Data Scape abandons patent, terminating proceeding

On July 17, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) terminated proceedings in Unified Patents, LLC v. Data Scape Ltd. in view of Data Scape’s submission of the Federal Circuit decision invaliding U.S. Patent 7,720,929 patent claims and Data Scape’s submission of a disclaimer disclaiming the claims challenged in the IPR. The ‘929 patent, directed to controlling the transfer of digital files from one computing device to another, had been asserted against numerous companies including Amazon, Apple, Box, Citrix, Dell, Dropbox, F5 Networks, Spotify, Teradata, and Verizon. Data Scape Limited is a Fortress subsidiary and well-known NPE.

View Data Scape’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.  Unified was represented by Larissa Bifano and Michael Van Handel at DLA Piper and in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

Another Sound View patent challenged

On August 6, 2020, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 6,725,456, owned and asserted by Sound View Innovations, LLC. The request was filed in an effort to protect Open Source technologies from invalid NPE assertions. The ’456 patent generally relates to ensuring quality of service in an operating system. Sound View recently asserted this patent against Cigna, Walmart, Vudu, Delta Air Lines, DISH Network, and Sling TV. 

View district court litigations by Sound View. Read the request below. Unified is represented by Haynes and Boone and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,560, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.

Sound View patent challenged

On August 3, 2020, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,426,715, owned and asserted by Sound View Innovations, LLC. The request was filed in an effort to protect Open Source technologies from invalid NPE assertions. The ’715 patent generally relates to shutting down a plurality of software components in an ordered sequence. Sound View recently asserted this patent against Walmart, Vudu, and Delta Air Lines.

View district court litigations by Sound View. Read the request below. Unified is represented by Haynes and Boone and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,558, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.

Ikorongo Texas patent challenged as likely invalid

On August 7, 2020, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent RE45543-E1, owned by Ikorongo Texas LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Concert Technology Corporation. The patent is related to selectively sharing location data with contacts from a contact list. The patent is currently being asserted against Lyft, Bumble, Samsung, and LG.

View district court litigation by Ikorongo. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jung Hahm, in this proceeding.

$1,500 for prior art on Arden Innovations

On July 31, 2020, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $1,500 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,001,465. This patent is owned by Arden Innovations, an NPE and subsidiary of Endpoint IP. The '465 patent generally relates to computer implemented methods for accommodating elements of an information array within the physical constraints of a predetermined two dimensional display space. This patent has been asserted in district court against Discount Tire and Marinemax. 

APEX STANDARDS has shared US and non-US prior art as well as corresponding claim charting against the patent.

Techson IP has provided its full validity-focused Limestone|Report, the full report link is here.

The contest will expire on September 15, 2020. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.