IP Edge sub, Orbit Licensing, communications patent successfully challenged

On November 18, 2022, the USPTO issued a final rejection of claims 1, 4-6, and 9-11 of U.S. Patent 9,578,040, owned and asserted by Orbit Licensing, an IP Edge entity. The '040 patent is generally directed to packet communications, including determining whether a service request is authorized or not. The '040 patent has been asserted 10 times, including against the SPF protocol (an open standard of the IETF) of several companies such as EidosMedia, Red Hat, OnApp, Akamai, Tencent, Limelight Networks, Wowza Media, CodePen, Velocix, and The MathWorks.

View district court litigation by Orbit Licensing. Unified is represented by James Stein of Lee & Hayes and 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/90014897.

IP Edge entity, Savannah Licensing, settles with Unified

On November 9, 2022, the Board issued an order terminating IPR2022-01026 pursuant to a joint settlement request filed by Unified Patents and Savannah Licensing, an NPE and IP Edge entity. U.S. Patent 9,454,777 relates to using feedback based on a user's indication of frustration with a device and had been asserted against Nuu Mobile, Atlassian, Snapchat, Instagram, Sony, and others.

View district court litigations by Savannah Licensing. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel Kelly Hughes, Roshan Mansinghani, and Michelle Aspen.

Dolby European AV1 patent related to Interdigital family revoked

On November 7, 2022, the European Patent Office revoked all claims of EP 3678097 owned by Dolby International AB. EP’097 is related to patents that have been declared essential to HEVCA and to SISVEL’s AV1 pool. InterDigital VC Holdings has designated its parent, EP 1627359, as essential to the AV1 standard. The EP’097 patent relates to a method for simulating the film grain that would result from the physical process of exposure and development of film in digital video. This filing was a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

Unified is represented by Andrew McGettrick and Susan Keston from HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks, Ashraf Fawzy, and Roshan Mansinghani.

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AlterWAN final decision affirmed by Federal Circuit

On November 14, 2022, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Office's final decision, in a summary Rule 36 affirmance, confirmed that AlterWAN, Inc.’s U.S. Patent 9,667,534 was unpatentable. The ‘534 patent, directed to routing packets via VPN, had been asserted in district court litigation against Amazon Web Services.

View AlterWAN's district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. Unified was represented by Angela Oliver, Raghav Bajaj, and Debbie McComas of Haynes and Boone and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen, Ashraf Fawzy, and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

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Magnetar Capital entity, Speir Technologies, wireless device patent likely invalid

On November 9, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 7,321,777, owned and asserted by Speir Technologies Ltd., an NPE and Magnetar Capital entity. The ’777 patent relates to using a wireless device to locate a remote wireless device and has been asserted against Samsung and Apple.

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