Wyoming Tech auto patent challenged

On September 23, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,046,696, owned by Wyoming Technology Licensing LLC, an NPE and entity of Leigh M. Rothschild. The ’696 patent relates to an apparatus for automatically controlling a function of a car. It is currently asserted against Lucid Group, Hyundai, FCA, and BMW.

View district court litigations by Wyoming Technology Licensing. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.

WirelessWerx IP geofencing patent challenge granted

On September 23, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,009,037, owned by WirelessWerx IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals LLC entity. The ‘037 patent is directed to tracking and managing wireless devices using geofencing techniques. It is currently asserted against Flytrex, EZ Web Enterprises, and Parking Guidance Systems.

View district court litigations by WirelessWerx. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016501

VE Opening cross-application search patent challenged

On September 18, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,916,079, owned by VE Opening LLC, an NPE. The '079 patent generally relates to methods of enabling information sharing between applications on a computer, and specifically performing a search for content across multiple applications and linking/displaying content from those applications as part of a search result list. The '079 patent is being asserted in litigation against Upland Software and others. All VE Opening cases are being litigated by David Bennett at Direction IP.

View district court litigations by VE Opening. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Kyla Butler, in this proceeding.

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