Blue Wave IP entity, Edge Networking, SaaS patent challenge instituted

On July 22, 2025, 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 11,695,823, owned and asserted by Edge Networking Systems, LLC, an NPE and entity of Blue Wave IP. The '823 patent is directed towards programmable network and cloud devices that manage and deploy distributed applications. It is being asserted against Amazon and Microsoft.

View district court litigations by Edge Networking. Unified is represented by John Pienkos and Jennifer Lacroix at Amundsen Davis, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jordan Rossen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019948

H2 Intellect geofencing patent challenge instituted

On August 5, 2025, three 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 8,977,247, owned and asserted by H2 Intellect LLC, an NPE. The ‘247 patent generally relates to a system for delivering sponsored content to registered application programs based on users' geographic locations. It has been asserted against IBM, The Home Depot, and Amazon.

View district court litigations by H2 Intellect. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Jason Wejnert, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015376

InterDigital video codec patent challenge instituted

On August 7, 2025, three 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 10,805,610, owned by InterDigital VC Holdings. The '610 patent relates to coding groups of pixels within blocks. It has been asserted against The Walt Disney Company.

View district court litigations by InterDigital. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen, Jessica L.A. Marks, and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015388

AutoConnect Holdings vehicle app management patent challenge instituted

On July 24, 2025, less than 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 9,098,367, owned and asserted by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The ‘367 patent is directed to an application store on board a vehicle. It has been asserted against GM and Ford.

View district court litigations by AutoConnect. Unified is represented by Cono Carrano and Ryan Stronczer of Akin Gump, and by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019983

Another Malikie Wi-Fi patent challenge instituted

On July 24, 2025, five 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 7,315,747, another patent owned and asserted by Malikie Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of New PP Licensing LLC. The ‘747 patent, formerly assigned to Blackberry Ltd., is generally directed to providing availability data in a messaging environment. It has been asserted against technology that sends availability data over Wi-Fi and also cellular networks developed by Match Group, Inc. Malikie Innovations has filed several other litigations funded by Key Patent Innovations Limited against networking communications, apps, and Wi-Fi devices.

View district court litigations by Malikie. Unified is represented by Ellyar Barazesh with Baker Botts, and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and T.J. Murphy, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019999