Prior Art

More NovaCloud networking patents prior art found

The team at Unified IP Services used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 8,825,867 and U.S. Patent 8,401,028, owned by NovaCloud Licensing LLC, an NPE. The ‘867 patent generally relates to a multi-level packet distribution system designed to efficiently distribute packet flows among servers while maintaining the flow's continuity (stickiness) to specific servers. The ‘028 patent focuses on a method and system for the dynamic selection of network nodes to optimize service delivery.

The ‘867 patent has been asserted against Microsoft and Amazon. The ‘028 patent has been asserted against Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, and Meta.

The prior art was found and charted by Alejandro Borge and Oscar Jarquin of Unified IP Services and Elaine Chow of Unified Patents.

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 8,825,867 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 8,401,028 (click to download chart)

Tir Technologies media streaming patents prior art found

The team at Unified IP Services used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 8,792,347, U.S. Patent 9,800,633, U.S. Patent 10,375,444, and U.S. Patent 10,484,442 owned and asserted by Tir Technologies Limited, an NPE and entity of Atlantic IP Services Limited. The patents generally relate to media content delivery features within various platforms. The patents are currently asserted against Meta Platforms, Amazon, Comcast Cable Communications, The Walt Disney Company, and Netflix.

The prior art was found and charted by Alejandro Borge and Oscar Jarquin of Unified IP Services and Elaine Chow of Unified Patents.

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 8,792,347 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 9,800,633 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 10,375,444 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 10,484,442 (click to download chart)

CP Studios video game patents campaign - invalidity charts coming soon

The team at Unified IP Services is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against patents owned and asserted by CP Studios LLC, an NPE. The patents listed below generally relate to video gaming technologies. All five patents listed below have been asserted against Amazon.

NovaCloud networking patents prior art found

The team at Unified IP Services used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent RE47612, U.S. Patent 8,949,206, U.S. Patent 9,654,333, and U.S. Patent 10,225,173, owned by NovaCloud Licensing LLC, an NPE. The ‘612 patent generally relate to a streaming server and a method for providing a content stream with advertisements embedded therein through a network to a client. The ‘206 patent focuses on a method and system for creating multiple descriptor files for adaptive bit rate streaming of master content files. The ‘333 patent relates to a system for selecting the optimal processing unit for deploying applications or virtual images based on application-specific network load demands and the network capacity of available paths. The ‘173 patent introduces a method and system for enhancing network virtualization support through elasticity - the ability of network resources to dynamically expand or contract.

The ‘612 patent has been asserted against Amazon and Charter Communications. The ‘206 patent has been asserted against Charter Communications, Amazon, and Meta. The ‘333 patent has been asserted against Meta. The ‘173 patent has been asserted against Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta.

The prior art was found and charted by Alejandro Borge and Oscar Jarquin of Unified IP Services and Elaine Chow of Unified Patents.

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent RE47612 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 8,949,206 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 9,654,333 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 10,225,173 (click to download chart)

VVC Patent Challenges on the Horizon

The team at Unified IP Services is using Pearl to examine the quality of patents alleged to be essential to the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard. Patents owned by Ideahub, Intellectual Discovery, IP Bridge, and others are being reviewed.

This project is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts to protect and improve the quality of patents in the Video Codec SEP Zone. By analyzing the validity and/or essentiality of alleged standard essential patents, Unified seeks to deter licensors’ unreasonable licensing expectations, royalty stacking, and the assertion of invalid or non-essential patents.