Torchlight Technologies patent challenged

On September 22, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 11,208,029, owned and asserted by Torchlight Technologies LLC, an NPE. The '029 patent is directed to a headlight system that increases light in a direction of road curvature. Torchlight has asserted the patent against several auto companies including Audi, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz USA, Porsche, Volkswagen, and GM.

View district court litigations by Torchlight Technologies. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

IP Edge entity, Sunflower Licensing, patent challenged

On September 16, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,398,005, owned and asserted by Sunflower Licensing, LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Edge. The ‘005 patent relates generally to video recording systems that record digitally encoded video sequences onto disc media such as recordable digital video discs, hard drives and magneto optical discs. This patent is being asserted against GoPro, Ricoh Imaging, NGL Energy, Orsted North America, Central Security Group, ADT, and others. This filing is part of Unified’s continued efforts in the SEP Video Codec Zone.

View district court litigations by Sunflower Licensing. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Raghav Bajaj at Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Sound View '860 patent successfully invalidated

On September 16, 2022, the USPTO issued a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate, canceling claims 1-3, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 18 of U.S. Patent 8,135,860, owned by Sound View Innovations, LLC. The ‘860 patent relates to data processing that transforms web content into a format suitable for display by a client device and was previously asserted against Facebook.

View district court litigations by Sound View. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Ellyar Barazesh, Ashraf Fawzy, and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014713.

IP Edge entity, Diatek Licensing, patent likely invalid

On September 15, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 7,079,752, owned by NPE and IP Edge entity, Diatek Licensing LLC. The ‘752 patent is generally directed to providing playback control functions (e.g., fast-forward, rewind, etc.) for digital video streaming devices. The patent is relevant to the MPEG standard and has been asserted against several streaming companies such as AccuWeather, Fox Broadcasting Company, Home Box Office (HBO), MLB Advanced Media, Redbox, and Roku.

View district court litigations by Diatek Licensing. To read this petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Cono Carrano, Ryan Stronczer, and Sohrab Hajarian of Akin Gump, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Jordan Rossen.

$2,000 awarded for Linfo IP '132 prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Ganesan Rajamanickam, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 9,674,132, owned by Linfo IP LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Dynamic IP Deals, LLC. The '132 patent generally relates to a user interface for managing emails and other message communications and are disclosed as solutions for reducing confusion and avoiding mistakes in communications when replying to a message with multiple recipients.

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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