On June 5, 2025, less than three 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 8,085,796, owned and asserted by IOT Innovations, LLC, an NPE and Empire IP entity. The ‘796 patent relates to controlling communications with a user's various communication devices. It has been asserted against IOT systems, such as in Fibar Group, Snap One, and Savant Systems.
View district court litigations by IOT Innovations. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019965