$2,000 for D3D Technologies prior art

On August 30, 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 10,795,457. The patent is owned by D3D Technologies, an NPE. The '457 patent generally relates to an interactive 3D cursor facilitates selection and manipulation of a three-dimensional volume from any three-dimensional image. The ‘457 patent has been asserted against Microsoft.

The contest will expire on November 30, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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Federal Circuit Affirms Unified Patents’ Successful IPR Against Ortiz & Associates Consulting

On August 31, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit summarily affirmed the PTAB’s ruling that all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,971,914, are unpatentable in a summary affirmance under Rule 36, effectively ending the longstanding assertion of those claims. The ‘914 patent, directed to controlling a multimedia video device to play video data through the operation of a wireless device, has been asserted against Google and Roku. See Ortiz & Associates Consulting, LLC. v. Unified Patents, LLC, No. 2021-1085 (Fed. Cir. August 31, 2021) (Rule 36 Affirmance). The case was argued by in-house counsel Alyssa Holtslander and Angela Oliver from Haynes and Boone. Unified was also represented by in-house counsel Roshan Mansinghani and Jonathan Stroud as well as Raghav Bajaj, Debbie McComas, David O’Dell, and David McCombs at Haynes and Boone.

To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see our PTAB Portal.

$2,500 for Defenders of the American Dream prior art

On August 27, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,500 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,621,578. The patent is owned by the Defenders of the American Dream, LLC, an NPE. Various demand letters to owners of websites that simply use Captcha as a verification method have been sent and the ‘578 patent has been asserted against Best Buy, Fandango, AEG, and Ticket Master.

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

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Webinar Materials - Fintiv Denials in Light of ITC Cases

Speakers:

Michelle Aspen — Senior Patent Counsel, Unified Patents

Sam Korte — Assistant General Counsel, Garmin

Jonathan Strang — Partner, Latham & Watkins

For this webinar, our panel addressed Fintiv denials in light of PTAB proceedings. The panelists presented several case studies and discussed the current policy applied by the PTAB. A few strategies on how to reduce the risk of denial were also included in the presentation.

Many thanks to Michelle, Sam, and Jon for a great discussion!

To listen to the recorded webinar, click here: https://vimeo.com/592877758

The slide presentation from this webinar can be seen below.

Our next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, September 30th. Stay tuned for our topic announcement! Visit our website for more information.

$5,000 Awarded for SaveItSafe prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Erica Ghironi, who received a cash prize of $5,000 for her prior art submission for U.S. Patent 8,929,552. The patent owner is SaveItSafe, LLC, an NPE. The '552 patent relates to securement of electronic information and cryptographic keys. SaveItSafe asserted the '552 patent against Oracle and Ultra Electronics Holdings in the Western District of Texas. However, the prior owner, No Magic, Inc., previously asserted the patent against Futurex, Atos IT Solutions and Services, SafeNet, Townsend Security, and Thales e-Security in 2015 through 2017. Litigation history can be found here.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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