Dynamic IP Deals entity MCOM IP financial services patent held invalid

On February 8, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. MCOM IP, LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,862,508 unpatentable. Owned and asserted by mCom IP, LLC, a Dynamic IP Deals entity, the '508 patent is directed to using e-banking touchpoints to provide personalized financial services. The patent had been asserted over 40 times against various banks and financial services companies, including Wells Fargo, US Bank, PNC, IBM, and NCR Corp.

View district court litigations by mCom. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by David Tennant and Jacob Rothenberg of Allen and Overy and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk, Ashraf Fawzy, and Jordan Rossen.

ETRI / KAIST video codec patent revoked by EPO

On February 6, 2023, the European Patent Office revoked all claims of EP 2627085. The EP ‘085 patent is owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). The patent is related to patents that are designated essential to the Access Advance patent pool as well as SISVEL’s AV1 patent pool.

Read the entire filing below. Unified is represented by Dr. Andrew McGettrick and Dr. Susan Keston at HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani.

ETRI / KAIST video codec patent revoked by EPO by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

Bandspeed frequency-hopping patent challenged

On February 6, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,903,608, owned and asserted by Bandspeed, LLC, an NPE. The ‘608 patent is generally directed to communication devices for adaptive frequency-hopping based on channel performance. The patent has been asserted in over 20 litigations since 2014 but most recently against Renesas, Itron, Espressif Systems, TCL, ASUStek, and others.

View district court litigations by Bandspeed. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Roshan Mansinghani.

BlackBerry 3GPP patent challenged in EPO

On February 3, 2023, Unified filed an opposition proceeding against EP 3474621, owned by BlackBerry. EP ‘621 is generally directed to facilitating multi-carrier operation in a mobile communication system. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP 3GPP/LTE/5G Zone.

Unified is represented by Andrew McGettrick, Dr. Susan E. Keston, and David Millar of HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks.

Magnetar Capital entity Togail Technologies 3GPP patent challenged

On February 3, 2023, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 10,791,502, owned by Togail Technologies Ltd., an Magnetar Capital entity. The ’502 patent relates to error-handling procedures for system information requests in communications and has been asserted against 3GPP devices. It is currently being asserted against Apple and TCL Technology Group.

View district court litigations by Togail Technologies. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by John Baird, Nicole Candelori, and Patrick McPherson of Duane Morris and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.