Dominion Harbor entity, Columbia Peak, video surveillance patent found invalid

On February 26, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling all claims of U.S. Patent 7,446,803, owned by Columbia Peak Ventures, LLC, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘803 patent relates to a system for annotating and searching video files.

Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019682

Polaris PowerLED power management patent found invalid

On February 2, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling challenged claims 18-21 of U.S. Patent 8,181,042, owned by Polaris PowerLED Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘042 patent generally relates to power management in integrated circuits. It was the subject of a declaratory judgment action from Micron, which has settled.

View district court litigations by Polaris PowerLED. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019976

Ascend Innovations entity, Byteweavr, cloud data patent found invalid

On December 30, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling most of the claims of U.S. Patent 6,862,488, owned and asserted by Byteweavr, LLC, an NPE and Ascend Innovations entity. The ‘488 patent relates to automated validation and workflow management. It had been asserted against Databricks and Cloudera.

View district court litigations by Byteweavr. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019801

Morris Routing network patent found invalid

On December 9, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 12,058,042, owned and asserted by Morris Routing Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘042 patent relates to path-based data routing in a network. It was asserted against Verizon, Samsung, T-Mobile, and AT&T. 

View district court litigations by Morris Routing. Unified was represented by Michael Jones and Jake Rosvold of Rothwell Figg and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019911

IPVal entity Artax navigation patent found invalid

On November 5, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling all challenged claims (1-4) of U.S. Patent 8,169,343, owned by Artax LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Valuation Partners, LLC. The ’343 patent relates to advancements in navigational technology focusing on integrating both spatial and non-spatial information for mobile computing devices, such as laptops and smartphones. It has been asserted against Verizon, Mix Telematics, Samsara, and TomTom.

View district court litigations by Artax. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019759