VideoLabs '790 reexam granted

On August 18, 2022, less than two months after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the USPTO granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of 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.

Virtual Creative Artist patent challenged

On August 11, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 10,339,576, owned and asserted by Virtual Creative Artist, LLC. The '576 patent is directed towards a process for creating and publishing media content on an electronic exchange. The patent is currently being asserted against Meta.

View district court litigations by Virtual Creative Artist. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Eric Buresh of Erise IP and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Intellectual Ventures patent likely invalid

On August 11, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 9,291,475, owned by Intellectual Ventures II LLC. The ’475 patent relates to alerting a recipient regarding a violation of a vehicle, such as a speeding violation, and has been asserted in district court against Toyota, GM, and Honda.

View district court litigations by Intellectual Ventures. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander, Roshan Mansinghani, and Michelle Aspen.

Valtrus Innovations patent challenged

On August 10, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,748,005, owned and asserted by Valtrus Innovations Ltd., an entity of Key Patent Innovations Limited. The ‘005 patent is generally related to allocating resources between several computing domains. It has been asserted against Google.

View district court litigations by Valtrus. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Michael Jones of Rothwell Figg and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

$16,000 for Ideahub entity, AX Wireless, prior art

On August 12, 2022, Unified added 12 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by AX Wireless, LLC, an NPE and IdeaHub subsidiary. The contests will all end on October 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 APEX Standards, Techson IP, InQuartik, IPscreener, and Google Patent Analytics.