On July 22, 2015 Unified Patents (“Unified”) filed an Inter Parts Review (IPR) against patent owner Elia Data of Texas, LL C (“Elia Data”) in order to protect Cloud Storage technologies from invalid NPE assertions. Elia Data claims its patent covers the secured transport and storage of data on a network. Elia Data has filed 4 cases against Cloud Storage companies…

On July 22, 2015 Unified Patents (“Unified”) filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) against patent owner Novocrypt LLC (“Novocrypt”) in order to protect Cloud Storage technologies from invalid NPE assertions. Novocrypt claims its patent covers portable storage devices with network function. Novocrypt has filed 8 cases against Cloud Storage companies in February 2015. Unified independently filed its I PR…

On July 17, 2015, the PTAB instituted Unified Patents’ Inter-Parts Review (IPR) against Marathon ($MARA) subsidiary Vantage Point Technology, Inc. (Vantage Point’s) Patent No. 6,615,233 (‘233 patent) on claims 1–3, 6– 13, 15–17, 27, 31, 49, and 59. Vantage Point claims its patent covers downloading to a browser a web page that was selected by the web server and automatically…

Overall Trend Figure 1: In 2015, Patent Troll disputes is projected to exceed 7000. Figure 2: In 2015, Eastern District of Texas overtook PTAB as the top venue for patent disputes. Figure 3: In 2015, PTAB filings continue to increase. Figure 4: In Q2 2015, PTAB petitions reached 32.1% of initiated litigations.   District Court Litigations Figure 5: First half of 2015…

Table 1: Almost all litigation in the Automotive Sector is NPE based The Automotive sector has seen an significant increase in litigation over the last several years.  Unified studied litigation against the largest Automotive OEMs and Suppliers from January 1, 2012 to June 12, 2015.  Almost all the growth can be attributed to NPEs.  88% of…