PATROLL

$2,000 for Hawk Technology Systems Prior Art

On October 30, 2020, 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 No. 10,499,091. This patent is owned by Hawk Technology Systems, LLC, an NPE that focuses its assertions against various school districts (e.g., DeSoto County School District, 3:18-cv-00132 ND Miss.) and charitable organizations, such as Goodwill (3:16-cv-00279 SD Miss.), for simply using a security camera.

The contest will expire on December 15, 2020. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,000 for Caddo Systems Prior Art

On October 30, 2020, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 3, including all of the limitations for independent claim 1, of U.S. Patent No. 10,037,127. The patent is owned by Caddo Systems, Inc., and is exclusively licensed to an NPE, 511 Technologies, Inc. The '127 patent is part of a family of patents relating to navigating a hierarchical menu having active links.

The contest will expire on December 15, 2020. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$3,000 for KinectUs Prior Art

On October 30, 2020, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $3,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least Claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,294,428. The patent is owned by KinectUs LLC. The '428 patent generally relates to a system and method for establishing a communication between mobile device users that register with a collaboration system, which determines a match between profile data of the first registered mobile device and profile data of the second registered mobile device. It is currently being asserted against Bumble Trading, LLC.

The contest will expire on December 15, 2020. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,000 for Blyncsy Prior Art

On October 20, 2020, 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 10,198,779. The patent is owned by Blyncsy, Inc., an NPE. The '779 patent generally relates to contact tracing of contagions and is currently being asserted against companies using this technology for the current Covid-19 pandemic.

The contest will expire on December 16, 2020. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$1,000 Awarded for American GNC Prior Art

Unified is pleased to announce the PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, who received a cash prize of $1,000 for their prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 6,480,789, owned by American GNC Corp. The '789 patent, directed to a collision avoidance system, had been asserted in district court litigation against Toyota.

To help the industry fight bad patents, we have published the winning prior art below.

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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