On May 4, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 11,208,029, owned and asserted by Torchlight Technologies LLC, an NPE. The '029 patent is directed to a headlight system that increases light in a direction of road curvature. Torchlight has asserted the patent against several auto companies including Audi, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz USA, Porsche, Volkswagen, and GM.

View district court litigations by Torchlight Technologies. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.