Vision Works IP automotive patent found invalid

On March 13, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of the asserted claims of U.S. Patent 8,437,935, owned by Vision Works IP Corp., an NPE. The ’935 patent generally relates to a vehicle monitoring system for turning off an idling engine. The ’935 patent was previously asserted against Mercedes-Benz USA and Nissan and is currently being asserted against Subaru and Volvo.

View district court litigations by Vision Works IP. Unified was represented by Raghav Bajaj and David McCombs of Hayes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Ashraf Fawzy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015258

Broadphone tracking patent found invalid

On March 13, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of claims 24-32 of U.S. Patent 8,594,698, owned and asserted by Broadphone LLC. The ‘698 patent generally relates to determining the location of a device based on the relative signal strength for each of a plurality of nearby, identified “antenna stations” and determining whether the device is within the proximity of a “device-specific target location”. The patent has been asserted against Samsung.

View district court litigations by Broadphone. Unified was represented by Jessica Kaiser, Drew Needham, Lindsey Staubach, and Tyler Knox of Arnold & Porter, and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019209.

Emerging Automotive e-Keys patent challenged

On March 25, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,738,659, owned and asserted by Emerging Automotive LLC. The ‘659 patent generally relates to systems and methods for generating and sharing electronic keys (e-Keys) with users and cloud-based processing systems making e-Keys sharable for enabling shared use of a vehicle. It has been asserted against Toyota and Kia.

View district court litigations by Emerging Automotive. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

IP Investments Group entity, DataCloud Technologies, cloud networking patent found invalid

On February 29, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all 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 was 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

GenghisComm 4G/5G patent challenge instituted

On March 8, 2024, 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 10,200,227, owned by GenghisComm Holdings, LLC, an NPE. The ’227 patent relates to OFDM wireless communication networks. It has been asserted against 4G/5G devices from 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.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019411