Two ETRI European Video Codec patents held invalid

The European Patent Office revoked all claims of EP 3448035 and EP 3448036, both owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). EP’035 and EP’036 relate to determining whether, when decoding, to apply filters to intra-prediction values based on the intra-prediction mode and the size of the block being decoded. The patents are part of a large family with related patents designated as essential to the H.265 and AV1 standards by Access Advance and SISVEL, respectively.

Unified was represented by Andrew McGettrick and Susan Keston from HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks, Roshan Mansinghani, and Michelle Aspen.

III Holdings grid computing patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 9,135,066, owned by Intellectual Ventures subsidiary and NPE, III Holdings 12, LLC. The '066 patent relates to a system and method for managing access to compute resources in the context of a grid or cluster of computers. Grid computing may be defined as coordinated resource sharing and problem solving in dynamic, multi-institutional collaborations.

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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Topia Technology file sharing patent likely invalid

On November 17, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 10,067,942, owned by Topia Technology, Inc., an NPE. The ‘942 patent relates to automatic file sharing across a distributed network. It has been asserted against Box, Dropbox, and Egnyte, among other co-defendants.

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

III Holdings '972 patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,150,972, owned by Intellectual Ventures subsidiary and NPE, III Holdings 12, LLC. The '972 patent relates to a system, method, and computer-readable media for providing a reservation mask for compute resources such as a cluster or a grid.

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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SoundStreak Texas A/V recording patent reexam granted

On December 2, 2022, just one month 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 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.