Velos '086 patent successfully challenged

On January 27, 2022, less than a year after Unified filed its request for ex parte reexamination, the USPTO issued a final office action rejecting all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,743,086, owned by Velos Media. The '086 patent was purportedly essential to the HEVC standard. During reexamination, to overcome the rejections, Velos was forced to greatly amend the claims of the '086 patent such that they are no longer essential.

Unified is represented by David Cavanaugh, Scott Bertulli, Brian Lambson, and Jonathan Knight from WilmerHale and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding. To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014637.

$18,000 for Dominion Harbor sub, Redwood Technologies, prior art

On January 28, 2022, Unified added 9 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Redwood Technologies, LLC, an NPE and entity of the Dominion Harbor Group. The contests will all end on May 31, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

We also have third-party prior art providers giving our researchers a head start in the hunt! Click on each of the contests to find more from Traindex.io, Techson IP, IPscreener, Ambercite, and Google Patent Analytics.

• US 8,891,678 - Receiving Apparatus and Receiving Method

• US 9,048,988 - Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO)-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)

• US 9,106,486 - Digital Radio Communication Method

• US 9,590,834 - Radio Communication

• US 10,038,580 - Multi-carrier Signal Transmitter and Receiver

• US 10,243,626 - Transmission Method and Apparatus

• US 10,291,454 - OFDM Transmission System

• US 10,492,199 - Communication System for Formatting Data

• US 10,511,961 - Wireless LAN Inter-working

Proven Networks proven to be PAE in public interest statements

On January 27, 2022, Unified Patents filed a public interest statement in the ITC on the Proven Networks v. NetApp (inter alia) investigation. Unified focused on Proven Networks' status as a litigation funded, investment-driven NPE run and controlled by the Russ, August, and Kabat firm. Read the public statement below and also find comments from a member of Congress, NetApp, and others.

Unified’s statement was written by Christine Lehman of Reichman Jorgensen LLP and by in-house counsel, Jonathan Stroud and Jung Hahm.

2027-01-27 Unified Patents Public Interest Statement by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

Letter From Rep Connolly by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

NetApp Public Interest Statement by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

NetApp 100 Day on 101 by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

Technet Public Interest Statement by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

$2,000 for eSignature prior art

On January 26, 2022, 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 8,065,527. The patent is owned by eSignature, LLC, an NPE. The '527 generally relates to a system and method for embedding a written signature into a secure electronic document. It is currently being asserted against Adobe.

The contest will expire on May 15, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,000 for Guzik Technical Enterprises prior art

On January 28, 2022, 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 7,221,220. The patent is owned by Guzik Technical Enterprises, an NPE. The '220 patent generally relates to a method for low-frequency bypassing in broadband RF circuitry.

The contest will expire on May 15, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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