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On January 29, 2021, Unified filed an opposition proceeding against EP 2 659 675 B1, owned by Dolby International AB. The patent is related to patents that are designated essential to SISVEL’s AV1 patent pool. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.
Read the entire filing below. Unified is represented by Leythem Wall at HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Jung Hahm.
On January 29, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,645,720, owned and asserted by Crandall Technologies LLC, an NPE. The ’720 patent is related to digital data sharing and has been asserted against Vudu.
View district court litigations by Crandall Technologies. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh, Jessica L.A. Marks, and Jonathan Stroud, in this proceeding.
To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/019,007, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.
Crandall Reexam Request by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd
On January 29, 2021, continuing in Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone, the USPTO granted Unified's request for ex parte reexamination. It found substantial questions of patentability for all claims of U.S. Patent 9,743,086, owned by Velos Media. The '086 patent has been designated as essential in the Velos Media patent pool.
Read the request below. Unified is represented by David Cavanaugh, Scott Bertulli, Brian Lambson, and Jonathan Knight from WilmerHale and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.
To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,637, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.
Reexam Order 086(Sato) by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd
Non-final OA 086(Sato) by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd
On January 27, 2021, the PTAB issued an order granting request for adverse judgment in Unified Patents, LLC v. Arsus, LLC. Arsus disclaimed every claim challenged in IPR2020-00948, U.S. Patent 10,259,494 (claims 1-5, 8-12, 21, and 22).
View district court litigation by Arsus, LLC. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Unified’s in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
On January 21, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 8,548,645, owned by Engle Grange, LLC, an NPE. The ‘645 patent is generally directed towards a two-step key fob authentication system for an automobile. The patent was asserted against Ford in early 2020.
View district court litigations by Engle Grange. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
