FaceTec says the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has upheld 100 percent of challenged claims across four of its foundational 3D liveness patents in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings initiated by Jumio Corporation.
In Final Written Decisions issued in IPR2025-00106 (U.S. Patent No. 10,776,471), IPR2025-00107 (U.S. Patent No. 11,157,606), IPR2025-00108 (U.S. Patent No. 11,693,938), and IPR2025-00109 (U.S. Patent No. 11,874,910), the PTAB determined that Jumio failed to prove that any of FaceTec’s patent claims should be invalidated. The four patents protect FaceTec’s pioneering 3D Liveness technology, including evaluation of perspective distortion in face images taken at different distances to verify a user’s three-dimensionality and prevent spoofing attacks.
Inter partes review is an adversarial process at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in which a petitioner seeks to invalidate patent claims based on prior art. PTAB proceedings are often used as a parallel strategy alongside district court litigation, and outcomes can carry significant weight in broader patent disputes.
“With the PTAB’s final written decisions, justice has been served, and the knockoff artists, copyists, serial infringers, and those who assist them, will not prevail,” said Kevin Alan Tussy, CEO of FaceTec. “This victory fortifies the core innovations that make FaceTec’s 3D Liveness the gold standard for secure identity verification. FaceTec will continue to assert its strong intellectual property portfolio, and would-be copyists of our inventions are now warned. If they steal our ideas, we will never stop fighting them.”
Trevor Chaplick, Chief Legal Officer and EVP of Corporate Development, said the victory positions FaceTec to proceed with patent infringement lawsuits against both Jumio and iProov. “The PTAB decision firmly establishes the validity of our core 3D Liveness IP. FaceTec is well positioned to seek both injunctive relief against and substantial monetary damages from infringers,” Chaplick said.
The legal proceedings also saw a change in Jumio’s representation. “Perkins Coie LLP initially wrote and filed the IPRs for Jumio, only for Perkins to withdraw after a federal judge disqualified Perkins from the California patent lawsuit. Morrison & Foerster then represented Jumio, but [were] thoroughly defeated by the excellent team at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, who secured complete victories for FaceTec in all four IPR proceedings,” said Terry Coffing, Deputy General Counsel at FaceTec.
The Summerlin, Nevada-based company, which expanded its patent portfolio with two new 3D biometric security patents earlier this year, now holds an extensive portfolio of 48 patents. FaceTec’s Certified 3D Liveness Detection technology has undergone independent security testing across Levels 1 through 5 for liveness and injection attack detection. The company processes 4.2 billion-plus 3D Liveness Checks annualized and maintains what it describes as the industry’s only persistent spoof bounty program.
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
