Empire IP entity, Dynamic Data Innovations, retail processing patent challenged

On July 19, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,632,676, asserted by Dynamic Data Innovations LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP LLC. The ‘676 patent is directed to managing, filtering, and displaying items in a GUI using both the attributes of the item and by analyzing item selections made by a user. It has been asserted against Old Navy, TravisMathew, LLC, and H-E-B, LP.

View U.S. district court litigations by Dynamic Data. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

Nchain blockchain patent challenged

On July 10, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 12,032,677, owned by Nchain Holdings Limited, an NPE. The ‘677 patent generally relates to consensus-based electronic ledgers, and in particular to blockchain implementations and technologies.

Unified is represented by Steven Cortiaus at Slater Matsil, and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Jason Wejnert, in this proceeding.

Davidson Kempner entity, QPrivacy, data security patent challenge instituted

On June 30, 2025, 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 the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,816,249, owned and asserted by QPrivacy USA LLC, an NPE and a Davidson Kempner entity. The ‘249 patent relates to the management of private data without decrypting that data. The patent has been asserted against Cisco.

View district court litigations by QPrivacy. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and TJ Murphy, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019896

Mesa Digital smartphone patent challenge instituted

On June 24, 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 9,031,537, owned and asserted by Mesa Digital LLC, an NPE and entity associated with Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC (d/b/a OL PATENTS). The ‘537 patent is directed to an electronic wireless handheld multimedia device that is capable of bidirectional communication with a remote resource for electronic materials over cellular, wireless LAN and Bluetooth networks, after accepting a passcode by a user, along with a touch sensitive display screen. It has been asserted against over 75 defendants, including Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Apple, HTC, LG, Gen Mobile, Nuu, and BLU Products.

View district court litigations by Mesa Digital. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019952

Polaris PowerLED circuit power management patent challenge instituted

On June 20, 2025, less than one month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability for claims 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 is 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