PacSec3 '497 firewall patent claims cancelled in ex parte reexamination

On May 1, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit issued a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate, canceling claims 1, 4, 13, and 16 of U.S. Patent 7,523,497, owned by PacSec3, an NPE. 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 ‘497 patent had been asserted against F5 Networks, NetScout Systems, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee, Cisco, and Juniper Networks.

View district court litigations by PacSec3. Unified was represented by Jonathan Bowser of Haynes and Boone, LLP, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jordan Rossen. To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014746.

CTD Networks cybersecurity patent reexam granted

On May 1, 2023, less than one month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,438,614, owned by CTD Networks, LLC. The patent relates to a network threat and response system and is being asserted against Akamai Technologies, Amazon, Cisco, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Musarubra US, Palo Alto Networks, AT&T, and Verizon.

View district court litigations by CDT Networks. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen, Roshan Mansinghani, and Kelly Hughes.

DigiMedia Tech video patent challenged

On April 27, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 6,744,818, owned by DigiMedia Tech, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘818 patent relates generally to processing, encoding, and compressing frames of video images using visual perception and compression thresholds. The patent has been asserted against Ricoh, Lenovo, CBS/Paramount, Showtime, Mediacom, Panasonic, and Comcast.

View district court litigations by DigiMedia Tech. Unified is represented by Jessica Kaiser and Tyler Knox at Arnold & Porter, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jordan Rossen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019202

Atlantic IP entity Lionra Technologies cybersecurity patent challenged

On April 28, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,685,436, owned by Lionra Technologies Ltd, an Atlantic IP entity. The ‘436 patent relates to a security processor and has been asserted against Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Cisco.

View district court litigations by Lionra Technologies. Unified is represented by David Tennant of Allen & Overy, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015225

Velos Media video codec patent reexam granted

On April 20, 2023, less than two months 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 9,497,469, owned and asserted by Velos Media, an NPE. The ‘469 patent relates to a device for indicating information about a leading picture for decoding images at a random access point.

Unified is represented by Drew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015202