All challenged claims of Sound View patent held unpatentable by PTAB

On September 9, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents Inc. v. Sound View Innovations, LLC, holding as unpatentable both challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,462,074 owned and asserted by Sound View Innovations, a well-known NPE. The '074 patent, directed to a technique for enhancing existing caches in a network, has been asserted in multiple cases against such companies as Facebook and Hulu.

Haynes and Boone represented Unified Patents in this matter. View all of Sound View's District Court litigation here. To read the decision and to view the entire IPR proceeding, visit our PTAB Portal. 

In-House Only CLE Luncheon - Austin, TX - October 8th

PTAB DISCRETION - WHAT IN-HOUSE COUNSEL SHOULD KNOW

Over the past several months, the PTAB has markedly changed how it applies its discretion to deny institution of petitions of a patent that has been challenged previously.  The changes will be summarized and developing strategies for when and whether to file IPR petitions in view of these changes will be discussed.

Join us for a private CLE luncheon in Austin, TX presented by Roshan Mansinghani at Fleming's Steakhouse at the Domain on Tuesday, October 8th, at 11:30a. This is our fourth in a series of private CLE luncheons for in-house counsel and a great opportunity to meet and network with other Austin-based in-house counsel all while earning CLE credits. Previous attendees to our luncheons have been from NetApp, CA Technologies, Magento, HPE, Dell, and several others.

Register HERE and we look forward to seeing you in Austin!

KCG Technologies patent challenged as likely invalid

On September 6, 2019, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against US Patent 9,671,955, owned by KCG Technologies LLC, an NPE. The ‘955 patent, generally directed to a virtual smart phones used in in-vehicle systems, has been asserted against CarMax in district court.

View KCG Tech’s district court litigation here. Alyssa Holtslander is lead counsel for Unified in this proceeding. To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see Unified's Portal.

Inventergy patent added to PATROLL

On September 9, 2019, Unified added a new PATROLL contest with a $1,500 cash prize for prior art submissions for US 8,760,286. The '286 patent, directed to a location tracking system, is owned by Inventergy Lbs, LLC (a well-known NPE) and has been asserted in multiple district court cases. To protect innovation and deter future frivolous assertions, Unified is offering a $1,500 cash prize for the best prior art on this patent.

The contest will expire on November 30, 2019. Please visit PATROLL for more information or to submit an entry for this contest.

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Prior art found for Tamabo patent

Unified is pleased to announce the PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Rajesh Singh, who received a cash prize of $2,000 for his prior art submission for U.S. Patent 6,599,130, owned by Tamabo, Inc., an NPE. The '130 patent, directed to a tutorial or diagnostic aid based on the representation and iterative interpretation of visual images, has been asserted in district court litigation. 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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