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

Flexiworld data mining patent challenge instituted

On June 24, 2025, one month 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 RE48,066, owned and asserted by Flexiworld Technologies, Inc., an NPE. The ‘066 patent relates to an internet-based transactional system involving data mining. It has been asserted against Indeed.

View district court litigations by Flexiworld. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019971

Another Dialect natural language patent challenged

On June 23, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,015,006, owned and asserted by Dialect, LLC, an NPE. The ‘006 patent relates to the use of "context-specific domain agents" for generating a response to a user's spoken query. It is currently asserted against several parties, including Meta, Microsoft, and Google, and was previously asserted against Amazon.

View district court litigations by Dialect. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

Intellectual Ventures cloud load balancing patent challenged

On June 19, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,257,582, owned by Intellectual Ventures I LLC. The ‘582 patent relates to load balancing using multiple computer processors. It has been asserted against American Airlines and Southwest Airlines.

View district court litigations by Intellectual Ventures. Unified is represented by James Stein of Lee & Hayes, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.