Dynapass IP user authentication patent challenged

On January 6, 2023, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 6,993,658, owned and asserted by Dynapass IP Holdings LLC. The '658 patent is generally directed to two factor authentication systems using personal communication devices. The '658 patent has been asserted against several banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Truist, and PNC.

View district court litigations by Dynapass IP Holdings. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Ashraf Fawzy, in this proceeding.

IP Edge entity Invincible IP's virtual machine patent invalidated

On January 5, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Invincible IP LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,678,774 unpatentable. Owned and asserted by Invincible IP LLC, an IP Edge entity, the '774 patent relates to allowing or denying migration of virtual machines based on the geographic location of the target host. It had been asserted against Citrix Systems, Nutanix, Alibaba Cloud US, DigitalOcean, NetApp, and Skytap in the District of Delaware.

View district court litigations by Invincible IP. 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 Ashraf Fawzy.

$4,000 for Autonomous Devices machine learning patents prior art

Unified added 2 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on claims 1 and 4 of U.S. Patent 11,055,583 and claims 1 and 3 of U.S. Patent 11,238,344. The patents are owned by inventor-controlled NPE, Autonomous Devices LLC, and have been asserted against Tesla. The contests will end on February 28, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 11,055,583 - Machine Learning

US 11,238,344 - Knowledgebase Systems

We also have third-party prior art providers giving our researchers a head start in the hunt! Click on each of the contests to find more from APEX Standards, Techson IP, and Google Patent Analytics.

WSOU Wi-Fi/802.11 patent invalidated

On January 5, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and Development holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,333,770 unpatentable. Owned by WSOU Investments, LLC, the ‘770 patent is generally related to broadcasting data in a telecommunications system. It has been asserted against TP-Link Technology Co.

View district court litigations by WSOU Investments. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer at Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy, Alyssa Holtslander, and Jordan Rossen.

$2,000 for Adim8 electronic advertising patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,787,895, owned by Adim8, LLC, an NPE. The patent generally relates to a display system and method of advertising, including loading a graphic advertisement onto a computer-readable medium of an electronic device. The ‘895 patent has been asserted against Buffalo Wild Wings and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

The contest will expire on February 28, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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