SAN FRANCISCO, July 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- RPX Corporation
(NASDAQ: RPXC), the leading provider of patent risk and discovery
management solutions, today announced that yesterday, the Patent
Trial and Appeal Board invalidated all instituted claims on all
grounds in a final written decision in an inter partes
review filed by RPX against a patent owned by Rothschild Connected
Devices Innovations, LLC (RCDI).
RCDI asserted the patent at issue in a litigation campaign
brought in the Eastern District of Texas that has targeted more than 65
defendants operating in sectors including automotive, energy, and
home automation.
The invalidated patent is US 8,788,090 and the proceeding is
IPR2016-00443.
To date, RPX has filed 40 petitions for inter partes
review and has a ~95% merits-based institution rate.
ABOUT RPX
RPX Corporation (NASDAQ: RPXC) is the leading provider of
patent risk and discovery management solutions. Since its founding
in 2008, RPX has introduced efficiency to the patent market by
providing a rational alternative to litigation. The San
Francisco-based company's pioneering approach combines principal
capital, deep patent expertise, and client contributions to
generate enhanced patent buying power. By acquiring patents and
patent rights, RPX helps to mitigate and manage patent risk for its
growing client network.
As of March 31, 2017, RPX had invested over $2
billion to acquire more than 17,500 US and international
patent assets and rights on behalf of over 300 clients in eight key
sectors: automotive, consumer electronics and PCs, E-commerce and
software, financial services, media content and distribution,
mobile communications and devices, networking, and
semiconductors.
RPX subsidiary Inventus is a leading international
discovery management provider focused on reducing the costs and
risks associated with the discovery process through the effective
use of technology solutions. Inventus has been providing
litigation support services to corporate legal departments, law
firms and government agencies since 1991.
Media Contact:
Jen
Costa
RPX Corporation
+1.415.852.3180
media@rpxcorp.com
Investor Relations Contact:
JoAnn Horne
Market Street Partners
+1.415.445.3233
ir@rpxcorp.com
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SOURCE RPX Corporation