Gesture Tech sensor patent claims invalidated

On November 28, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Gesture Technology Partners, LLC holding majority of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,933,431 unpatentable. Owned by Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, the ‘431 patent is generally related to using human motion as an input device for computers and mobile devices. It had been asserted against Huawei, Samsung, Apple, Lenovo, and LG.

View district court litigations by Gesture Technology Partners. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Raghav Bajaj of Haynes and Boone, LLP and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy, Roshan Mansinghani, and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

Aprese '924 app management patent successfully challenged

On November 28, 2022, the USPTO issued a final rejection of claims of U.S. Patent 9,207,924, owned by Aprese Systems Texas. The ‘924 patent relates generally to management of applications and/or services based on contextual information. It had been asserted against Toyota, Nissan, and Audi.

View district court litigations by Aprese. Unified was represented by Cono Carrano and Ryan Stronczer of Akin Gump and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Michelle Aspen.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014711.

Dolby Labs Access Advance patent challenged

On November 21, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 11,176,711 as part of its ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone. Formerly owned by Intellectual Discovery Co. Ltd., the ‘711 patent is currently owned by Dolby Laboratories. The patent is a part of the Access Advance patent pool and Access Advance claims that certain claims of the '711 patent are essential to the HEVC standard.

Unified is represented by David Cavanaugh, Daniel Williams, and Jonathan Knight of WilmerHale and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding. Visit Unified’s Portal for more information about its Video Codec landscape (OPAL) and standard submission repository (OPEN). To read the petition and review the case record, view IPR2022-01508 on Unified’s Portal.

IP Edge sub, Orbit Licensing, communications patent successfully challenged

On November 18, 2022, the USPTO issued a final rejection of claims 1, 4-6, and 9-11 of U.S. Patent 9,578,040, owned and asserted by Orbit Licensing, an IP Edge entity. The '040 patent is generally directed to packet communications, including determining whether a service request is authorized or not. The '040 patent has been asserted 10 times, including against the SPF protocol (an open standard of the IETF) of several companies such as EidosMedia, Red Hat, OnApp, Akamai, Tencent, Limelight Networks, Wowza Media, CodePen, Velocix, and The MathWorks.

View district court litigation by Orbit Licensing. Unified is represented by James Stein of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014897.

IP Edge entity, Savannah Licensing, settles with Unified

On November 9, 2022, the Board issued an order terminating IPR2022-01026 pursuant to a joint settlement request filed by Unified Patents and Savannah Licensing, an NPE and IP Edge entity. U.S. Patent 9,454,777 relates to using feedback based on a user's indication of frustration with a device and had been asserted against Nuu Mobile, Atlassian, Snapchat, Instagram, Sony, and others.

View district court litigations by Savannah Licensing. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel Kelly Hughes, Roshan Mansinghani, and Michelle Aspen.