The team at Unified is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against a patent owned by Nearby Systems LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP LLC. Unified Patents, the top requester of ex parte reexaminations in recent years, will likely challenge its validity. The patents generally relate to displaying location-based content on a digital map on a mobile device. Nearby Systems has sued Gap, Dollar Tree, Sephora, Foot Locker, Murphy USA, Starbucks, Valvoline, Walgreens, Lululemon, Chevron, and others. For more details contact info@unifiedpatents.com.
$2,000 for Mare Infinitus Tech semiconductor 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 9,275,982, owned and asserted by Mare Infinitus Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of IPValuation Partners, LLC. The '982 patent relates to semiconductor package structures and methods for forming interconnects between stacked semiconductor devices. It has been asserted against Samsung.
The contest will expire on August 8, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.
$2,000 for MTEKVision vehicle recording 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 8,423,235, owned by MTEKVision Co. Ltd., an NPE. The '235 patent relates to a vehicle video recording device—essentially an advanced car black box—that records video and also gathers driving-related data.
The contest will expire on July 31, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.
Dominion Harbor entity Bunker Hill patent validity challenge coming soon
The team at Unified is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against a patent owned by Bunker Hill Technologies, LLC, an NPE and entity of Dominion Harbor. Unified Patents, the top requester of ex parte reexaminations in recent years, will likely challenge its validity. The patent generally relates to a vehicle-based uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Bunker Hill has sued Ford, Toyota, and Nissan. For more details contact info@unifiedpatents.com.
$2,000 awarded for Gaea data storage patent prior art
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Umesh Kumar and Josh Beck, who split $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 12,265,715, owned by Gaea LLC, an NPE. The ‘715 patent relates to a data storage device—especially an SSD—that uses configurable, policy-based handling of data rather than fixed manufacturer-set behavior. It has been asserted against Samsung and Meta.
We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.
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