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 9,185,324, owned and asserted by Multimedia Technologies Pte. Ltd., an NPE and entity of Transpacific IP Group Limited. The '324 patent relates to an intelligent or smart television platform within a broader effort to consolidate home entertainment and connected-device functions. The patent has been used in litigation.
The contest will expire on November 30, 2026. 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. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.