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$2,000 awarded for Dominion Harbor entity, Monument Peak Ventures, photography patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Mani Manikandan and Joseph Dorris, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 7,995,116, owned by Monument Peak Ventures, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘116 patent generally relates to photography and photographic equipment relating to varying camera self-determination based on subject motion.

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

$2,000 awarded for Dominion Harbor entity, Monument Peak Ventures, camera battery patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, was awarded $2,000 for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 7,187,858, owned by Monument Peak Ventures, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘858 patent generally relates to a camera for use with a power supply. The patent had been asserted against Kyocera and HMD Global.

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 Liberty Peak Ventures RFID patent held invalid

On March 23, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Liberty Peak Ventures LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,066,181 unpatentable. Owned and asserted by Liberty Peak Ventures, LLC, a Dominion Harbor entity, the '181 patent relates to generating an authentication tag for use in contactless transactions and had been asserted against Citigroup.

View district court litigations by Liberty Peak Ventures. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel Michelle Aspen, Roshan Mansinghani, and Ashraf Fawzy.

Dominion Harbor entity, Sovereign Peak Ventures, data transmissions patent held invalid

On November 8, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Sovereign Peak Ventures holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,877,038 unpatentable. Owned by Dominion Harbor’s entity, Sovereign Peak Ventures, the '038 patent is directed to transmitting and receiving video data arranged in data frames forming a data stream. It has been asserted against HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology from TCL, Hisense, and LG. The petition was filed as part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in the SEP Video Codec Zone.

View district court litigations by Sovereign Peak Ventures. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Haynes and Boone, LLP and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy, Jung Hahm, and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Dominion Harbor entity, Sovereign Peak Ventures, patent held invalid

On October 3, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Sovereign Peak Ventures, LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,042,457 unpatentable. Owned by Sovereign Peak Ventures, a Dominion Harbor entity, the ’457 patent relates to video processing and has been asserted against LG, TCL, Hisense, ASUSTek, and HP.

View district court litigations by Sovereign Peak Ventures. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen, Ashraf Fawzy, and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.