Davidson Kempner entity, QPrivacy, data security patent challenge instituted

On June 30, 2025, two months after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,816,249, owned and asserted by QPrivacy USA LLC, an NPE and a Davidson Kempner entity. The ‘249 patent relates to the management of private data without decrypting that data. The patent has been asserted against Cisco.

View district court litigations by QPrivacy. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and TJ Murphy, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019896

Unified files amicus in support of Motorola's mandamus petition in Fed. Cir.

On June 27, 2025, Unified filed an amicus in support of Motorola's mandamus petition challenging the Office's retroactive application of new rules related to discretionary denial. The brief urged the court to review the Office's use of ad hoc decisions to set its discretionary denial framework in lieu of formal rulemaking and its inconsistent application of its rules to similar facts.

Unified Patents is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jonathan Stroud. Download the amicus brief below.

$2,000 for Nostromo location-based patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,559,970, owned and asserted by Nostromo Holdings LLC, an NPE. The '970 patent is generally directed to providing location-based information and notifications to a user's device, based on location, user preference settings, and conditions for triggering the information delivery. It is being asserted against ADT, Resideo, Ecobee, Walgreens, Starbucks, Sephora, Macy’s, and Fibar USA.

The contest will expire on July 31, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to initially generate claim charts, and then researchers must add relevant figures and highlighting before submitting each chart. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

$2,000 for Proxense authentication patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 17 of U.S. Patent 11,095,640, owned and asserted by Proxense LLC, an NPE. The '640 patent focuses on a system and method for securely and automatically authenticating users to access data or applications, notably through radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic authentication technologies. The patent has been asserted against Hyundai.

The contest will expire on July 31, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to initially generate claim charts, and then researchers must add relevant figures and highlighting before submitting each chart. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

Mesa Digital smartphone patent challenge instituted

On June 24, 2025, five weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,031,537, owned and asserted by Mesa Digital LLC, an NPE and entity associated with Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC (d/b/a OL PATENTS). The ‘537 patent is directed to an electronic wireless handheld multimedia device that is capable of bidirectional communication with a remote resource for electronic materials over cellular, wireless LAN and Bluetooth networks, after accepting a passcode by a user, along with a touch sensitive display screen. It has been asserted against over 75 defendants, including Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Apple, HTC, LG, Gen Mobile, Nuu, and BLU Products.

View district court litigations by Mesa Digital. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019952