Equitable IP's Optic153 adverse judgment granted

On May 23, 2022, the PTAB entered adverse judgment with respect to claims 1, 16, 19, 21, and 22 (all challenged claims) of U.S. Patent 6,115,174, owned by Optic153 LLC, an Equitable IP entity, in IPR2021-00932 filed by Unified Patents. After the PTAB instituted trial, Optic153 filed a statutory disclaimer with the USPTO disclaiming the challenged claims. The PTAB treated Optic153's disclaimer as a request for adverse judgment as to the challenged claims and granted the request.

The '174 patent is generally related to devices that vary optical signals and had been previously asserted against Comcast, Verizon, T-Mobile, Windstream Holdings, Dish Network, Charter Communications, Crown Castle International Corp., and AT&T.

View district court litigations by Optic153 LLC. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel Ellyar Barazesh and Roshan Mansinghani.

Canon and Unified Brands profit from deterring online counterfeiters

In court filings targeting online counterfeiters, Unified Brands ("the Anti-Counterfeiter") is working with Canon to stop the sales of counterfeit camera batteries and other accessories via online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay. Canon, a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions worldwide, recognizes that sales of counterfeit goods are a huge and growing problem for businesses. As stores have migrated from physical locations to e-commerce sites—a move only accelerated by the pandemic—online sales of counterfeit goods has become a multi-trillion dollar problem for American businesses.

Continue reading to find out how Unified Brands is searching for more ways to fight off online counterfeiters HERE.

Lauri Valjakka prior art found, $2,000 awarded

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ramesh Varadharaj, who was awarded a cash prize of $2,000 for his prior art submission for U.S. Patent 8,495,167. The patent is owned by Lauri Valjakka, an NPE. The '167 patent generally relates to data communication networks and has been asserted against Apple, Google, Sony, Microsoft, Netflix, Cisco, Amazon, and Akamai Technologies.

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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$3,000 awarded for Gridley IP prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Mani Manikandan and Kartikeya Srivastava, who split a cash prize of $3,000 for their prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 8,676,668. The patent is owned by by Gridley IP LLC, an IP Edge entity. The '668 patent generally relates to mapping population activity by discerning a location, speed, and direction of wireless mobile devices within a geographic region. It has been asserted against Waitr, Route4Me, WorkWave, Instacart, Doordash, NeighborFavor, Cabconnect, Zum Services, HopSkipDrive, SuperShuttle, and Flywheel Software based on their respective delivery and ridesharing services and apps.

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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Consumeron prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 10,115,067, owned by Consumeron, LLC, an NPE. The '067 patent relates to a method for remote acquisition and delivery of goods involving a server in communication with a customer’s computer through a user interface via the Internet. The patent had been asserted against MapleBear Inc. d/b/a Instacart.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION