On May 18, 2015 Unified Patents (Unified) filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) against patent owner Olivistar, LLC (Olivistar) in order to protect Electronic Payment technologies from invalid NPE assertions. Olivistar claims its patents covers the storage of custom data based on an archived version.  Olivistar has filed 21 cases against Electronic Payment companies in March 2015. Unified independently filed 2 IPRs…

Data compiled by NGB, a Japanese IP Services company, and utilizing data from Unified Patents and Lex Machina, show that Asian companies are increasing their usage of PTAB. Some important findings include: – Most filings are NPE related. – Almost all filings are related to co-pending litigation in District Court – Asian PTAB filers by…

Figure 1: Only 12% of the almost 13,000 litigated patents (in district court) have been challenged before the PTAB since 2012.   Figure 2: The PTAB has ruled valid 62% of challenged claims based on termination in a Denial of Institution (approximately 6 months after filing) or in a Final Written Decision (approximately 18 months…

Figure 1:  440 PTAB petitions were filed in Q1 2015, nearly double the petitions filed in Q1 2014. Figure 2:  Q1 2015 had 13% more District Court cases initiated than last year and 29% more than last quarter. Figure 3: High-Tech had the majority of District Court and PTAB initiated disputes. Figure 4: In Q1 2015, PTAB petitions…

On March 19, 2015, in an inter partes review (“IPR”) filed by Unified Patents against Clouding IP, LLC (“Clouding IP”), the PTAB invalidated all challenged claims from U.S. Patent 6,738,799 B2 (the ‘799 patent). Clouding IP claims its patent covers generating update files from an earlier file version, and asserted the ‘799 patent  against 6 companies in 2012, 4 companies…