Jeffrey Gross entity, Lattice Technologies, alarm monitoring patent challenge instituted

On April 9, 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 8,098,153, owned and asserted by Lattice Technologies LLC, a Jeffrey Gross entity. The ‘153 patent relates to an emergency response system that cycles through contacts in an order of priority until reaching someone. They have asserted this patent against at least a dozen companies including Alarm.com, Alert360, Amazon, Comcast, and Vivint.

View district court litigations by Lattice Technologies. Unified is represented by Michael Jones and Jake Rosvold of Rothwell Figg, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Andrea Shoffstall.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019870

Davidson Kempner entity, QPrivacy, data security patent challenged

On April 1, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,816,249, owned and asserted by QPrivacy USA LLC, an NPE and a Davidson Kempner entity. The ‘249 patent relates to the management of private data without decrypting that data. The patent has been asserted against Cisco.

View district court litigations by QPrivacy. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and TJ Murphy, in this proceeding.

Factor2 Multimedia authentication patent challenge instituted

On April 2, 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 9,870,453, owned and asserted by Factor2 Multimedia Systems, LLC, an NPE. The ‘453 patent relates to two-factor authentication methods and systems. It has been asserted against Snap, U.S. Bank National Association, Amazon, Comerica Bank, TikTok, Regions Financial, Texas Capital Bancshares, Washington Federal Bank, and Early Warning Services.

View district court litigations by Factor2 Multimedia. Unified is represented by Bruce Bower and James Stein at Lee & Hayes and 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/90019846

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