$2,000 for Coretek Licensing prior art

On September 7, 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 8,861,512, owned by Coretek Licensing LLC, an IP Edge entity. The patent generally relates to a wireless device can initiate a network connection without using a network operator's home location register. The patent has been asserted over 40 times against companies such as Frontier Communications, Teladoc Health, Ringcentral, and Discord.

The contest will expire on November 30, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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DynaIP entity, Silent Communication, patent challenged

On August 26, 2022, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,229,409, owned by Silent Communication, LLC, an NPE and DynaIP entity. The ’409 patent relates to recovering calls after an erroneous disconnection and has been asserted against Adobe, Fuze, and Lifesize.

View district court litigations by Silent Communication. Unified is represented 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/90015109.

IP Edge entity, Backertop Licensing, patent challenged

On September 2, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 10,728,382, owned and asserted by Backertop Licensing LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Edge. The '382 patent is directed to securing and providing mobile device access to a network based on a determined location of the mobile device and whether the mobile device complies with restrictions required by the particular location. The patent is currently being asserted against August Home and Canary Connect.

View district court litigations by Backertop Licensing. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

Toronto Globe reports on Unified's in-depth portfolio analysis of Blackberry and its delayed sale to NPE

At the beginning of 2022, BlackBerry announced that Catapult IP Innovations Inc. had agreed to buy several patents in a deal worth over $400-million dollars, but by June, the deal was off. Unified’s Director of Analytics, Sam Baird, analyzed the potential value of the divested portfolio of 37,175 patents, which would be one of the largest patent deals in the past decade. Mr. Baird has noted the buyer’s cost could exceed $900 million USD, including related maintenance costs, prosecution fees and litigation costs.

The Toronto Globe has reported on the analysis done, but you can read through the two-part series below:

Catapulting BlackBerry: A Data-Intensive Look – Part I, Quantity

Catapulting BlackBerry: A Data-Intensive Look, Part II

IPVal entity, Rosen Technologies, patent challenged

On August 29, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,156,318, owned and asserted by Rosen Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Valuation Partners. The ‘318 patent is directed to a programmable thermostat having virtual buttons that control space conditioning equipment. The patent is currently being asserted against Resideo Technologies and Lennox International.

View district court litigations by Rosen Technologies. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Duane Morris and by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.