On February 17, 2016, Unified Patents filed for inter partes review of U.S. Patent 8,533,860, one of three patents owned and asserted by William Grecia against at least 20 companies in over 36 lawsuits in various jurisdictions across America. Mr. Grecia claims the patents cover electronic payment technologies, among other things. Unified independently petitioned for IPR2016-00600, challenging claims 1-30…
Unified Successfully Holds Unpatentable All Challenged Claims of Dragon IP Patent
On February 5, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in an inter partes review brought by Unified Patents, held all challenged claims unpatentable. IPR2015-01254 was brought by Unified to protect, inter alia, content delivery technologies. The challenged patent, U.S. Patent 5,930,444, claimed to have invented audiovisual recording and playback devices (e.g., TiVo-style recorders) that provide substantially simultaneous recording…
Unified Files IPR Against Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, LLC Patent Asserted Against 60 Companies
On February 3, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent 8,788,090, owned and asserted by Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, LLC. The patent, described by the Washington Post as one of the worst four patents of 2015, has been asserted by Rothschild in at least fifty-seven cases in the past year, mostly in the…
Unified IPR Instituted Against All Claims of TransVideo Patent
On Friday, January 15, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted another petition filed by Unified Patents Inc. against a patent owned by TransVideo Electronics, Ltd. (TransVideo) on grounds covering all claims. Unified filed the petition to protect, among others, content delivery technologies from questionable NPE assertions. TransVideo claims its patent covers, among other things, a global digital…
Unified Files for Inter Partes Review Against FO2GO LLC Patent
On January 11, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent 7,173,651, owned and asserted by FO2GO LLC. FO2GO has filed fifteen cases in the District of Delaware, asserting one patent with five claims. FO2GO claims its patents cover digital photo cloud storage applications, among other things. Unified independently petitioned for…