SoundStreak Texas adaptive streaming patent found invalid in reexam

On July 14, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all claims of U.S. Patent 10,726,822, owned and asserted by SoundStreak Texas LLC, an NPE and entity of Quest Patent Research Corporation. The ’822 patent is directed to simultaneously establishing high- and low- quality data formats for streaming and storing digital content during a live event. The patent was asserted against Fujifilm Holdings, Delair SAS, Flyability S.A., Parrot S.A., Drone Volt, S.A., EHang Holdings Limited, Yamaha, Olympus, Nikon, Sony, and Panasonic.

View district court litigations by SoundStreak Texas. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015153.

Aprese '924 app management patent successfully challenged

On November 28, 2022, the USPTO issued a final rejection of claims of U.S. Patent 9,207,924, owned by Aprese Systems Texas. The ‘924 patent relates generally to management of applications and/or services based on contextual information. It had been asserted against Toyota, Nissan, and Audi.

View district court litigations by Aprese. Unified was represented by Cono Carrano and Ryan Stronczer of Akin Gump and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Michelle Aspen.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014711.

IP Edge sub, Orbit Licensing, communications patent successfully challenged

On November 18, 2022, the USPTO issued a final rejection of claims 1, 4-6, and 9-11 of U.S. Patent 9,578,040, owned and asserted by Orbit Licensing, an IP Edge entity. The '040 patent is generally directed to packet communications, including determining whether a service request is authorized or not. The '040 patent has been asserted 10 times, including against the SPF protocol (an open standard of the IETF) of several companies such as EidosMedia, Red Hat, OnApp, Akamai, Tencent, Limelight Networks, Wowza Media, CodePen, Velocix, and The MathWorks.

View district court litigation by Orbit Licensing. Unified is represented by James Stein of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014897.

PacSec3 '190 networking patent successfully challenged

On October 5, 2022, the USPTO issued a final rejection of all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,789,190, owned by PacSec3, an NPE. PacSec3 was formed in 2020 with NACAR IP LLC as its managing member. NACAR IP was also formed in early 2020 with Dynamic IP Deals, LLC (d/b/a DynaIP), a patent monetization company, identified as its managing member. The ‘190 patent had been asserted against F5 Networks, NetScout Systems, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee, Cisco, and Juniper Networks.

View district court litigation by PacSec3. Unified is represented by Jon Bowser, Raghav Bajaj, and Angela Oliver of Haynes and Boone, LLP, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jordan Rossen.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014756.

PacSec3 '564 reexamination successfully challenged

On September 23, 2022, the USPTO issued a final rejection of all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,047,564, owned by PacSec3, an NPE. PacSec3 was formed in 2020 with NACAR IP LLC as its managing member. NACAR IP was also formed in early 2020 with Dynamic IP Deals, LLC (d/b/a DynaIP), a patent monetization company, identified as its managing member. The ‘564 patent had been asserted against F5 Networks, NetScout Systems, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee, Cisco, Juniper Networks, and Watchguard Technologies.

View district court litigation by PacSec3. Unified is represented by Jon Bowser, Raghav Bajaj, and Angela Oliver of Haynes and Boone, LLP, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jordan Rossen.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014818.