PacSec3 firewall patent cancelled

On January 10, 2023, the USPTO issued a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate, canceling claims 1, 3, and 6 of U.S. Patent 7,047,564, owned by PacSec3, an NPE represented by Bill Ramey. PacSec3 was formed in 2020 with NACAR IP LLC as its managing member. NACAR IP was also formed in early 2020 with Dynamic IP Deals, LLC (d/b/a DynaIP), a patent monetization company, identified as its managing member. The ‘564 patent had been asserted against F5 Networks, NetScout Systems, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee, Cisco, Juniper Networks, and Watchguard Technologies.

View district court litigation by PacSec3. Unified was represented by Jon Bowser, Raghav Bajaj, and Angela Oliver of Haynes and Boone, LLP, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jordan Rossen.

Dynamic IP Deals entity AK Meeting IP groupware patent likely invalid

On January 9, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 10,963,124, owned and asserted by AK Meeting IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals entity. The ‘124 patent relates to computer-supported cooperative work software, also known as groupware, and has been asserted in seven district court actions, including current actions against Cisco Systems, Fuze, and Lifesize.

View district court litigations by AK Meeting IP. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jordan Rossen.

Dynapass IP user authentication patent challenged

On January 6, 2023, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 6,993,658, owned and asserted by Dynapass IP Holdings LLC. The '658 patent is generally directed to two factor authentication systems using personal communication devices. The '658 patent has been asserted against several banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Truist, and PNC.

View district court litigations by Dynapass IP Holdings. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Ashraf Fawzy, in this proceeding.

IP Edge entity Invincible IP's virtual machine patent invalidated

On January 5, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Invincible IP LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,678,774 unpatentable. Owned and asserted by Invincible IP LLC, an IP Edge entity, the '774 patent relates to allowing or denying migration of virtual machines based on the geographic location of the target host. It had been asserted against Citrix Systems, Nutanix, Alibaba Cloud US, DigitalOcean, NetApp, and Skytap in the District of Delaware.

View district court litigations by Invincible IP. 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 Ashraf Fawzy.

WSOU Wi-Fi/802.11 patent invalidated

On January 5, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and Development holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,333,770 unpatentable. Owned by WSOU Investments, LLC, the ‘770 patent is generally related to broadcasting data in a telecommunications system. It has been asserted against TP-Link Technology Co.

View district court litigations by WSOU Investments. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer at Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy, Alyssa Holtslander, and Jordan Rossen.