was asserted against Pandora Media, but the case was terminated in 2020.

Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica Marks and Jung Hahm, in this proceeding. View Targeted Radio’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.