Empire IP entity, Dynamic Data Innovations, E-commerce patent challenge instituted

On September 3, 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 9,632,676, asserted by Dynamic Data Innovations LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP LLC. The ‘676 patent is directed to managing, filtering, and displaying items in a GUI using both the attributes of the item and by analyzing item selections made by a user. It has been asserted against Old Navy, TravisMathew, LLC, and H-E-B, LP.

View U.S. district court litigations by Dynamic Data. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015396

Empire IP entity, Dynamic Data Innovations, retail processing patent challenged

On July 19, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,632,676, asserted by Dynamic Data Innovations LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP LLC. The ‘676 patent is directed to managing, filtering, and displaying items in a GUI using both the attributes of the item and by analyzing item selections made by a user. It has been asserted against Old Navy, TravisMathew, LLC, and H-E-B, LP.

View U.S. district court litigations by Dynamic Data. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

Empire IP entity, IOT Innovations, IOT controller patent challenged

On May 16, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,085,796, owned and asserted by IOT Innovations, LLC, an NPE and Empire IP entity. The ‘796 patent relates to controlling communications with a user's various communication devices. It has been asserted against IOT systems, such as in Fibar Group, Snap One, and Savant Systems.

View district court litigations by IOT Innovations. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

Empire IP entity, Fleet Connect, Wi-Fi patent challenge instituted

On March 25, 2025, two months 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 7,742,388, owned and asserted by Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP. The '388 patent focuses on a system and method for increased bandwidth in digital communications, particularly within local and wide area networks including WLANs and mobile networks. It has been asserted in over 45 cases, most recently against UAB Xirgo Global, Werner Enterprises, Cedar Electronics, Nextbase, and others.

View district court litigations by Fleet Connect. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019840

Empire IP entity, Fleet Connect, Wi-Fi patent challenged

On February 4, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,742,388, owned and asserted by Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP. The '388 patent focuses on a system and method for increased bandwidth in digital communications, particularly within local and wide area networks including WLANs and mobile networks. It has been asserted in over 45 cases, most recently against Werner Enterprises, Ezurio, Lantronix, Cedar Electronics, Juniper Networks, and others.

View district court litigations by Fleet Connect. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.