PATROLL

$2,000 for CardWare prior art

On May 27, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 10,628,720. The patent is owned byCardWare, Inc., an NPE. The '720 patent generally relates to an Internet of Things (IoT) based system for remotely monitoring and controlling physical parameters of a material, potentially remote monitoring and controlling physical parameters of chemical and biological samples under transportation and/or storage.

The contest will expire on September 30, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,000 for Zentian prior art

On May 27, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 15 of U.S. Patent 7,979,277, owned by Zentian Limited, an NPE. The ‘277 patent relates to speech recognition and has been asserted against Apple and Amazon.

The contest will expire on September 30, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$12,000 for Magnetar Capital sub, Ollnova Technologies, prior art

On May 25, 2022, Unified added 4 new PATROLL contests, with a $3,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Ollnova Technologies Limited, an NPE and Magnetar Capital subsidiary. The contests will all end on September 16, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

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$3,000 for Dynamic IP Deals entity Escapex IP prior art

On May 25, 2022, 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 9,009,113, owned by Escapex IP, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals entity. The '113 patent relates to generating artist-specified dynamic albums. The '113 patent has been asserted against Spotify, Block, Rockbot, Digital Trends, Apple, Google and Sirius XM.

The contest will expire on September 16, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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Lauri Valjakka prior art found, $2,000 awarded

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ramesh Varadharaj, who was awarded a cash prize of $2,000 for his prior art submission for U.S. Patent 8,495,167. The patent is owned by Lauri Valjakka, an NPE. The '167 patent generally relates to data communication networks and has been asserted against Apple, Google, Sony, Microsoft, Netflix, Cisco, Amazon, and Akamai Technologies.

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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