$5,000 for WSOU '715 prior art

On February 25, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $5,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,409,715. The patent is owned by the most prolific NPE assertor in 2020, WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a/ Brazos Licensing and Development.

The ‘715 patent generally relates to an impersonation attack detection system for a wireless node of a wireless communication network. Specifically, Unified seeks art on the method that operatively connects the wireless node with an intrusion detection module, provides the intrusion detection module with a copy of the original data frames transmitted by the wireless node over a wireless interface, and then compares information in the copy with information in incoming data frames at the intrusion detection module. During prosecution, the patent examiner allowed the claims of the ’715 patent over U.S. Patent 6,745,333 based on these features. The ‘715 patent is currently being asserted against Arista Networks in the Western District of Texas.

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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Webinar Materials - 5G RAN Economics and Licensing

Speakers:

Craig Thompson — General Manager & COO, Unified Consulting

John Morgan — Head of Solutions & Deployments, Facebook Connectivity

During our webinar, we discussed 5G RAN characteristics and the market forces and economics of Open RAN. We highlighted several other areas like vRAN and C-RAN, and spoke on how each of the new technologies have changed the licensing landscape.

Thank you to Craig and John for leading a great discussion!

To listen to the recorded webinar, click here: https://vimeo.com/516850365

The slide presentation from this webinar can be seen below.

Our next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, March 25th. Visit our website for topic details and more information.

5G RAN Licensing Presentati... by Jennifer M Gallagher

Oceana Innovations patent determined to be likely invalid

On February 23, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all grounds challenging all of the claims of U.S. Patent 6,508,678, owned by Oceana Innovations LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Endpoint IP. The ‘678 patent is generally directed to USB electrical connector assemblies with the patent being asserted against HDMI cable assemblies. In 2017, the previous patent owner, Interface Linx, LLC, asserted the ‘678 patent against TTE, Haier, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sherwood, Sound United, VOXX, and Hisense. Those cases terminated in 2019. The current patent owner, Oceana Innovations LLC, began a new campaign in May 2020, filing suits against JVCKenwood, Charter Communications, and Roku (terminated).

View district court litigations by Oceana Innovations. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

GE Video Compression patent likely unpatentable

On February 22, 2021, the USPTO granted Unified's request for ex parte reexamination, finding substantial questions of patentability for all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,057,603, owned by GE Video Compression LLC (GEVC). The ‘603 patent has been designated as essential in the HEVC Advance patent pool and is one of the largest GE families in Advance.

Unified is represented by Eric Buresh, Chris Schmidt, and Jocelyn Ram of Erise IP, and in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Ashraf Fawzy, in this proceeding. Visit Unified’s Public Portal for more information about its Video Codec landscape (OPAL) and standard submission repository (OPEN).

GE Video Compression reexamination request granted by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

$1,500 for StratosAudio '203 prior art

On February 3, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $1,500 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claims 43, 47, 48, 51, 52, 55, 56, and 62 of U.S. Patent 8,200,203. The patent is owned by StratosAudio, an NPE. The '203 generally relates to a system and method for a broadcast response generally employing RDS, DARC, or similar technology, including a method for responding to a broadcast comprising of extracting an event identifier from a broadcast signal; detecting a response by a user to the broadcast signal; polling a communications device to determine a user identifier; and communicating the event identifier and the user identifier when the user response is detected. It is currently being asserted against Volvo, Hyundai, Subaru, Volkswagen, and Mazda.

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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