PacSec3 '497 firewall patent claims cancelled in ex parte reexamination

On May 1, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit issued a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate, canceling claims 1, 4, 13, and 16 of U.S. Patent 7,523,497, owned by PacSec3, an NPE. PacSec3 was formed in 2020 with NACAR IP LLC as its managing member. NACAR IP was also formed in early 2020 with Dynamic IP Deals, LLC (d/b/a DynaIP), a patent monetization company, identified as its managing member. The ‘497 patent had been asserted against F5 Networks, NetScout Systems, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee, Cisco, and Juniper Networks.

View district court litigations by PacSec3. Unified was represented by Jonathan Bowser of Haynes and Boone, LLP, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jordan Rossen. To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014746.

$2,000 awarded for Tiare Technology patron counter patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Dinesh Swamy, who split a cash award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 10,157,414, owned by Tiare Technology, Inc., an NPE. The ‘414 patent generally relates to using a wireless patron unit for providing services to patrons at resorts, stadiums, arenas, and other venues. The patent had been asserted over 20 times against companies like Applebees, Albertsons, Kroger, Sonic, and Best Buy.

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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$2,000 for Sotat surveillance 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 9,854,207, owned by Sotat, LLC, an NPE. The ‘207 patent generally relates to a mobile device in communication with a server, where the server is adapted for receiving surveillance data that is transferred electronically from a surveillance area. The patent is currently being asserted against Resideo, Canary Connect, Vivint, and Wyze Labs.

The contest will expire on June 30, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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CTD Networks cybersecurity patent reexam granted

On May 1, 2023, less than one month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,438,614, owned by CTD Networks, LLC. The patent relates to a network threat and response system and is being asserted against Akamai Technologies, Amazon, Cisco, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Musarubra US, Palo Alto Networks, AT&T, and Verizon.

View district court litigations by CDT Networks. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen, Roshan Mansinghani, and Kelly Hughes.

DigiMedia Tech video patent challenged

On April 27, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 6,744,818, owned by DigiMedia Tech, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘818 patent relates generally to processing, encoding, and compressing frames of video images using visual perception and compression thresholds. The patent has been asserted against Ricoh, Lenovo, CBS/Paramount, Showtime, Mediacom, Panasonic, and Comcast.

View district court litigations by DigiMedia Tech. Unified is represented by Jessica Kaiser and Tyler Knox at Arnold & Porter, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jordan Rossen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019202