$2,000 for M4siz prior art

On June 30, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 6,526,402. The patent is owned by M4siz, LTD, an NPE. The '402 patent generally relates to a searching procedure, particularly for searching on the Internet, using a search engine associated with a database where the user submits a request string comprising a locator (or URL) for the search engine and a search string including at least one search term. This patent has been asserted against most major retailers such as Macy’s, Walmart, Wayfair, Sears, Petsmart, HEB, Kroger, Pottery Barn, and Aldi.

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

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VideoLabs '790 patent challenged

On June 28, 2022, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,233,790. The patent is owned and asserted by VideoLabs Inc., an NPE. The '790 patent is directed to video-on-demand systems that allow content providers to distribute the correct format of digital content to different devices. It has been asserted against Netflix. This reexamination filing is part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

View district court litigation by VideoLabs. Unified is represented by Andrew (Drew) Sommer at Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015063.

Robocast patent challenged

On June 30, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 8,965,932, owned and asserted by Robocast Inc., an NPE. The ‘932 patent is generally directed to the automatic delivery and presentation of web content. It has been asserted against Netflix, YouTube, and Google.

View district court litigations by Robocast. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastruck.

Voice Tech's PTAB rehearing request denied

On June 28, 2022, Voice Tech Corporation’s request for rehearing of IPR2020-01018 was denied by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The IPR was filed against U.S. 10,491,679 on June 5, 2020, was instituted on December 14, 2020, and received a final written decision holding all claims invalid on December 13, 2021. The ’679 patent relates to voice-activated computing. The patent is currently asserted against Mycroft AI Inc. for using open source, voice-related technologies. This denial comes after the Board previously rejected Voice Tech's precedential opinion panel (POP) request.

View Voice Tech Corp’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen, Roshan Mansinghani, and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

IP Investments Group entity DigiMedia Tech patent challenged

On June 27, 2022, Unified Patents filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 6,473,532, owned and asserted by DigiMedia Tech LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘532 patent relates generally to processing and encoding of video images for later compression by standard compression techniques. This patent has been asserted against ViacomCBS, Lenovo, and Panasonic.

View district court litigations by DigiMedia Tech. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Trenton Ward at Finnegan, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.