On August 4, 2022, the Japanese Patent Office found that the only claim of JP6968024 was obvious and also not novel in view of the known art. The JP '024 patent is owned by InterDigital VC Holdings. The ‘024 patent is related to patents that have been designated as essential to SISVEL’s VP9 and AV1 pools.
Unified is represented by Yukihiro Takemoto and Toshio Sakai of Ace-ai IP Law Firm in Japan, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jessica L.A. Marks.
Two Xylene video codec patents revoked in Japan
On June 19, 2023, the Japanese Patent Office has revoked JP6768017 and JP6768110, owned by Xylene. The two patents are related to patents purportedly essential to SISVEL’s VP9 and AV1 pools.
Unified was represented by Ace-ai IP Law Firm in Japan, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ellyar Barazesh.
Ask Sydney image search patent challenged
On July 7, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,474,705, owned and asserted by Ask Sydney, LLC, an NPE. The ‘705 patent relates to analyzing tags associated with a sequence of images presented to a user to guide a user to a current interest. The patent has been asserted against Google, Amazon.com Services, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Snap.
View district court litigations by Ask Sydney. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Hayes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rosen and Ellyar Barazesh, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015256
IP Investments Group entity, DataCloud Technologies, network patent reexam granted
On July 3, 2023, less than six weeks 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 8,762,498, owned by DataCloud Technologies, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘498 patent generally relates to communicating to a network through a virtual domain. It has been asserted in over 25 district court litigations, including against 8x8, A10 Networks, Squarespace, Box, Arista Networks, Extreme Networks, and others.
View district court litigations by DataCloud Technologies. Unified is represented by Michael Jones and Kristen Logan of Rothwell Figg, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rosen and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015238
IFPower Qi / wireless charging patent challenged
On June 30, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,298,361, owned and asserted by IFPower Co., Ltd. The '361 patent generally relates to a non-contact inductance circuit for a power source, e.g., for use in wireless charging devices. The patent is currently being asserted against products that are Qi-compatible and/or implement the Qi standard from Apple and Samsung.
View district court litigations by IFPower. Unified is represented by Eric Buresh and Nick Apel at Erise IP, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Michelle Aspen.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015255