Aeritas reexamination request granted

On June 17, 2021, 30 days after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the USPTO granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims (claims 1-10) of U.S. Patent 9,390,435, owned by Aeritas LLC, an NPE. The ‘435 patent relates to receiving notifications 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 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, Michelle Aspen, and Jung Hahm.

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.

Prior art found on '668 Optinetix patent

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on 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. Prior art search service provider, Parola Analytics, found the art shown below.

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The trials and tribulations of Chinese patent invalidation proceedings

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Unified’s senior patent counsel, Jessica Marks, explains Chinese oppositions and some of the unexpected issues that can crop up.

Validity challenges at the China National IP Administration are an increasingly important part of the Chinese patent landscape, but they can be confusing affairs. With regulations and guidelines, the process that PRID follows is intended to be efficient and many Chinese practitioners will advise that invalidations can be accomplished in six to nine months. However, Unified Patents has filed 18 such challenges since 2020 in China but, based on its experiences, the reality can be very different to expectations.

Read the article HERE, published by IAM.

Another Chinese Challenge Filed Against Dolby

On June 9, 2021, Unified Patents filed a Chinese invalidation request for CN102256122 owned by Dolby International AB. CN102256122 has been designated essential to the HEVC Advance pool and SISVEL’s AV1 pool. It is also related to patents that have been designated in those pools.

Unified is represented by JZMC Patent and Trademark Law Office, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Jung Hahm.


IP Edge entity, Xylon Licensing, patent challenged

On June 3, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination against U.S. Patent 8,719,165, owned by Xylon Licensing, LLC, an NPE and IP Edge entity. The ‘165 patent relates to completing secure transactions using a mobile device and a secure computer. It has been asserted in 13 district court litigations against companies such as Plains Capital, Texas State Bankshares, Mastercard, Shopkeep, Global Payments, and others.

View district court litigation involving the '165 patent. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Jordan Rossen and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,764, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.