$2,000 for Relevant Holdings prior art

On May 19, 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 8,849,814. The patent is owned by Relevant Holdings, LLC, a NPE. The '814 patent generally relates to a database that is able to search, sort, and display various video and sounds clips. The patent is currently being asserted against Mindgeek USA, Inc.

The contest will expire on August 31, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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DigiMedia Tech patent determined to be likely invalid

On May 18, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,715,476, formerly owned by Intellectual Ventures but now owned by DigiMedia Tech LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘476 patent is generally related to displaying video images generated by a camera on a display, and more particularly to tracking a head portion of a person image in camera-generated video images. The ‘476 patent has been asserted against Olympus Corp., Fujifilm Holdings, Sakar International, Nikon, JK Imaging, and Elite Brands.

View district court litigations by DigiMedia Tech. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Trenton Ward at Finnegan, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Aeritas patent challenged

On May 18, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination against U.S. Patent 9,390,435, owned by Aeritas LLC, an NPE. The ‘435 patent relates to receiving notifications, e.g., notification related to products or services of interest, at a mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and notification criteria, and then receiving information, e.g., additional information about the products or services or a purchase confirmation, at the mobile device in response to an input. The patent has been asserted in 21 litigations, including current assertions against Finnair Oyi, Darden Restaurants, Whataburger Restaurants, Burger King, and WestJet Airlines.

View district court litigations by Aeritas. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Alyssa Holtslander and Michelle Aspen.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,750, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.

Gesture Technology Partners patent challenged

On May 14, 2021, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,933,431, owned by Gesture Technology Partners, LLC. The ‘431 patent is generally related to using human motion as an input device for computers and mobile devices and has been asserted against Huawei, Samsung, Apple, Lenovo, and LG.

View district court litigations by Gesture Technology Partners. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Haynes and Boone, LLP and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

Omnitek Partners settles with Unified

On May 13, 2021, the Board issued an order terminating IPR2020-01574 pursuant to a joint settlement request filed by Unified Patents and Omnitek Partners LLC, an NPE. U.S. Patent 8,224,569 is generally directed towards a method for generating and displaying driving directions. The patent had been asserted in litigation against Ford, Here Global B.V., Toyota, Apple, and Alpine Electronics, and is still currently asserted against GM, Mazda, and Volvo.

View district court litigations by Omnitek Partners. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander, Ashraf Fawzy, and Jonathan Stroud, in this proceeding.