Buffalo Patents teleconferencing patent reexam granted

On April 4, 2023, less than a month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the USPTO granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,839,417, owned and asserted by Buffalo Patents, LLC. The ’417 patent is directed to initiating, joining, managing, and participating in conference calls. The patent is currently being asserted against Spotify and LogMeIn, and was previously asserted against Discord and RingCentral.

View district court litigations by Buffalo Patents. Unified is represented by James Stein and Pooya Shoghi of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Ashraf Fawzy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019173

ETRI video codec patent challenged in reexam

On April 7, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,341,661, owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). The ’661 patent has been designated in the Access Advance patent pool, and it is related to patents designated essential in Sisvel’s AV1 and VP9 patent pools.

Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Hayes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani.

Engle Grange's key fob patent affirmed invalid by Federal Circuit

On April 4, 2023, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Office's final decision, in a summary Rule 36 affirmance, confirmed that U.S. Patent 8,548,645, owned by Engle Grange, LLC, was unpatentable. The ‘645 patent, generally directed towards a two-step key fob authentication system for an automobile, had been asserted in district court litigation against Ford in early 2020.

View district court litigations by Engle Grange. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk, Roshan Mansinghani, and Michelle Aspen.

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Datanet file backup patent challenged

On April 3, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,473,478, owned and asserted by Datanet, LLC. The ‘478 patent is directed to an automatic real-time file management method and apparatus. The patent is currently being asserted against Microsoft and Dropbox.

 View district court litigations by Datanet. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

IPVal entity Rosen Technologies thermostat patent likely invalid

On March 23, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 7,156,318, owned and asserted by Rosen Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Valuation Partners. The ‘318 patent is directed to a programmable thermostat having virtual buttons that control space conditioning equipment and has been asserted against Resideo Technologies and Lennox International.

View district court litigations by Rosen Technologies. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Duane Morris and by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.