PATROLL

$2,000 awarded for Adaptive Avenue website patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 7,171,629, owned and asserted by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc., an NPE. The '629 patent focuses on an enhanced web site access system, improving user experience through automated, customizable navigation across multiple web pages. It replaces static web browsing with dynamic presentations, incorporating bookmarks and slideshow features for ease of use and efficient content delivery. It has been asserted against several but most recently Amazon, Home Depot, eBay, Best Buy, Costco, Walmart, Barnes & Noble, OpticsPlanet, and PetCo.

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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$2,000 awarded for Proxense authentication patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Jake Winter, Tanya Chauhan, and Vivek Yadav, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 9,450,956, owned and asserted by Proxense LLC, an NPE. The ‘956 patent details a secure authentication system comprising a Personal Digital Key (PDK), a Reader, and associated methods and devices to authorize individuals for data access or application use, based on biometric and profile authentication. It had been asserted against Hyundai.

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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$2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, Digimedia Tech, storage patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ritu Tyagi and Geethanath, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 7,287,088, owned and asserted by DigiMedia Tech, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘088 patent has been asserted against Box, Pinterest, CarGurus, and eHarmony.

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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New AI NPE Campaign — Prior Art Found

Using Pearl, Unified has successfully identified and charted prior art against a patent owned by the Artificial Intelligence Industry Association Incorporated, an NPE.  These patents generally relate to machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies. They have been asserted against Osaro, Topaz Labs, Elementary Robotics, and Geisel Software.

Unified Patents used its first-ever GenAI patent landscape, OPAL for GenAI, to find the patent activity from the Artificial Intelligence Industry Association. OPAL for GenAI, available exclusively to the members of Unified Patents’ new Artificial Intelligence Zone, allows for a new way to identify and value patents, analyze risk, and determine the total top-down patent landscape quickly and easily—and be more prepared and better value the competition and litigations of tomorrow.

$2,000 awarded for FITE Technologies network patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ritu Tyagi, Ekta Aswal, and Dinesh Swami, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 12,028,640, owned and asserted by FITE Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Anjay Venture Partners LLC. The '640 patent relates to a network of recording studios to share recording sessions in a social media format. It had been asserted against ByteDance Ltd.

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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