Mel NavIP automobile speech recognition patent likely invalid

On May 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 8,060,368, owned and asserted by Mel NavIP, LLC. The '368 patent is generally directed to navigation and speech recognition for a vehicle. The patent had been asserted against Toyota and is currently asserted against GM and Hyundai.

View district court litigations by Mel NavIP. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Jessica Kaiser, Ali R. Sharifahmadian, and Lindsey Staubach of Arnold & Porter, and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy, Roshan Mansinghani, and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

GEVC video codec patent revoked by EPO

On May 23, 2023, the European Patent Office revoked all claims of EP 3151566 B1, owned by GE Video Compression, LLC. The EP ’566 patent is part of a family purportedly essential to HEVC and part of the Access Advance patent pool. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

Unified was represented by Dr. Andrew McGettrick and Dr. Susan Keston of HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani.

Aeritas wireless purchasing patent affirmed invalid in ex parte appeal

On May 11, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) affirmed the Examiner’s final rejection of all claims of U.S. Patent 9,390,435, owned and asserted by Aeritas, LLC. The ‘435 patent relates to using a mobile device to make online purchases based on received notifications related to products or services of interest based on the location of the mobile device and other notification criteria. The patent had been asserted in over 20 litigations but all cases have been terminated.

View district court litigations by Aeritas. Unified was represented by in-house counsel Alyssa Holtslander and Michelle Aspen. To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified’s Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014750.

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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.