IdeaHub H.266 / VVC codec patent challenge granted

On October 28, 2026, 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 all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,212,422, owned by Ideahub Inc., an NPE. The ‘422 patent is directed to video coding and decoding using quantization parameters based on the block information of the specific encoding or decoding object block. A related patent was asserted in Europe. The ‘422 patent has been designated as essential to the VVC standard in the Access Advance’s VVC patent pool.

Unified is represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016552

UBQS-IP file collaboration patent challenge granted

On October 21, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,313,580, owned and asserted by UBQS-IP LLC, an NPE and entity of Pueblo Nuevo LLC. The '580 patent is directed to sharing information between a user group and an associated document using decentralized storage. The patent has been involved in litigation.

View district court litigations by UBQS-IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016558

Another Wilus Wi-Fi patent challenge granted

On September 30, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,651,992, owned by Wilus Institute of Standards & Technology, Inc., an entity of Good Day to Invent, Inc. This overcame Wilus’s Pre-Order Paper seeking denial. The '992 patent relates to a wireless communication method for coexistence between a legacy wireless communication terminal and a non-legacy wireless communication terminal in a wireless communication environment. It has been asserted against Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) enabled network devices made by TP-Link and Askey Computer.

View district court litigations by Wilus. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Vinu Raj and TJ Murphy, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016496

Malikie cryptography patent challenge granted

On September 17, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,372,960, owned by Malikie Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of Key Patent Innovations Limited. This overcame Malikie’s Pre-Order paper seeking denial. The ‘960 patent relates to finite field calculations in cryptography. The patent has been asserted against Core Scientific and MARA Holdings. 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 Jordan Rossen, Kelly Hughes, and Jenn Bisk in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016454

InstaCom communications patent challenge granted

On September 9, 2026, 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 all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,298,644, owned and litigated by InstaCom LLC, an NPE and entity of Elon Life LLC. The '644 patent relates to an instant communications system having established communication channels between communication devices.

View district court litigations by InstaCom. Unified is represented by in-house by Kyla Butler and Jordan Rossen in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016498