PTAB

DigiMedia Tech patent held invalid

On May 16, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. DigiMedia Tech, LLC holding all of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,715,476 unpatentable. Formally owned by Intellectual Ventures but now owned by DigiMedia Tech LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity, the ‘476 patent is generally related to displaying video images generated by a camera on a display, and more particularly to tracking a head portion of a person image in camera-generated video images. The ‘476 patent has been asserted against Olympus Corp., Fujifilm Holdings, Sakar International, Nikon, JK Imaging, Elite Brands, Panasonic, and Lenovo.

View district court litigations by DigiMedia Tech. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Trenton Ward at Finnegan, and by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

InterDigital AV1/VP9 patent opposed in Japan

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.

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.