Buffalo Patents teleconferencing patent reexam granted

On April 4, 2023, less than a month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the USPTO granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,839,417, owned and asserted by Buffalo Patents, LLC. The ’417 patent is directed to initiating, joining, managing, and participating in conference calls. The patent is currently being asserted against Spotify and LogMeIn, and was previously asserted against Discord and RingCentral.

View district court litigations by Buffalo Patents. Unified is represented by James Stein and Pooya Shoghi of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Ashraf Fawzy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019173