InterDigital video codec patent challenged in reexam

On May 16, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,085,845, owned by InterDigital VC Holdings. The '845 patent relates generally to hybrid video coding in a single block and has been designated as essential to SISVEL’s AV1 patent pool.

View district court litigations by InterDigital. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj at Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015233.

Better Browsing web browser patent challenged in reexam

On May 16, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,838,736, owned and asserted by Better Browsing LLC. The '736 patent relates generally to a zoom feature for an internet browser and has been asserted against Opera Norway AS.

View district court litigations by Better Browsing. Unified is represented by Chris Coulson at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani.

DynaIP entity WirelessWerx IP location tracking patent challenged in reexam

On May 19, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,317,927 owned by WirelessWerx IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals LLC entity. The '927 patent relates to location tracking and has been asserted against Apple, Uber, and Lyft.

View district court litigations by WirelessWerx. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and David Seastrunk.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015235

Entangled Media file sharing patent reexam granted

On May 16, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,484,260, owned by Entangled Media LLC. The ‘260 patent relates to operating on files located on multiple devices using a singular file system and is being asserted against Dropbox.

View district court litigations by Entangled Media. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer and Wen Xue from Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and T.J. Murphy.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015221.

Empire IP entity Liberty Access Technologies Licensing door locks patent challenged in reexam

On May 11, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,373,474 owned by Liberty Access Technologies Licensing LLC, an NPE and Empire IP LLC entity. The '474 patent is directed to access control systems for door locks via an application on a portable device. The patent has been asserted against Marriot International and ASSA ABLOY.

View district court litigations by Liberty Access Technologies Licensing. Unified is represented by Duane Morris, and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Ashraf Fawzy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015231