SoundStreak Texas A/V recording patent challenged

On November 4, 2022, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,726,822, owned and asserted by SoundStreak Texas LLC, an NPE and entity of Quest Patent Research Corporation. The ’822 patent is directed to simultaneously establishing high- and low- quality data formats for streaming and storing digital content during a live event. The patent is currently being asserted against Fujifilm Holdings.

View district court litigations by SoundStreak Texas. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015153.

Flexiworld wireless communications patent likely invalid

On November 8, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 9,836,257, owned by Flexiworld Technologies, Inc., an NPE. The ’257 patent relates to transmitting digital content from a mobile apparatus to a wireless output device and has been asserted against Roku.

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

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.