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On December 7, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 8,531,289, owned and asserted by LBT IP II LLC. The '289 patent is directed to location monitoring systems and has been asserted against Uber.
View district court litigations by LBT IP II. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Ellyar Barazesh and Roshan Mansinghani.
On December 6, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,264,991, owned and asserted by Ozmo Licensing LLC. The ‘991 patent is generally directed to a wireless hub that integrates wireless networks and has been asserted against HP, Inc, Acer, and Dell Technologies.
View district court litigations by Ozmo Licensing. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by John Baird and Paul Belnap at Duane Morris, and by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.
Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,615,555, owned by IP Investments Group entity, DataCloud, LLC. The ‘555 patent relates to a system for remotely accessing, retrieving, and transmitting data and offers remote data management control with verification of data delivery. The patent has been asserted against Liquid Web, OVH Group, and WPEngine.
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.
WINNING SUBMISSION
Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 6,824,064, owned by IP Investments Group entity, DataCloud, LLC. The ‘064 patent relates to smart card technologies and was asserted against Charter Communications.
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.
WINNING SUBMISSION
On November 28, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Gesture Technology Partners, LLC holding majority of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,933,431 unpatentable. Owned by Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, the ‘431 patent is generally related to using human motion as an input device for computers and mobile devices. It had been asserted against Huawei, Samsung, Apple, Lenovo, and LG.
View district court litigations by Gesture Technology Partners. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Raghav Bajaj of Haynes and Boone, LLP and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy, Roshan Mansinghani, and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.
