Velos Media Chinese patent challenged

On February 7, 2021, Unified filed an invalidity challenge in China against CN103299632, owned by Velos Media. The CN’632 patent is directed to video decoding techniques and was originally assigned to Ericsson before being transferred to Velos. The CN’632 patent is related to EP 2 664 149, which Unified filed an opposition on December 29, 2020. It is also related to U.S. Patent 9,414,066, which Unified has also challenged in the U.S. with IPR2020-00352, instituted on June 30, 2020.

Unified is represented by Jingjing Guo of JZMC Patent and Trademark Agency, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani.

For Pub - Vel632 by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

DivX Chinese patent challenged

On February 5, 2021, Unified filed an invalidity challenge in China against CN101421935 owned by DivX Inc., a subsidiary of well-known NPE Fortress Investment Group. CN’935 is directed to a method for deblocking reconstructed video frames. It is related to U.S. patents that have been asserted against Netflix and Hulu.

Unified is represented by Jingjing Guo of JZMC Patent and Trademark Agency, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.

For Pub - As Filed DivX by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

$2,000 for DatRec prior art

On February 4, 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 8,156,158. The patent is owned by DatRec, LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Nacar IP LLC. The '158 patent generally relates to the use of a database of individuals in personalized medicine based on authenticated medical and other personal data. It is currently being asserted against companies like Athenahealth, Philips, AdvancedMD, and Ancestry.com. View district court litigation by DatRec, LLC.

The contest will expire on May 15, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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Another Chinese patent challenged, this time against GEVC

On February 4, 2021, Unified Patents filed its second Chinese invalidity challenge against CN102939755. The CN’755 patent, originally assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, was transferred to GE Video Compression (GEVC). The CN‘755 patent is related to patents that are designated essential to the HEVC Advance patent pool as well as SISVEL’s AV1 and VP9 patent pools.

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 - Against CN102939755B by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

Webinar Materials - The Trial Before the Trial — Eliminating Presumptions and Other Recent USPTO Rule Changes

Speakers:

David Seastrunk — Senior Patent Counsel - Unified Patents

Dan Fishman — Senior Attorney, Yee & Associates, P.C.

We reviewed the new USPTO-issued revised rules that officially went into effect on January 9, 2021. Controversial changes that eliminate evidentiary presumptions in favor of the Petitioner for purposes of institution on certain fact issues were discussed. We looked over the rule changes and how they have affected both Petitioners and Patent Owners.

Thank you to our speakers for leading a great discussion!

To listen to the recorded webinar, click here: https://vimeo.com/508182874

The slide presentation from this webinar can be seen below.

Please join us at our next webinar, 5G RAN Economics and Licensing on February 25th at 12p ET. For more information, visit our website.

USPTO Rule Changes - Unified Webinar by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd