Equitable IP entity, Induction Devices, EMV chip patent challenged

On May 29, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,370,543, owned and asserted by Induction Devices LLC, an NPE and entity of Equitable IP Corporation. The ‘543 patent relates to synchronization of communication between devices operating in different clock or time domains, especially a processor accessing memory on a different clock. The patent has been asserted against 25+ banks and retailers including Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Capital One, Truist, Costco, Lowes, Gap, IKEA, and others.

View district court litigations by Induction Devices. Unified is represented by Stephen Cortiaus of Slater Matsil, and in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani.

Dominion Harbor entity, Bunker Hill, EV battery patent challenge granted

On June 1, 2026, 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 9,914,365, asserted by Bunker Hill Technologies, an NPE and entity of Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC. The ’365 patent generally relates to a power electronic charging apparatus for rapidly charging a DC energy storage device. It has been asserted against Ford, Toyota, and Nissan.

View district court litigations by Bunker Hill. Unified is represented by Mark Lang and Nathan Johnson of Erise IP, and by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Alyssa Holtslander.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016093

Acacia entity, Stingray IP, Wi-Fi patent found invalid

On May 20, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,224,678, owned and asserted by Stingray IP Solutions, an NPE and entity of Acacia Research Corporation. The Examiner maintained the rejections of all challenged claims of the ‘678 patent. The ‘678 patent relates to detecting an intrusion in a network system. It was asserted against Leedarson IoT, Schlage Lock, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Vivint, and Allegion.

View district court litigations by Stingray IP. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019718

AX Wireless Wi-Fi patent challenge granted

On April 24, 2026, 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 11,777,776, owned by AX Wireless, LLC, an NPE and entity of IdeaHub. The ‘776 patent generally relates to header field configurations (e.g., header repetition) in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication systems (802.11n). It has been asserted against Sony, TP Link, Ubiquiti, D-Link, Vantiva, and ASUSTek. The filing is part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in the SEP Wi-Fi Zone.

View district court litigations by AX Wireless. Unified is represented by Stephen Cortiaus at Slater Matsil and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk, Jessica L.A. Marks, and T.J. Murphy, in these proceedings.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016008

Malikie video codec patent challenged

On May 2, 2025, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,778,989, another patent owned by Malikie Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of Key Patent Innovations Limited. The ‘989 patent, formerly assigned to Blackberry Ltd., relates to a rolling intra prediction video codec method based on the H.264/AVC/HEVC standards. Malikie Innovations has filed several other litigations funded by Key Patent Innovations Limited against networking communications, apps, and Wi-Fi devices.

View district court litigations by Malikie. Unified is represented by Jason Wejnert and Jessica L.A. Marks in this proceeding.