Helios MPEG-DASH patent challenged

On December 14, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,362,130, owned and asserted by Helios Streaming LLC, an NPE and entity of Ideahub, Inc. The ‘130 patent is relevant to systems that are compliant with the MPEG-DASH standard; its claims are directed to providing adaptive HTTP streaming services using metadata of media content to ensure smooth playback. It has been asserted against Crackle, Starz, Showtime, Vudu, Fandango, Warner Brothers, and HBO.

View district court litigations by Helios. Unified is represented by Ryan Stronczer and Cono Carrano of Akin Gump, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen.

Datanet file backup patent challenged

On April 3, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,473,478, owned and asserted by Datanet, LLC. The ‘478 patent is directed to an automatic real-time file management method and apparatus. The patent is currently being asserted against Microsoft and Dropbox.

 View district court litigations by Datanet. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

Jeffrey M. Gross entity Compression Vectors video codec patent successfully challenged

On February 21, 2023, the USPTO issued a final rejection of all challenged claims at issue of U.S. Patent 6,731,813. The patent is owned and asserted by Compression Vectors LLC, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The '813 patent relates to adjusting frame intervals during compression of a video signal and was previously asserted against Axis Communications AB, Cisco, Hanwha Corp., and Intel. This filing is part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone. The decision came down less than a year after it was filed.

View district court litigation by Compression Vectors. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Michelle Aspen.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015000.

Buffalo Patents teleconferencing patent challenged

On March 14, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 6,839,417, owned and asserted by Buffalo Patents, LLC. The ’417 patent is directed to initiating, joining, managing, and participating in conference calls. The patent has or is been asserted against Discord, Spotify, LogMeIn, and RingCentral.

View district court litigations by Buffalo Patents. Unified is represented by James Stein and Pooya Shoghi of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Ashraf Fawzy.

Tanit Ventures entity L2 Mobile Tech wireless patent challenged

On December 22, 2022, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,321,740, owned and asserted by L2 Mobile Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Tanit Ventures Inc. The ’740 patent is generally directed to Transmission Time Interval (TTI) bundling in user equipment of a wireless communication system. This reexamination was filed as part of Unified’s 3GPP SEP zone.

Unified is represented by Nick Apel and Eric Buresh of Erise IP and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015180.