$2,000 Cash Prize for Prior Art on Valyrian IP Patent

On April 17, 2020, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest with a $2,000 cash prize for prior art submissions on US Patent 6,970,706. The '706 patent generally relates to call forwarding techniques based based on priority levels for cordless phone systems. The patent is owned by NPE, Valyrian IP LLC, an IP Edge entity. The patent has been asserted against Avaya, ICON Voice Networks, Polycom Inc., Grandstream Networks, AT&T, Verizon, SpectrumVoIP, RingCentral, and Sangoma US. To protect innovation and deter future frivolous assertions, Unified is offering a $2,000 cash prize for the best prior art on this patent.

The contest will expire on May 31, 2020. Please visit PATROLL for more information or to submit an entry for this contest.

Prior art found for Wireless Communications Mobile

Unified is pleased to announce the PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Rajesh Singh, who received a cash prize of $1,000 for two prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 9,125,079. The '079 patent, generally related to technical data monitoring devices, has been asserted in five 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.

WINNING SUBMISSIONS

Mobile LLC, which was filed on August 8, 2014 and claims a May 23, 2000 priority date, isdirected to a technical data monitoring device for use with a wireless data monitoring networkincludes a wireless communications circuit, and at least one technical device/system.

Zyrcuits IP settles with Unified Patents

On April 16, 2020, the Board issued an order terminating IPR2020-00362 pursuant to a joint settlement request filed by Unified Patents and Zyrcuits IP LLC, an IP Edge affiliate and well-known NPE. U.S. Patent 6,671,307, related to spread-spectrum communications systems, has been asserted against various smart products that employ the Zigbee protocol in district court cases against such companies as Bosch Security, Samsung, Assa Abloy, and Wink Labs.

Unified was represented by in-house counsel Michelle Callaghan in this proceeding. View Zyrcuits' district court litigation.  To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. 

Optima Direct patent challenged as likely unpatentable

On April 10, 2020, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 8,646,060, owned and asserted by Optima Direct, LLC (an NPE and 2S Ventures affiliate). The ’060 patent, generally directed to adaptive authentication methods using a mobile device, has been asserted in district court cases against HID Global Corporation, OneLogin, Ping Identity and Okta.  

View Optima Direct’s district court litigation.  To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.  Unified is represented by Andrew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig in this proceeding.

Q1 2020 Developer Updates

New Portal Product and Features

SMEs are a regular NPE target as found in our Q1 2020 Report. These assertions cost US SMEs more than any other jurisdiction in the world. This is a continuation of our previous report showing SMEs have historically been targeted.

Stay up to date with the latest trends at the PTAB, by utilizing our daily feed and Unified's Annual Report in order to make smarter decisions.

Unified's Portal now allows for users to easily search for standards related to 3GPP, including 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G. Quickly use the searchable fields to drill down to a specific standard, technical document, or specification. In addition, using the Analytics Tool will allow users to see who is contributing to the standard and see a timeline of contributions.

Patent Analytics now has four quick-view pages, to allow users to effectively understand the current patent landscape. View by Top Assignees, Top Law Firms, PTAB and Litigation statistics, and By Date.

Understanding the impact of litigation and PTAB challenges on patents, can now be done with one click in Unified's Portal. Users can also see an industry breakdown of what sectors are being targeted the most.

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