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On January 30, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,310,296, owned and asserted by IngenioSpec LLC, an NPE and IPVenture entity. The ‘296 patent relates to eyeglasses incorporating electrical components to streamline the user's interaction with electronic devices and enhance functionality.
View district court litigations by IngenioSpec. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.
On January 28, 2025, 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 all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,370,457, owned by DataCloud Technologies, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ’457 patent relates to network communication through a virtual domain. It has been asserted in over 15 district court litigations, most recently against SonicWall, Zscaler, and Palo Alto Networks.
View district court litigations by DataCloud Technologies. Unified is represented by Stephen Cortiaus and Natalie Swider of Slater Matsil and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019739
On January 24, 2025, 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 all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,021,380, owned and asserted by VDPP LLC, an NPE. The specification of ‘380 patent discloses video methods for creating the optical illusion of perpetual motion, which the applicant deemed “Eternalism,” and to special glasses (called “3Deeps”) that can be used for creating three-dimensional effects from two-dimensional videos. The claims, however, are broadly drafted and have been asserted against various video zooming, image enhancement, and image combination technologies. The patent has been asserted over 55 times but most recently against Ford, Kyocera, Amazon, MediaTek, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Mercedes-Benz, Razer, and others.
View district court litigations by VDPP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastrunk.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019781
On January 24, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,288,665, owned and asserted by AutoNavigare, LLC. The ‘665 patent relates to controlling applications on a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, using an in-vehicle control system. It is currently being asserted against Toyota.
View district court litigations by AutoNavigare. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.
On January 22, 2025, 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 all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,432,675, owned by Intellectual Discovery, an NPE. The ’675 Patent relates to a decoding method that uses most-probable-candidate modes for performing intraprediction.
Unified is represented by Michael Jones at Rothwell Figg and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019738
