Touchstream Technologies media controller patent challenge instituted

On April 4, 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 the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,468,118, owned and asserted by Touchstream Technologies, Inc., an NPE. The ‘118 patent relates to operating a television set or other display remotely from a personal computing device, such as a mobile phone. It is currently being asserted against Yamaha and was previously asserted against VIZIO.

View district court litigations by Touchstream. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019879

Keysoft advertising patent challenge instituted

On March 19, 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 the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,271,315, owned and asserted by Keysoft, Inc., an NPE. The '315 patent is directed to a targeted advertising platform using information gleaned from consumer purchases. It had been asserted against Amazon and others.

View district court litigations by Keysoft. Unified is represented by Christopher Schultz and Jasjit Vidwan of ArentFox Schiff LLP, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019835

Empire IP entity, Fleet Connect, Wi-Fi patent challenge instituted

On March 25, 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 the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,742,388, owned and asserted by Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP. The '388 patent focuses on a system and method for increased bandwidth in digital communications, particularly within local and wide area networks including WLANs and mobile networks. It has been asserted in over 45 cases, most recently against UAB Xirgo Global, Werner Enterprises, Cedar Electronics, Nextbase, and others.

View district court litigations by Fleet Connect. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019840

AutoNavigare in-vehicle app control patent challenge instituted

On March 27, 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 the challenged claims of 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.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019829

Fractus LTE antenna patent challenge instituted

On March 18, 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 the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,593,349, owned and asserted by Fractus S.A., an NPE. The ‘349 patent generally relates to a volumetric antenna for use in a wireless devices.

View district court litigations by Fractus. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019855