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On October 7, 2020, the Board issued an order terminating IPR2020-00972 pursuant to a joint settlement request filed by Unified Patents and Qwikcash, LLC, an NPE. U.S. Patent 8,714,445, related to a cash transfer system, has been asserted against Blackhawk Network, Inc.
Unified was represented by Jason Mudd of Erise IP in this proceeding. View Qwikcash’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.
On October 8, 2020, Unified filed an opposition proceeding against EP 3 410 716 B1, owned by GE Video Compression LLC (GEVC). The ‘716 patent is generally related to coding of significance maps and transform coefficient blocks. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.
Read the entire filing below. Unified is represented by Dr. Simon Q. Lud, European Patent Attorney at Maiwald Intellectual Property, and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy.
On October 8, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 9,923,995, owned and asserted by Jenam Tech, LLC, an NPE and Oso IP affiliate. The ’995 patent, generally directed to sharing information for detecting an idle network connection between two nodes, has been asserted in district court cases against LG, Samsung, and Google.
View Jenam Tech’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jung Hahm and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
On October 8, 2020, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $3,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on all of the limitations of dependent Claim 10 and including all of the limitations of independent Claim 4 of U.S. Patent 7,162,735. The patent is owned by Trust & Verify Data Protection, LLC, an NPE. The '735 patent generally relates to an arrangement with a protected code that comprises incomplete executable code and a call instruction to a security code such that when the security code is executed, it replaces the call instruction such that the executable code of the protected code is complete.
The ‘735 patent is currently being asserted against Best Buy, McAfee, Electronic Arts, Aspyr Media, Vimeo, Buzzfeed, and King.com.
The contest will expire on November 30, 2020. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.
| Prior Art Provider | Claim Chart Link |
|---|---|
| Apex Standards | Corresponding Claim Chart |
| Techson IP | Limestone|Report |
| Amplified | Corresponding Claim Chart |
| Traindex | Corresponding Claim Chart |
On October 5, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified 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.
