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

Mimzi voice interaction patent challenge instituted

On December 4, 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 9,792,361, 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. It has been asserted against Nissan, Ford, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz AG, Honda, and Subaru.

View district court litigations by Mimzi. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kyla Butler and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015642

Light Guide Innovations backlight patent challenged

On December 4, 2025, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,638,378, another patent owned and asserted by Light Guide Innovations, LLC, an NPE and entity of Anjay Venture Partners LLC. The ’378 patent relates to a light emitting apparatus and is drawn to a lens having a particular shape. It has been asserted against Walmart, TCL, Hisense, and Samsung.

View district court litigations by Light Guide Innovations. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

SVV Technology display patent challenge instituted

On November 12, 2025, after Unified filed ex parte reexaminations on two SVV patents, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,740,397, owned and asserted by SVV Technology Innovations, Inc. The '397 patent generally relates to a light distribution system for display devices, more specifically drawn to a light guide member including a corrugated surface with transparent optical windows. The patent is currently asserted against Acer and ASUSTek accusing a large number of their products containing displays (i.e., laptops, tablets), and was previously asserted against Samsung and Micro-Star.

View district court litigations by SVV Technology Innovations. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Andrea Shoffstall, in these proceedings.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015526

Malikie messaging patent challenge instituted

On November 10, 2025, four 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 10,779,156, another patent owned and asserted by Malikie Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of Key Patent Innovations Limited. The ‘156 patent, formerly assigned to Blackberry Ltd., is directed to a mobile device communicating with a server to retrieve a pending data message (i.e., email) after the device receives an enable message, which indicates that the pending data message is available. It has been asserted against Match and Bumble. 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 Chris Schmidt and Eric Buresh of Erise IP, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015570