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On February 28, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,497,469, owned and asserted by Velos Media, an NPE. The ‘469 patent relates to a device for indicating information about a leading picture for decoding images at a random access point.
Unified is represented by Drew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks.
A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,266,682, owned by VideoLabs, Inc. The ‘682 patent generally relates to data from a transmitter that is extended to include authentication data on the application level by an application protocol. The authentication data is used by the receiver to determine whether the transmitter is known by the receiver. If the transmitter is known by the receiver, the data is accepted. If not, the data is rejected. The ‘682 patent has been asserted against Amazon, Facebook, and Instagram.
The contest will expire on May 15, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.
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A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 11,416,668, owned by IpIcontent, LLC. The ‘668 patent generally relates to voice recognition with a limited dictionary.
The contest will expire on May 15, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.
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Unified Patents provided comments to the USPTO's RFC on USPTO Initiatives To Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights and those were recently published. The comments largely support the USPTO's aims to bolster certain requirements during prosecution, such as requiring clearer written description support for claims and curtailing continuation abuse. The comments were provided by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jonathan Stroud.
On February 24, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,820,147, owned and asserted by Traxcell Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘147 patent is generally directed to providing navigation information to a wireless mobile communications device while also allowing the user to set preference flags to prevent tracking of the wireless mobile communications device. Traxcell has asserted the ‘147 patent in 23 cases against companies such as Google, DoorDash, Uber, T-Mobile, and others.
View district court litigations by Traxcell. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and T.J. Murphy.
