Broadphone tracking patent challenged in reexam

On May 12, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,594,698, owned and asserted by Broadphone LLC. The ‘698 patent generally relates to determining the location of a device based on the relative signal strength for each of a plurality of nearby, identified “antenna stations” and determining whether the device is within the proximity of a “device-specific target location”. The patent has been asserted against Samsung.

View district court litigations by Broadphone. Unified is represented by Jessica Kaiser, Drew Needham, and Lindsey Staubach of Arnold & Porter, and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019209

K. Mizra GPS patent held invalid

On May 11, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. K. Mizra LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,394,423 unpatentable. Owned and asserted by K. Mizra LLC, the ‘423 patent generally relates to a device for initiating and handling an emergency IP request using an IP enabled device having GPS capability. The patent had been asserted against General Motors.

View district court litigations by K. Mizra. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Lori Gordon at Perkins Coie and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Alyssa Holtslander.

Interdigital 3GPP patent revoked by EPO

On May 12, 2023, the European Patent Office revoked all claims of EP 3497866. Owned by InterDigital, the EP’866 patent relates to wireless transmission methods for supporting multiple numerology blocks or bandwidth parts on a carrier signal, which is related to 5G wireless technology. This was the first EPO filing within Unified’s 3GPP Zone.

Unified was represented by David Hufton, Susan Keston, and Harry Hutchinson at HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.

Pedersen '920 message distribution patent likely invalid

On May 15, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 6,965,920, owned and asserted by Peter Henrik Pedersen. The '920 patent is generally directed to the specification and management of how messages are distributed to recipients. The patent has been asserted against several companies including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Zoho Corp., Salesforce, Oracle, Adobe, Intuit, Wix.com, Zendesk, and others.

View district court litigations by Pedersen. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Jon Bowser, Angela Oliver, and Matt Beck of Haynes and Boone, and by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

Torchlight Technologies automotive patent likely invalid

On May 4, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 11,208,029, owned and asserted by Torchlight Technologies LLC, an NPE. The '029 patent is directed to a headlight system that increases light in a direction of road curvature. Torchlight has asserted the patent against several auto companies including Audi, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz USA, Porsche, Volkswagen, and GM.

View district court litigations by Torchlight Technologies. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.