Vision Works vehicle anti-rollover patent challenge instituted

On April 15, 2026, 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 8,315,769, owned and asserted by Vision Works IP Corp., an NPE. The ’769 patent generally relates to changing suspension characteristics of a moving vehicle in response to lateral acceleration. The ’769 patent is one of several patents asserted against Tesla, Suzuki, Nissan, Subaru, TATA Motors, Polaris, Zhejiang Geely Holding, and Mercedes-Benz.

View district court litigations by Vision Works IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jennifer Bisk and Alyssa Holtslander.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016089

AutoConnect Holdings vehicle network patent challenged

On April 14, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,290,153, owned and asserted by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The ‘153 patent relates to device discovery methods and systems for controlling access of a communication device to an on-board vehicle network. It has been asserted against GM, Toyota, and Ford.

View district court litigations by AutoConnect. Unified is represented by Steve Shipe of Barnes & Thornburg, and by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Jenn Bisk, in this proceeding.

Congruent Media app security patent challenged

On April 3, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,135,418, owned and asserted by Congruent Media Resourcing LLC, an NPE. The ‘418 patent generally relates to a method of operating secure applications on an enterprise mobile device. It has been asserted against Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, PreEmptive Solutions, and Trend Micro Inc.

View district court litigations by Congruent Media. Unified is represented by Ellyar Barazesh at Baker Botts, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen, Jenn Bisk, and Andrea Shoffstall.

Mimzi Stay Based in Part on Unified’s Reexam Granted in EDTX

On March 27, 2026, Magistrate Judge Roy Payne has granted the motion to stay the Eastern District of Texas litigation against Ford, Subaru, and Mercedes-Benz AG pending resolution of Unified’s ex parte reexamination challenging U.S. Patent 9,792,361 and the Mercedes reexaminations challenging U.S. Patent 9,792,361 and U.S. Patent 11,100,163. In addition, the cases against Honda, Hyundai, and Nissan have been voluntarily dismissed.

In October 2025, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against the '361 patent, owned and asserted by Mimzi, LLC, an NPE. The ’361 patent relates to using a phone to record phone calls, meetings, and dictation, and to store associated metadata, audio, and/or speech-recognized text in a centralized, content-searchable repository. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kyla Butler and Alyssa Holtslander.

OptimNet cloud patent challenged

On March 27, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,112,934, owned and asserted by OptimNet LLC, an NPE. The ‘934 patent generally relates to a content delivery networking method and apparatus that builds a content delivery overlay network for transferring media content to users. It has been asserted against Amazon Web Services and Amazon.com Services for the provision of cloud services.

View district court litigations by OptimNet. Unified is represented by James Stein and Anita Bhushan of Lee & Hayes, and by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and Alyssa Holtslander.