On May 16, 2022, Unified Patents filed a Japanese opposition against JP6968024, currently assigned to InterDigital VC Holdings. The ‘024 patent is related to patents that have been designated as essential to SISVEL’s VP9 and AV1 pools.
Unified is represented by Yukihiro Takemoto and Toshio Sakai of Ace-ai IP Law Firm in Japan, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Jung Hahm.
B# On Demand abandons own Federal Circuit appeal
On April 22, 2022, the Federal Circuit granted B# On Demand LLC's motion to dismiss its Federal Circuit appeal in Case No. 22-1357 (see below). Unified had won on all issues at the PTAB (IPR2020-00995), which resulted in claims 1–10, 13–22, and 25–34 of U.S. Patent 9,553,880 being found unpatentable. The patent is related to on-demand distribution of subscription media and had been asserted against Spotify.
View B# On Demand’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. Unified was represented by Larissa Bifano of DLA Piper, and in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh, Alyssa Holtslander, and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
Doc 21 - B# (1) by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd
Dominion Harbor entity Liberty Peak Ventures patent likely invalid
On April 26, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 8,066,181, owned and asserted by Liberty Peak Ventures, LLC, a Dominion Harbor entity. The '181 patent relates to generating an authentication tag for use in contactless transactions and has been asserted against Citigroup.
View district court litigations by Liberty Peak Ventures. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani.
LBT IP II patent challenged
On April 25, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 8,531,289, owned and asserted by LBT IP II LLC. The '289 patent is directed to location monitoring systems and has been asserted against Uber.
View district court litigations by LBT IP II. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Ellyar Barazesh and Roshan Mansinghani.
EPO opposition filed against Dolby patent
On April 14, 2022, Unified filed an opposition proceeding against EP 3490258 B1, currently owned by Dolby International AB. EP ‘258 generally relates to video coding techniques that use data hiding to decrease bandwidth. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.
Unified is represented by Dr. Susan E. Keston at HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and Jessica L.A. Marks.
Grounds of Opposition - Dolby '258 by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd