PATROLL

$3,000 for Jeffrey M. Gross entity, Calibrate Networks, Kubernetes/open source patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $3,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,584,633, owned and asserted by Calibrate Networks LLC, an NPE and a Jeffrey M. Gross entity. The '633 patent relates to a system for enhancing network communications by avoiding data copy, task switching, and simplifying protocol processing. It has been asserted against Kubernetes implementations within applications owned or created by Shopify, Box, Airbnb, and Blackberry.

The contest will expire on June 30, 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. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

This PATROLL contest is co-sponsored by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and is a part of a continuing series of contests in their Cloud Native Heroes Challenge program. Cloud native developers can earn swag and prizes by helping us defeat patent trolls. Find more information on CNCF and the challenges within the links below:

$4,000 for IP Investments Group entity, Digimedia Tech, storage patents prior art

Unified Patents added two new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by DigiMedia Tech, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘220 patent has been asserted against GM and Pinterest, and the ‘088 patent has been asserted against Box, Pinterest, CarGurus, and eHarmony.

The contests will expire on June 13, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests. 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.

US 6684220 - Automatic Information Exchange

US 7287088 - Storage Optimization

$2,000 awarded for Jeffrey M. Gross entity, Auth Token, authentication patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Calvin Zhong, Andrei Gilya, Huang Chien-Cheng, and Ekta Aswal, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,375,212, owned and asserted by Auth Token LLC, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The '212 patent describes an authentication token system utilizing smart card technology for secure access control. It has been asserted against in over 45 district cases but most recently against Ally Financial.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

WINNING SUBMISSION

Dominion Harbor entity, Arlington Technologies, networking patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 9,507,015, owned by Arlington Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Dominion Harbor Group. The ‘015 patent relates to determining proximity to an external device through luminance measurement and comparison to a threshold.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

WINNING SUBMISSIONS

$2,000 for L4T Innovations media content 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 11,189,321, owned and asserted by L4T Innovations LLC, an NPE. The '321 patent describes an event marking device designed to facilitate the identification and retrieval of media related to notable events. By marking the time of such events, users can easily access relevant recordings without sifting through extensive footage. It has been asserted against Ecobee Technologies.

The contest will expire on June 4, 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. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.