Defendant
1 case as defendant.
WOODSTREAM CORPORATION is a privately held company headquartered in Lititz, Pennsylvania, with a heritage dating back to the late 1800s and adopting its current name in 1966. The company operates as a global manufacturer and marketer of products for pest control, wildlife care, lawn and garden solutions, and bird feeding. Woodstream serves both consumer and professional markets across the United States, Canada, and Europe.
The company's product portfolio includes a wide array of items such as rodent and insect traps, animal repellents, fertilizers, and bird feeders. Woodstream is known for its multiple brands, including Victor®, Havahart®, Safer®, Zareba®, Perky-Pet®, Terro®, Dynatrap®, Mosquito Magnet®, and Fi-Shock®. These offerings span solutions like humane live animal traps, electric fencing, and organic pest control products.
In terms of patent litigation, Woodstream Corporation appears as a defendant in all of its tracked cases, with zero instances as a plaintiff. The company is involved in one case, Unified Patents v. WOODSTREAM CORPORATION, which is before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). This posture indicates Woodstream Corporation is an operating company defending its patent assets from challenges.
The single tracked case, Unified Patents v. WOODSTREAM CORPORATION, involves an inter partes review (IPR) at the PTAB. Unified Patents is an organization known for challenging patents, often to deter patent assertions by Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) or to invalidate patents perceived as posing a risk to its members. Woodstream's role as the defendant in this PTAB proceeding suggests that a patent owned by Woodstream Corporation is being challenged for validity.
An Inter Partes Review (IPR) case filed by Unified Patents against WOODSTREAM CORPORATION before the PTAB, which was not instituted due to procedural reasons.