BrowserKey security patent challenge instituted

On March 13, 2025, three weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on challenged 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.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019856

InfoGation navigation patent found invalid

On March 6, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling all claims of U.S. Patent 8,406,994, owned and asserted by InfoGation Corporation, an NPE. The '994 patent is generally directed to displaying maps on GPS receivers. It has been asserted against Toyota, Honda, BMW, and Changan Ford Automobile Company.

View district court litigations by InfoGation. Unified was represented by Slater Matsil, LLP, and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019433

Fraud Free Transactions secure transactions patent challenged

On March 7, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,551,215, owned and asserted by Fraud Free Transactions, LLC. The ‘215 patent relates to fraud deterrence for secure transactions. It has been asserted against Okta and Ping Identity Corporation.

View district court litigations by Fraud Free Transactions. Unified is represented by Andrew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and T.J. Murphy.

IdeaHub video codec patent challenge instituted

On March 7, 2025, 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 all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,904,539, owned by Ideahub Inc., an NPE. The ‘539 patent relates to video coding techniques that apply linear method (LM) prediction modes and particularly to the prediction of a chroma pixel value using a LM chroma mode or a low-pass-filtered LM chroma mode. It has been designated as essential to the VVC standard in the Access Advance’s VVC patent pool.

Unified is represented by Dagim Tilahun and Jon Bowser of Haynes and Boone, 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/90019837

Dialect natural language patent found invalid

On March 6, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling all original claims of U.S. Patent 9,495,957, owned and asserted by Dialect, LLC, an NPE. The ‘957 patent relates to natural language human machine interactions using context information. The patent had been asserted against Amazon, Bank of America, and Samsung. 

View district court litigations by Dialect. Unified was represented by Patrick Muldoon, John Baird, and Paul Belnap at Duane Morris and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015303