Another Ideahub SEP video encoding patent challenged

On June 9, 2022, Unified filed a petition for post grant review (PGR) against U.S. Patent 11,122,274, owned by Ideahub Inc., an NPE.  The '274 patent generally relates to a video compression method for improving compression efficiency in directional intra-prediction. This filing is part of Unified’s continued efforts in the SEP Video Codec Zone.

Over the last 8 years, Unified is one of the top petitioners for inter partes review proceedings with over 240 petitions filed against bad NPE-controlled patents. This filing marks the second occasion that Unified has filed an early, post-grant review petition challenging a patent’s validity.

View district court litigation by Ideahub. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.  Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj and David McCombs of Hayes Boone, and by in-house counsel Roshan Mansinghani and Michelle Aspen.

IP Edge entity Noblewood IP patent challenged

On June 13, 2022, Unified Patents filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,941,553, owned and asserted by Noblewood IP LLC, an IP Edge entity. The ’553 Patent relates to responding to user requests for multimedia content with a metafile. This patent has been asserted twelve times this year, including against Wolters Kluwer, Viacom, and Everyday Health.

View district court litigations by Noblewood IP. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj and David McCombs of Hayes Boone, and by in-house counsel Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani.

CommWorks '664 patent challenged

On June 10, 2022, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination against U.S. Patent 7,760,664, owned by CommWorks Solutions, LLC. The patent relates to determining and provisioning paths in a network and has been asserted against eight companies, including RCN Telecom Services, LLC and Charter Communications.

View district court litigations by CommWorks. Unified is represented by Matthew Beck, Raghav Bajaj, and David McCombs of Hayes Boone, and by in-house counsel Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015057.

$4,000 for 2BCom prior art

On May 27, 2022, Unified Patents added two separate PATROLL contests with an opportunity to collect up to $4,000 in cash for prior art on at least claim 1 of two patents - U.S. Patent 6,885,643 and U.S. Patent 6,928,166. The patents are owned by 2BCom, LLC, an NPE and Markman Advisors entity. The ‘643 patent generally relates to data transfer via wireless communications. The ‘166 patent generally relates to radio communication device authentication. The patents have been asserted against Netgear, D-Link Systems, Walmart, and Honeywell.

The contests will expire on September 30, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests.

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$6,000 for Implicit prior art

On May 27, 2022, Unified added 3 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by investor-backed Implicit LLC, an NPE and Edward Balassanian entity. The patents have been asserted against Fortinet and Salesforce. The contests will all end on September 30, 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 APEX Standards, Traindex.io, Techson IP, InQuartik, IPscreener, and Google Patent Analytics.