$2,000 awarded for Cogent Insights Licensing retail patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Umesh Kumar, who was awarded $2,000 for their prior art submission on U.S. Patent 9,794,797, owned by Cogent Insights Licensing Inc., an NPE. The '797 patent relates to secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. The invention enables secure distribution and control of electronic information via a virtual distribution environment, bolstered by tamper-resistant hardware for enhanced node security. It is involved in a declaratory judgement case with Hisense USA.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSIONS

• US 6430408

• Berlemann et al.

$8,000 for Gaea data storage patents prior art

Unified Patents added four new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Gaea LLC, an NPE. The patents relate to storage devices with controller and memory that enforce storage policies for content handling. They have been asserted against Samsung and Meta.

The contests will expire on June 1, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

US 10776023 - Content Retrieval from a Data Storage Device

US 11327669 - Content Retrieval from a Data Storage Device

US 11907553 - Content Retrieval from a Data Storage Device

US 12265715 - Content Retrieval from a Data Storage Device

$2,000 for AIIA 3D imaging patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 17 of U.S. Patent 10,979,693, owned by the Artificial Intelligence Imaging Association Inc., an NPE and entity of R. Hewen & Co., LLC. The '693 patent relates to a stereoscopic imaging device for capturing 3D images and video with a wide field of view. The disclosed system is designed to support virtual reality use by immersing a user in a simulated environment created from the captured 3D content. The patent has been in a complaint seeking declaratory judgments of noninfringement, invalidity, and unenforceability filed by Plus One Robotics.

The contest will expire on June 1, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

$2,000 for Oso IP entity, Aloft Media, hyperlink patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 23 of U.S. Patent 10,372,793, owned by Aloft Media, LLC, an NPE and entity of Oso IP, LLC. The '793 patent relates to computer-implemented techniques for improving the usefulness of hyperlinks in web pages. The patent has been in several complaints seeking declaratory judgments of non-infringement, invalidity, and unenforceability filed by Nouryon USA and Krueger International.

The contest will expire on May 2, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

$2,000 for ContactWave messaging patent prior art

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 9,531,665, owned by ContactWave LLC, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The '665 patent relates to the management and transmission of contact information from web pages directly to mobile communication devices. It has been asserted against Spotify.

The contest will expire on May 16, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.