Ortiz & Associates patent challenged as likely invalid

On March 4, 2019, Unified, represented by Haynes and Boone, filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 8,971,914, owned and asserted by Ortiz & Associates Consulting, LLC, an NPE.  The ‘914 patent, directed to controlling a multimedia video device to play video data through the operation of a wireless device, has been asserted against Google and Roku. 

View Ortiz & Associates' district court litigation.  To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see Unified's Portal.

Unified files IPR against US 9,538,205 owned by Velos Media, LLC

On March 1, 2019, Unified filed a petition (with Finnegan serving as lead counsel) for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent No. 9,538,205, owned by Velos Media, LLC (Velos), as part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

The ‘205 patent and its corresponding extended patent family is one of the largest families known to be owned by Velos. Including this petition, Unified has now challenged patents representing 23.7% of Velos’ total known U.S. assets.

Velos claims to have and seeks to license patents allegedly essential to the HEVC / H.265 standard. The ’205 patent, originally assigned to Sharp Corporation, was transferred to Velos Media in 2017.  After conducting an independent analysis, Unified has determined that the ‘205 patent is likely unpatentable.

Visit Unified’s Public Portal for more information about its Video Codec landscape (OPAL) and standard submission repository (OPEN). To read the petition and review the case record, view IPR2019-00720 on the Portal.

Unified files IPR against US 9,838,720 owned by KAIST and KBS

On February 28, 2019, Unified filed a petition (with Akin Gump serving as lead counsel) for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,838,720 as part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone. The ‘720 patent is owned by the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) which are participating in both the MPEG-LA and HEVC Advance patent pools.

The '720 patent and its corresponding extended patent family is the largest families known to be owned by KAIST and represents approximately 42.8% of KAIST’s known U.S. assets. MPEG-LA and HEVC Advance claim that certain claims of the '720 patent are essential to the HEVC standard. After conducting an independent analysis, Unified has determined that the ‘720 patent is likely unpatentable.

Visit Unified’s Public Portal for more information about its Video Codec landscape (OPAL) and standard submission repository (OPEN). To read the petition and review the case record, view IPR2019-00725 on the Portal.

Unified files IPR against US 9,930,365 owned by Velos Media, LLC

On February 28, 2019, Unified filed a petition (with Erise IP serving as lead counsel) for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,930,365, owned by Velos Media, LLC (Velos) as part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

The ‘365 patent and its corresponding extended patent family is one of the largest families known to be owned by Velos and represents approximately 4% of Velos’ known U.S. assets. Including this petition, Unified has now challenged patents representing 21% of Velos’ total known U.S. assets.

Velos claims to have and seeks to license patents allegedly essential to the HEVC / H.265 standard. The ’365 patent is part of a family of patents that were originally assigned to Qualcomm Inc. and transferred to Velos Media in 2017.  After conducting an independent analysis, Unified has determined that the ‘365 patent is likely unpatentable.

Visit Unified’s Public Portal for more information about its Video Codec landscape (OPAL) and standard submission repository (OPEN). To read the petition and review the case record, view IPR2019-00757 on the Portal.

Unified files IPR against US 9,979,981 owned by Velos Media, LLC

On February 28, 2019, Unified filed a petition (with Wilmer Hale serving as lead counsel) for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,979,981, owned by Velos Media, LLC (Velos) as part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

The ‘981 patent and its corresponding extended patent family is one of the largest families known to be owned by Velos and represents approximately 3.5% of Velos’ known U.S. assets. Including this petition, Unified has now challenged patents representing 21.8% of Velos’ total known U.S. assets.

Velos claims to have and seeks to license patents allegedly essential to the HEVC / H.265 standard. The ’981 patent is part of a family of patents that were originally assigned to Sony Corporation and transferred to Velos Media in 2017.  After conducting an independent analysis, Unified has determined that the ‘981 patent is likely unpatentable.

Visit Unified’s Public Portal for more information about its Video Codec landscape (OPAL) and standard submission repository (OPEN). To read the petition and review the case record, view IPR2019-00707 on the Portal.