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On January 29, 2021, Unified filed an opposition proceeding against EP 2 659 675 B1, owned by Dolby International AB. The patent is related to patents that are designated essential to SISVEL’s AV1 patent pool. 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 Leythem Wall at HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Jung Hahm.
On February 1, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $3,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 6,917,304. This patent is owed by Magnacross, LLC, an IP Edge entity and well-known NPE. The ’304 patent generally relates to wireless data transmission through wireless access points or routers and has been asserted in over 100 litigations against many networking companies, including T-Mobile, Sprint, Acer, Logitech, and ZTE.
The contest will expire on April 1, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.
| Prior Art Provider | Claim Chart Link |
|---|---|
| Apex Standards | Pseudo Claim Charting |
| Techson IP | Limestone|Report |
| Amplified | Invalidity Report |
| Traindex | Prior Art Report |
| InQuartik | Semantic Prior Art |
On January 29, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,645,720, owned and asserted by Crandall Technologies LLC, an NPE. The ’720 patent is related to digital data sharing and has been asserted against Vudu.
View district court litigations by Crandall Technologies. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh, Jessica L.A. Marks, and Jonathan Stroud, in this proceeding.
To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/019,007, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.
Crandall Reexam Request by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd
On January 29, 2021, continuing in Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone, the USPTO granted Unified's request for ex parte reexamination. It found substantial questions of patentability for all claims of U.S. Patent 9,743,086, owned by Velos Media. The '086 patent has been designated as essential in the Velos Media patent pool.
Read the request below. Unified is represented by David Cavanaugh, Scott Bertulli, Brian Lambson, and Jonathan Knight from WilmerHale and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.
To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,637, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.
Reexam Order 086(Sato) by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd
Non-final OA 086(Sato) by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd
Unified is pleased to announce the PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Preeti Dua, who received a cash prize of $3,500 for her prior art submission for 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 has been asserted against Best Buy, McAfee, Electronic Arts, Aspyr Media, Vimeo, Buzzfeed, and King.com.
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.
