$2,000 for Sales Transaction Systems prior art

On July 25, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 5 of U.S. Patent 10,990,933, owned by Sales Transaction Systems, LLC, an NPE and Internet Promise Group entity. The ‘933 patent generally relates to a financial transaction system between a customer and a financial institution that facilitates the use of a mobile wireless device at an ATM in lieu of an ATM card. The patent is being asserted against Wells Fargo and Bank of America.

The contest will expire on October 31, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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Causam Enterprises patent likely invalid

On July 22, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 10,396,592. The ‘592 patent is owned by Causam Enterprises, Inc., an NPE. The ’592 patent relates to active load management systems and has been asserted in district court and the ITC against Ecobee, Resideo, Alarm.com, Xylem, and Itron.

View district court litigations by Causam Enterprises. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Michelle Aspen.

Buffalo Patents prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 7,187,670. The patent is owned by Buffalo Patents, an NPE. The '670 patent relates to a communication terminal for Internet telephony and has been asserted against ZTE, HTC, TCL, Coolpad Group, and OnePlus.

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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Another Aprese Systems patent challenged

On July 15, 2022, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,887,155, owned by Aprese Systems Texas, LLC. The ‘155 patent relates generally to management of applications and/or services based on contextual information. It had been asserted against Toyota, Roku, Audi, and Nissan.

View district court litigations by Aprese. Unified is represented by Ryan Stronczer and Cono Carrano of Akin Gump and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Michelle Aspen.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015071.

New speakers announced - Wiesn IP Forum 2022

We are delighted to announce our latest speakers for our much-anticipated Wiesn IP Forum 2022, in collaboration with Adamson & Partners.

Our first panel session will discuss Patent Litigation in Europe – Impact of the UPC and will feature the leading speakers Dr. Christine Kanz – Partner, Hoyng Rokh Monegier, and Dr. Marco Rau – General Counsel, CureVac with the acting moderator, Andreas von Falck – Partner, Hogan Lovells.

Willem Hoyng – Chairman of the UPC Advisory Committee and Beat Weibel – Chief IP Counsel, Siemens will be leading our centrepiece panel, What’s UPComing? New Developments in the United Patent Court, which will offer essential insights on the Unified Patent Court.

Our final panel will discuss Standard Essential Patents and Patent Pools and will be led by key speakers Gabriele Mohsler – VP Patent Development, Ericsson, Tim Pohlmann – CEO, IPLytics, and Clemens Heusch – VP Head of Global Litigation, Nokia.

This free event will take place Monday 19th – Tuesday 20th September 2022 in Munich, and will bring together revered IP leaders to network and share the latest industry insights.

Places are limited, so to further information or to RSVP, please visit Wiesn IP Forum 2022 or email info@unifiedpatents.com. For sponsorship opportunities, please visit HERE.

We look forward to seeing you there!