Innovation Technologies advertisement patent challenge granted

On June 24, 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 (1-20) of U.S. Patent 12,125,070, owned and asserted by Innovation Technologies Partners LP, an NPE and entity of MVRE LLC. The ’070 patent relates to a method for distributing an electronic content item for consumption with advertisements. It has been asserted against Hulu.

View district court litigations by Innovation Technologies. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kyla Butler and TJ Murphy, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016211

Two Wilus Wi-Fi patents challenged

On June 30, 2026, Unified filed two ex parte reexamination proceedings against U.S. Patent 11,356,947 and U.S. Patent 12,167,415, owned by Wilus Institute of Standards & Technology, Inc., an entity of Good Day to Invent, Inc. The '415 and '947 patents relate to allocation of bandwidth in wireless communications using a non-contiguous channel, based on information in HE-SIG-A and HE-SIG-B subfields in received packets. These technologies relate to Wi-Fi 6 enabled devices (802.11ax). The filings are part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in the SEP Wi-Fi Zone.

View district court litigations by Wilus. Unified is represented by Michael Jones and Jake Rosvold of Rothwell Figg and by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and T.J. Murphy, in these proceedings.

Mesa Digital smartphone patent found invalid

On June 23, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) issued an Advisory Action in the reexamination filing of U.S. Patent 9,031,537, owned and asserted by Mesa Digital LLC, an NPE and entity associated with Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC (d/b/a OL PATENTS). The Examiner maintained the rejections of all challenged claims of the ‘537 patent. The ‘537 patent is directed to an electronic wireless handheld multimedia device that is capable of bidirectional communication with a remote resource for electronic materials over cellular, wireless LAN and Bluetooth networks, after accepting a passcode by a user, along with a touch sensitive display screen. It has been asserted against over 75 defendants, including Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Apple, HTC, LG, Gen Mobile, Nuu, and BLU Products.

View district court litigations by Mesa Digital. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019952

Atlas Global Wi-Fi patent challenge granted

On June 22, 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 (1-20) of U.S. Patent 10,020,919, owned and asserted by Atlas Global Technologies, LLC, an NPE and Acacia Research entity. The ‘919 patent generally relates to sounding operations for identifying channel conditions in a wireless network based on Wi-Fi transmissions exchanged between an access point and wireless stations in the network. The patent is currently being asserted against HPE and Walmart, but has been asserted against several companies in the past whose products comply with the Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard.

View district court litigations by Atlas Global. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Vinu Raj and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016094

Flash Uplink hard drive firmware patent challenged

On June 19, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,426,633 owned and asserted by Flash Uplink LLC, an NPE and entity of Quest Patent Research Corporation. The ‘633 patent generally relates to updating disk-drive firmware with minimal downtime. It has been asserted against QNAP Systems and Lenovo.

View district court litigations by Flash Uplink. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jenn Bisk and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.