Carrum Technologies patent determined to be likely invalid

On July 16, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial for all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against US 7,925,416, owned and asserted by Carrum Technologies, LLC.  The ‘416 patent, directed to vehicle sensors, has been asserted against BMW, FCA, and Ford in district court litigation that was pending as of the Board’s institution decision.  

Unified is represented by Haynes and Boone in this proceeding. View all district court litigation involving the ‘416 patent here. To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see Unified’s Portal.

MV3 Partners patent determined to be likely invalid

On July 16, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial for all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against US Patent 8,863,223, owned and asserted by MV3 Partners LLC, an NPE.  The ‘223 patent, directed to receiving media content formatted for a mobile device having a small screen and upconverting it for a larger external display, has been asserted against Best Buy, Kohl’s and Roku.

Unified is represented by Erise IP in this proceeding.  View MV3 Partner's district court litigation here. To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see Unified’s Portal.

All challenged claims of Iron Oak patent held unpatentable

On July 15, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents Inc. v. Iron Oak Technologies, LLC, holding as unpatentable claims 1, 3, 4, 8, and 11 of US Patent 5,966,658, owned and asserted by Iron Oak, an NPE.  The ’658 patent, directed to the automatic selection of a communication path in mobile communications, has been asserted in 23 district court cases against companies such as Dell, Huawei, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, Samsung, and Toshiba. 

David Cavanaugh of Wilmer Hale served as Unified’s lead counsel in this proceeding.  View all of Iron Oak’s District Court litigation here.  To read the decision and view the entire IPR proceeding, visit our PTAB Portal.

SecureWave Storage Solutions patent determined to be likely invalid

On July 12, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against US Patent 7,036,020, owned and asserted by SecureWave Storage Solutions, Inc., an affiliate of Quarterhill Inc. (f/k/a Wi-LAN Inc.), a well-known NPE.  The ’020 patent, directed to securing areas of a memory device to limit access to stored data, has been asserted against Kingston Technology Corporation and Micron Technology.  

View SecureWave’s district court litigation here.  To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see our PTAB Portal. 

Prior art found for Yu & Zhang patent!

Unified is pleased to announce the PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Madhur Goel, who received a cash prize of $3,000 for his prior art submission for U.S. Patent 6,611,289, owned by Yanbin Yu and Zhongxuan Zhang. The '289 patent, directed to a system and method for producing enhanced images using a digital camera with multiple image sensors and lenses, has been asserted in multiple district court cases. To help the industry fight bad patents, we have published the winning prior art below.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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