The complaint
The case is PassTron LLC v. UFG Group, Inc., No. 9:26-cv-81387 (S.D. Fla.), a complaint for patent infringement entered on the docket October 9, 2026, ECF No. 1. The complaint says PassTron LLC is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of New Mexico with its principal place of business in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and that UFG Group, Inc. is a Florida corporation with an established place of business in West Palm Beach, Florida. It pleads venue under 28 U.S.C. 1400(b) on that place of business.
The patent
The complaint says PassTron is the assignee of U.S. Patent 9,455,987, titled Method, system and apparatus for geo-verification, which it says issued September 27, 2016, from an application filed April 16, 2015. The body of the complaint does not list claim numbers or product names; it incorporates Exhibit 2 charts that identify the Exemplary '987 Patent Claims and the Exemplary Defendant Products. Claim 1 of the '987 patent recites a method of geo-verification for access to data stored on a server: receiving a client device's selection of an approved location, determining whether a licensed number of approved geographic areas for the device has been exceeded, generating and storing an approved geographic area, receiving an access request that contains the device's GPS coordinates, comparing that location with the approved area, and permitting access when the device is inside it and denying the request when it is not.
What the lawsuit alleges
Count 1 alleges that UFG Group has directly infringed one or more claims of the '987 patent by making, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing the products identified in the charts, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, and by having employees internally test and use them. It adds, on information and belief, that numerous other infringing devices have been made, used, sold, imported, and offered for sale by UFG Group or its customers. It alleges that service of the complaint with the claim charts constitutes actual knowledge of infringement, and that at least since that service UFG Group has induced infringement by selling the products for end-user use. The prayer seeks a judgment of validity and enforceability, a judgment of direct and indirect infringement, an accounting, damages under 35 U.S.C. 284, and, if necessary, an exceptional-case finding with attorney fees under 35 U.S.C. 285. PassTron demands a jury.
What to watch next
The docket shows a summons issued and a clerk's notice of judge assignment on October 13, 2026. Watch for UFG Group's answer or first motion. The case can end at any time, including by settlement or voluntary dismissal.