Proven Networks patent challenged

On March 16, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,018,852, owned by Proven Networks, LLC. This patent relates to a port selection technique used in a network switching environment where there are multiple equal-cost paths between two nodes. The ‘852 patent has been asserted against Palo Alto Networks, Dell, Microsoft, Cisco, Amazon, HPE, NetApp, Arista, F5, and Extreme Networks.

View district court litigations by Proven Networks. Unified is represented David Tennant, David Markoff, and Kiersten Batzli of White and Case and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,702, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.

Reexam Request for Proven Networks by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

$3,000 for Acacia subsidiary prior art, Stingray IP Solutions

On March 10, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $3,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 51 of U.S. Patent 7,224,678. The patent is owned by Stingray IP Solutions, LLC, a subsidiary of Acacia Research Group, an NPE.

The '678 patent generally relates to wireless LAN with intrusion detection features. It has been asserted against TP-Link Technologies, Signify, and Samsung in the Eastern District of Texas.

The contest will expire on June 1, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,000 for Trinity Info Media prior art

On March 2, 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 9,087,321. The patent is owned by Trinity Info Media, LLC f/k/a Trinity Intel Media LLC, an NPE.

The '321 patent generally relates to a system that provides an on-line network of friends that are determined through polling each of the users. It is currently being asserted against Hornet Networks, Raya App, The League App, Covalent, and Coffee Meets Bagel.

The contest will expire on July 1, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,000 for AML IP prior art

On March 2, 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 6,876,979. This patent is owned by AML IP, LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Dynamic IP Deals, LLC.

The '979 patent generally relates to a system and method for supporting electronic commerce in an environment in which multiple service providers each have associated vendors where a user may maintain an account at a service provider that is different from the service provider associated with the vendor from which a user makes an on-line purchase. AML IP is currently asserting the patent against Blizzard Entertainment, Kongregate, Coinbase, Rebilly, Payment Approved Technologies, and AffiniPay.

The contest will expire on July 1, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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SynKloud Technologies patent held unpatentable

On March 5, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. SynKloud Technologies, LLC holding all claims of U.S. Patent 9,098,526 unpatentable. SynKloud Technologies is a subsidiary of Ideahub, Inc. The ‘526 patent, directed to providing remote storage for wireless devices, has been asserted against Hewlett-Packard and Blu Products.

Unified was represented by John Baird, Paul Belnap, and Patrick McPherson of Duane Morris in this proceeding. View SynKloud's district court litigation. To view the case record, see Unified's Portal.