Rothschild entity, Quantum Technology Innovations, media streaming patent challenge instituted

On August 21, 2024, 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 7,650,376, owned and asserted by Quantum Technology Innovations, LLC, an NPE and Leigh Rothschild entity. The '376 patent relates to the distribution of content over a network. It has been asserted against 15 companies, including Showtime Networks, Dish Network, Sirius XM, Pandora, Valve, and BroadwayHD.

View district court litigations by Quantum Technology. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019550

Third DynaIP entity, Cloud Systems, IoT patent challenged

On August 19, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,975,051, owned and asserted by Cloud Systems HoldCo IP, LLC, an NPE and DynaIP entity.  The '051 patent relates to a system for controlling and configuring devices through a server. It had been asserted against Carrier, Google, Onity, Samsung, Vivint, and ADT, with current pending cases against Comcast, Kramer, Monitronics, and Ring.

View district court litigations by Cloud Systems HoldCo IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

SOTAT surveillance patent found invalid

On August 12, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,854,207, owned and asserted by SOTAT, LLC, an NPE. The ‘207 patent relates to a mobile surveillance system that connects to a mobile device and has been asserted against fifteen defendants, including Canary Connect, HeathCo, Wyze Labs, Adobe Systems, Vivint, and Resideo.

View district court litigations by SOTAT. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Michelle Aspen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019294

Fortress entity, Entropic, broadcast cable patent found invalid

On August 7, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,210,362, owned and asserted by Entropic Communications, an NPE and Fortress IP subsidiary. The ’362 patent generally relates to a wideband receiver that outputs a selected plurality of television channels to a demodulator. The patent was asserted against Cox, Comcast, and Charter Communications.

View district court litigations by Entropic Communications. Unified was represented by Raghav Bajaj and David McCombs of Hayes Boone, by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019255

Anonymous Media ad monitoring patent challenged

On August 8, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,756,622, owned by Anonymous Media Research Holdings, LLC. The ‘622 patent relates to media monitoring and measurement systems. The patent has been asserted against Samsung and Roku.

View district court litigations by Anonymous Media Research. Unified is represented by Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and David Seastrunk.