Dominion Harbor entity, Sovereign Peak Ventures, data transmissions patent held invalid

On November 8, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Sovereign Peak Ventures holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,877,038 unpatentable. Owned by Dominion Harbor’s entity, Sovereign Peak Ventures, the '038 patent is directed to transmitting and receiving video data arranged in data frames forming a data stream. It has been asserted against HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology from TCL, Hisense, and LG. The petition was filed as part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in the SEP Video Codec Zone.

View district court litigations by Sovereign Peak Ventures. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Haynes and Boone, LLP and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy, Jung Hahm, and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

$2,000 for Third Iris video surveillance patent prior art

On October 19, 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 8,558,888, owned by Third Iris Corp, an NPE. The patent generally relates to a video surveillance terminal that avoids network congestion. The ‘888 patent has been asserted against companies such as ADT, Vivint, and Google.

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

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DynaIP entity, Silent Communication, telecom patent reexam granted

On October 21, 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 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.

Route Guidance Systems vehicle guidance patent reexam granted

On October 19, 2022, less than six weeks 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 6,917,876, owned by Route Guidance Systems LLC, an NPE. The ’876 patent is directed to route guidance systems for vehicles where the calculated route is transmitted from a central computer to a vehicle over a channel of communication in a short burst and is then closed, so that transmission to the vehicle ceases, unless and until a need for further transmission arises. The patent is currently being asserted against ExxonMobil, Verizon, MyPizza Technologies, Honda, Salesforce, Grubhub, HERE Global, DoorDash, MapleBear, and Waitr.

View district court litigations by Route Guidance Systems. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes, Michelle Aspen, and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015113.

$4,000 for IP Edge entity AdaptFlow Technologies '757 & '064 prior art

Unified Patents added two separate PATROLL contests with an opportunity to collect up to $4,000 in cash for prior art on at least claim 1 of two patents - U.S. Patent 9,838,757 and U.S. Patent 10,015,064. The patents are owned by AdaptFlow Technologies LLC, an NPE and IP Edge entity. The ‘757 patent generally relates to a method for transmitting video data in a data stream. The '064 patent generally relates to a home network system that personalizes the selection of information content. Both patents have been asserted against Roku.

The contests will expire on December 31, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests.

US 9,838,757 - Transmit Video Data in a Data Stream

US 10,015,064 - Personalization of Information Content

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