First China patent challenge against IdeaHub

On February 3, 2021, Unified Patents filed its first Chinese invalidation request for CN103081504 owned by IdeaHub, Inc. CN103081504 is directed to media content streamed in accordance with the MPEG-DASH standard and to video-on-demand (VOD) systems. It is related to U.S. Patent 8,645,562, which IdeaHub's licensee, Helios Streaming, LLC, has used to sue Showtime, Vudu, Crackle, and Starz.

Unified is represented by Fanghua Zhou at Wei Chixue Law Firm, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.

For Pub - As-filed Invalidation Request-201180042908.3 by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

$1,000 for Optinetix prior art

On February 2, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $1,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,349,668. This patent is currently owned by Optinetix, a NPE. The '668 patent generally relates to a system and method for the distribution of information, typically digital information that is distributed actively, through broadcast media such as television and radio.

The contest will expire on April 30, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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2S Ventures affiliate, Optima Direct, settles with Unified

On February 1, 2021, the Board issued an order terminating IPR2020-00784 pursuant to a joint settlement request filed by Unified Patents and Optima Direct, LLC, an NPE and affiliate of 2S Ventures. U.S. Patent 8,646,060, 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.

Unified was represented by Andrew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding. View Optima Direct’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.

Inspire Licensing patent challenged

On January 29, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,005,427, owned and asserted by Inspire Licensing, an NPE and affiliate of IP Edge. The ’427 patent is related to sensors that generate alarms for a vehicle.

View district court litigations by Inspire Licensing. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Haynes Boone and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,665, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.

EfilingAck41776646 50348.47 ExParte Request by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

$2,000 for NorthStar Systems prior art

On February 1, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,478,527. This patent is owned by NorthStar Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Alpha Alpha Intellectual Partners, LLC, an NPE. The ’527 patent generally relates to displaying and generating object vector indicators on an electronic map (e.g., visually displaying a route between two points of interest on a map). The ‘527 patent has been asserted against TCT Mobile, OnePlus Science & Technology, Kyocera, and ZTE.

The contest will expire on April 30, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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