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On February 3, 2023, Unified filed an opposition proceeding against EP 3474621, owned by BlackBerry. EP ‘621 is generally directed to facilitating multi-carrier operation in a mobile communication system. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP 3GPP/LTE/5G Zone.
Unified is represented by Andrew McGettrick, Dr. Susan E. Keston, and David Millar of HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks.
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, who was awarded $2,000 for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 7,392,160, owned by Alto Dynamics, LLC, an IP Investment Group subsidiary. The patent generally relates to the monitoring, recording, and analysis of user activity and has been asserted against Redfin Corp., Wayfair, Stockx, and others.
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 February 3, 2023, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 10,791,502, owned by Togail Technologies Ltd., an Magnetar Capital entity. The ’502 patent relates to error-handling procedures for system information requests in communications and has been asserted against 3GPP devices. It is currently being asserted against Apple and TCL Technology Group.
View district court litigations by Togail Technologies. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by John Baird, Nicole Candelori, and Patrick McPherson of Duane Morris and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, who was awarded $3,000 for her prior art submissions on two patents, U.S. Patent 7,657,531 and U.S. Patent 8,051,098, owned by Alto Dynamics, LLC, an IP Investment Group subsidiary. The patents generally relate to state-less authentication and have been asserted against Redfin Corp., Wayfair, Stockx, and others.
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 SUBMISSIONS for ‘531
WINNING SUBMISSIONS for ‘098
On January 31, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Authwallet, LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,292,852 unpatentable. Owned by AuthWallet, LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Dynamic IP Deals, the '852 generally relates to transaction processing services. It has been asserted against CitiGroup, Square, American Express, Starbucks, and Nordstrom.
View district court litigations by AuthWallet, LLC. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Eric Buresh of Erise IP and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes, Roshan Mansinghani and Jordan Rossen.
