Wyoming Tech auto patent challenged

On September 23, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,046,696, owned by Wyoming Technology Licensing LLC, an NPE and entity of Leigh M. Rothschild. The ’696 patent relates to an apparatus for automatically controlling a function of a car. It is currently asserted against Lucid Group, Hyundai, FCA, and BMW.

View district court litigations by Wyoming Technology Licensing. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.

Velos HEVC video codec patent challenged

On September 18, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,786,596, owned by Velos Media, an NPE. The '596 patent generally relates to methods of encoding video data, and specifically encoding or decoding coefficients for a transform unit using sign bit hiding. The patent has not been in litigation but is related to patents that have been asserted against streaming applications.

View district court litigations by Velos. Unified is represented by Jon Bowser and Dan Smith of Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.

WirelessWerx IP geofencing patent challenge granted

On September 23, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,009,037, owned by WirelessWerx IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals LLC entity. The ‘037 patent is directed to tracking and managing wireless devices using geofencing techniques. It is currently asserted against Flytrex, EZ Web Enterprises, and Parking Guidance Systems.

View district court litigations by WirelessWerx. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016501

VE Opening cross-application search patent challenged

On September 18, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,916,079, owned by VE Opening LLC, an NPE. The '079 patent generally relates to methods of enabling information sharing between applications on a computer, and specifically performing a search for content across multiple applications and linking/displaying content from those applications as part of a search result list. The '079 patent is being asserted in litigation against Upland Software and others. All VE Opening cases are being litigated by David Bennett at Direction IP.

View district court litigations by VE Opening. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Kyla Butler, in this proceeding.

NovaCloud Licensing DASH patent challenged

On September 11, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,949,206 owned and asserted by NovaCloud Licensing LLC, an NPE. The ‘206 patent is directed to streaming video services based on DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP). It has been asserted against Akamai Technologies and others. NovaCloud has been litigating a portfolio of former Ericsson patents since May of 2025.

View district court litigations by NovaCloud. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Patrick King and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.