NovaCloud Licensing bit streaming patent challenged

On June 30, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,145,721 owned and asserted by NovaCloud Licensing LLC, an NPE. The ‘721 patent relates to a method of downloading a multimedia file from a server to a user device using, at least in part, a bandwidth-limited connection. It is currently asserted against Charter Communications, Comcast, Amazon, SAP, Meta, and Cox Communications.

View district court litigations by NovaCloud. Unified is represented by Steven Shipe of Barnes & Thornburg and by in-house counsel, Kyla Butler and TJ Murphy, in this proceeding.

Umbra Tech virtual network patent challenge granted

On June 26, 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 12,452,192, owned and asserted by Umbra Technologies Ltd. The ’192 patent is generally directed to virtual network systems where a control server sends a ranked list of access point servers to an endpoint. The endpoint device then uses this ranked list to select the access point server to which it will build a tunnel to the network. It has been asserted against Zscaler.

View district court litigations by Umbra Technologies. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016212

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