Magnetar Capital entity Togail Technologies 5G patent instituted

On February 7, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,791,502, owned by Togail Technologies Ltd., a Magnetar Capital entity. The ’502 patent relates to error-handling procedures for system information requests in communications. It has been asserted against 3GPP devices from companies including TCL Technology, Apple, Google, Motorola, and Samsung.

View district court litigations by Togail Technologies. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen, Matt Beck, and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019300

GenghisComm 4G/5G patent challenged

On February 9, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,200,227, owned by GenghisComm Holdings, LLC, an NPE. The ’227 patent relates to OFDM wireless communication networks. It has been asserted against many tech and automotive companies, including Continental Automotive, TCL Communication, and Toyota.

View district court litigations by GenghisComm. Unified is represented by Jon Bowser, Clint Wilkins, and Raghav Bajaj at Haynes & Boone, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks.

HyperX zero-touch networking patent invalidated

On February 12, 2024, the USPTO issued a notice of intent to issue an ex parte reexamination certificate in RE90/015,252, cancelling all 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 was represented by Raghav Bajaj at Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Michelle Aspen.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015252.

Helios MPEG-DASH patent challenge instituted

On February 6, 2024, 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 10,362,130, owned and asserted by Helios Streaming LLC, an NPE and entity of Ideahub, Inc. The ‘130 patent is relevant to systems that are compliant with the MPEG-DASH standard; its claims are directed to providing adaptive HTTP streaming services using metadata of media content to ensure smooth playback. It has been asserted against Crackle, Starz, Showtime, Vudu, Fandango, Warner Brothers, and HBO.

View district court litigations by Helios. Unified is represented by Ryan Stronczer and Cono Carrano of Akin Gump, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019337

IP Investments entity DigiMedia Tech H.264/AVC patent challenged

On January 24, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 6,606,287, owned by DigiMedia Tech, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘287 patent generally relates to recording and storing a media signal, while determining an optimal compression rate based on characteristics of the media signal while maintaining acceptable quality. The patent has been asserted against devices using H.264 / AVC from companies including Panasonic, Lenovo, OnePlus, TCT Mobile, Xiaomi, and Best Buy.

View district court litigations by DigiMedia Tech. Unified is represented by Eric Buresh and Nick Apel at Erise IP, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani.