AutoConnect Holdings vehicle control patent challenged

On February 26, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,862,764, owned and asserted by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The ‘764 patent is directed to a vehicle control system incorporating multiple devices and sensors, where a device (e.g., a phone) communicates with the vehicle control system and the system can use the computing capability of the device. It has been asserted against GM, Toyota, and Ford.

View district court litigations by AutoConnect. Unified is represented by Stephen Cortiaus and Ava Chuang at Slater Matsil, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

RazDog web video control patent challenged

On February 25, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,334,068, owned and asserted by RazDog Holdings LLC. The ‘068 patent relates to providing users with interactive elements on a video player webpage. It is currently asserted against Twitch but has been asserted against Cook Brothers, Continental Salvage, and Cooling Equipment Services in the past.

View district court litigations by RazDog. Unified is represented by Nick Apel, Eric Buresh, and Caroline McCord of Erise IP, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

MAF Holdings entity, Weple IP, streaming patent challenged

On February 14, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,734,739, owned and asserted by Weple IP Holdings LLC, an NPE and entity of MAF Holdings LLC. The ‘739 patent relates to a system and process for coordinating streaming content or messages. It has been asserted against Meta Platforms Inc.

View district court litigations by Weple IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and TJ Murphy, in this proceeding.

Ascend Innovations entity, Byteweavr, validation patent challenge instituted

On February 21, 2025, 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 all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,862,488, owned and asserted by Byteweavr, LLC, an NPE and Ascend Innovations entity. The ‘488 patent relates to automated validation and workflow management. It has been asserted against Databricks and Cloudera.

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

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019801

BrowserKey security patent challenged

On February 21, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against claims 11-17 of U.S. Patent 7,249,262, owned and asserted by BrowserKey LLC, an NPE. The '262 patent generally relates to a method of restricting data access to a server by unauthorized client machines. It has been asserted against Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Charles Schwab.

View district court litigations by BrowserKey. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.