Mimzi Stay Based in Part on Unified’s Reexam Granted in EDTX

On March 27, 2026, Magistrate Judge Roy Payne has granted the motion to stay the Eastern District of Texas litigation against Ford, Subaru, and Mercedes-Benz AG pending resolution of Unified’s ex parte reexamination challenging U.S. Patent 9,792,361 and the Mercedes reexaminations challenging U.S. Patent 9,792,361 and U.S. Patent 11,100,163. In addition, the cases against Honda, Hyundai, and Nissan have been voluntarily dismissed.

In October 2025, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against the '361 patent, owned and asserted by Mimzi, LLC, an NPE. The ’361 patent relates to using a phone to record phone calls, meetings, and dictation, and to store associated metadata, audio, and/or speech-recognized text in a centralized, content-searchable repository. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kyla Butler and Alyssa Holtslander.