Unified files IPR against US 10,110,898 owned by Velos Media, LLC

On March 6, 2019, Unified filed a petition (with Winston & Strawn serving as lead counsel) for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent No. 10,110,898, owned by Velos Media, LLC (Velos), as part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

The '898 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 27.2% 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 family of the '898 patent, originally assigned to Sony Corporation, was transferred to Velos Media in 2018.  After conducting an independent analysis, Unified has determined that the '898 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 IPR2019-00763 on the Portal.

Free patent litigation alerts now available via Unified's Portal!

Unified is pleased to announce the latest addition to its free patent litigation Portal, “The UP Daily” litigation email alert. The UP Daily is a daily email containing all new cases, recent institutions, and final decisions from the PTAB as well as new and recently terminated district court cases. Details for any cases can be easily found in Unified’s Portal. Follow the link below to subscribe to receive these free daily litigation alerts.

In case you miss an update, an index of past UP Daily announcements is available here.

Measuring law firm success at PTAB

A new video tutorial explaining how to use the Institutional Success Index (ISIX) ratings is now available via Unified’s free patent analytics Portal.

The Institutional Success Index, or “ISIX,” rating was developed by Unified to measure law firms’ success in inter partes reviews. The index permits anyone to easily measure how successful a law firm has historically been at being instituted and successfully invalidating at least 1 claim of a challenged patent. The tutorial demonstrates how users can access the ISIX score for any law firm using the Portal.

In this tutorial, we show you how to use Unified's free online Portal to identify the best law firms for post-grant proceedings.

For more information about ISIX ratings, visit Unified’s Portal FAQ.

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.