IP Investments Group entity, DataCloud Technologies, networking patent found invalid

On September 24, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,370,457, owned by DataCloud Technologies, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ’457 patent relates to network communication through a virtual domain. It had been asserted in over 20 district court litigations, including against SonicWall, Zscaler, and Palo Alto Networks.

View district court litigations by DataCloud Technologies. Unified was represented by Stephen Cortiaus and Natalie Swider of Slater Matsil and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019739

Lexidine vehicle camera patent challenge instituted

On September 29, 2025, six 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 7,609,961, owned and asserted by Lexidine LLC, an NPE. The ‘961 patent relates to integrating a camera into a vehicle light. It is currently being asserted against Ford.

View district court litigations by Lexidine. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015448

Fortress Investment entity, DivX, video streaming patent challenged

On September 19, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,611,785, owned and asserted by DivX LLC, an NPE and entity of Fortress Investment Group LLC. The ‘785 patent is generally directed to encoding video at different bit rates and evaluating the quality to provide the lowest bitrate at which the highest quality video can be achieved for a given resolution and frame rate. It has been asserted against Amazon.com and Amazon Web Services for their provision of streaming content. The ‘785 patent is relevant to MPEG-DASH and streaming providers generally.

View district court litigations by DivX. Unified is represented by Jonathan Bowser and Adam Erickson at Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

Another Wilus Wi-Fi patent challenged

On September 23, 2025, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,305,638, owned and asserted by Wilus Institute of Standards & Technology, Inc., an entity of Good Day to Invent, Inc. The claims of the '638 patent are directed to access points configured to transmit a trigger frame with a particular structure to one or more stations to coordinate a multi-user uplink transmission from the station(s). The '638 patent has been asserted by Wilus against Askey, and it is related to patents that have been asserted against Samsung and HP Inc.

View district court litigations by Wilus. Unified is represented by Alexander Stein at Morgan Lewis, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

Two SVV Technology display patents challenged

On September 19, 2025, Unified filed two ex parte reexamination proceedings against U.S. Patent 8,740,397 and U.S. Patent 10,613,306, owned and asserted by SVV Technology Innovations, Inc.

The '397 patent generally relates to a light distribution system for display devices, more specifically drawn to a light guide member including a corrugated surface with transparent optical windows. The ’397 patent is currently asserted against Acer and ASUSTek accusing a large number of their products containing displays (i.e., laptops, tablets), and was previously asserted against Samsung and Micro-Star. The ex parte reexamination request challenges claims 1-3, 5, 7, 9-15, and 17-19 of the ‘397 patent.

The ‘306 patent generally relates to a light distribution system for display devices, more specifically drawn to a light guide member with corresponding structures (e.g., "discrete cavities") formed in a flexible, transparent optical sheet. The '306 patent is currently asserted against Acer and ASUSTek and was previously asserted against Samsung and Micro-Star. The ex parte reexamination request challenges claims 1-2, 4-7, 9-34, and 36-43 of the ‘306 patent.

View district court litigations by SVV Technology Innovations. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Andrea Shoffstall, in these proceedings.