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DynaIP entity WirelessWerx IP geotracking patent reexam granted

On July 3, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of 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

ETRI video codec patent reexam granted

On June 2, 2023, less than two months after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,341,661, owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). The ’661 patent has been designated as essential to the HEVC/H.265 standard 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.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015217

HyperX zero-touch networking patent reexam granted

On June 29, 2023, less than one month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,522,756, owned and asserted by HyperX Networks, LLC. The ‘756 patent relates to zero-touch provisioning systems and methods, and had been asserted against Ciena.

View district court litigations by HyperX. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj at Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani.

Atlantic IP entity Lionra Technologies cybersecurity patent reexam granted

On June 27, 2023, less than two months after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claim of 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 June 27, 2023, about a month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,390,013, owned by Velos Media, an NPE. The '013 patent generally relates to encoding syntax elements that indicate tile information into a slice header.

Unified is represented by in-house counsel Ellyar Barazesh and Jessica L.A. Marks. To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015239.