Velos Media Chinese patent challenged

On February 7, 2021, Unified filed an invalidity challenge in China against CN103299632, owned by Velos Media. The CN’632 patent is directed to video decoding techniques and was originally assigned to Ericsson before being transferred to Velos. The CN’632 patent is related to EP 2 664 149, which Unified filed an opposition on December 29, 2020. It is also related to U.S. Patent 9,414,066, which Unified has also challenged in the U.S. with IPR2020-00352, instituted on June 30, 2020.

Unified is represented by Jingjing Guo of JZMC Patent and Trademark Agency, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani.

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DivX Chinese patent challenged

On February 5, 2021, Unified filed an invalidity challenge in China against CN101421935 owned by DivX Inc., a subsidiary of well-known NPE Fortress Investment Group. CN’935 is directed to a method for deblocking reconstructed video frames. It is related to U.S. patents that have been asserted against Netflix and Hulu.

Unified is represented by Jingjing Guo of JZMC Patent and Trademark Agency, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.

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Another Chinese patent challenged, this time against GEVC

On February 4, 2021, Unified Patents filed its second Chinese invalidity challenge against CN102939755. The CN’755 patent, originally assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, was transferred to GE Video Compression (GEVC). The CN‘755 patent is related to patents that are designated essential to the HEVC Advance patent pool as well as SISVEL’s AV1 and VP9 patent pools.

Unified is represented by Fanghua Zhou at Wei Chixue Law Firm, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.

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First China patent challenge against IdeaHub

On February 3, 2021, Unified Patents filed its first Chinese invalidation request for CN103081504 owned by IdeaHub, Inc. CN103081504 is directed to media content streamed in accordance with the MPEG-DASH standard and to video-on-demand (VOD) systems. It is related to U.S. Patent 8,645,562, which IdeaHub's licensee, Helios Streaming, LLC, has used to sue Showtime, Vudu, Crackle, and Starz.

Unified is represented by Fanghua Zhou at Wei Chixue Law Firm, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.

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2S Ventures affiliate, Optima Direct, settles with Unified

On February 1, 2021, the Board issued an order terminating IPR2020-00784 pursuant to a joint settlement request filed by Unified Patents and Optima Direct, LLC, an NPE and affiliate of 2S Ventures. U.S. Patent 8,646,060, generally directed to adaptive authentication methods using a mobile device, has been asserted in district court cases against HID Global Corporation, OneLogin, Ping Identity and Okta.

Unified was represented by Andrew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding. View Optima Direct’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.