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On July 5, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board dismissed IPR2016-00836, well prior to institution, due to a settlement between Verify Smart Corporation and Unified. A copy of the filing can be found below. Unified Patents Inc. v. Verify Smart Corporation, IPR2016-00836, Paper 7 (July 5, 2016) (Settled)

There was a time when the technology industry was the only industry that had to bother about patent litigation. Competitors and manufactures had to battle in the court room over the ownership and rights to inventions and the returns obtained from that invention. However, in the present scenario, the entire world has experienced the influence...

On May 27, 2016, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) of claims 1, 4, 6, 7, 10-13, and 16 of U.S. Patent 8,706,627, owned and asserted by Sentegra, LLC in various district courts. The technology is directed to electronic ticketing on a mobile device.

Data suggests an inter partes review (IPR) institution decision is a defining moment in underlying litigation. Unified examined all district court settlements involving patents subject of IPR. The data revealed parties have shifted toward earlier settlements, usually just before an expected institution decision. The movement to pre-institution settlement shows the direct effects of PTAB on District Court.

Unified Patents Inc. filed to terminate IPR2015-00874 based on a settlement with Hall Data Sync Technologies LLC. The settlement details are confidential.