New Contest

$2,000 for Laixion Network data sharing patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 11,516,520, owned by Laixion Network Technology Ltd. The ‘520 patent relates to a data sharing system, a share list processing method, and a non-transitory machine-readable medium for data sharing. It has been asserted against Meta Platforms.

The contest will expire on June 8, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for Equitable IP entity Communication Interface Technologies virtual connection patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 6,574,239, owned by Communication Interface Technologies LLC, an entity of Equitable IP Corporation. The ‘239 patent relates to client-server computing architectures and communication techniques. More particularly, the invention relates to a system whereby a mobile worker and a central server may maintain a virtually continuous connection without the need to maintain a physical connection continuously. The patent has been asserted over 70 times but most recently against CVS, Staples, Bridgestone, Petco, Kohler, Louis Vuitton, and others.

The contest will expire on June 3, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for Leigh M. Rothschild entity Electronic Edison Transmission power patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,871,415, owned by Electronic Edison Transmission Technologies, LLC, an entity of Leigh M. Rothschild. The ‘415 patent relates to systems, methods, and devices for transferring power to a mobile device. It has been asserted against Samsung.

The contest will expire on May 25, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for Key Patent Innovations entity Malikie Innovations video encoding patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 10 of U.S. Patent 9,179,147, owned by Malikie Innovations Limited, an entity of Key Patent Innovations Limited. The ‘147 patent relates to the use of soft decisions and iterative coding in Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and H.264 compliant video encoding. The patent has been asserted against ASUSTeK and Acer.

The contest will expire on May 25, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for Edge Networking Systems network patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 10,893,095, owned by Edge Networking Systems LLC, an NPE. The ‘095 patent relates to a network architecture that facilitates secure and flexible programmability between a user device and across a network with full lifecycle management of services and infrastructure applications. The Distributed Software Defined Network (dSDN) disclosed is an end-to-end architecture that enables secure and flexible programmability across a network with full lifecycle management of services and infrastructure applications (fxDeviceApp). The patent has been asserted against Microsoft.

The contest will expire on May 25, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.