K. Mizra GPS patent held invalid

On May 11, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. K. Mizra LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,394,423 unpatentable. Owned and asserted by K. Mizra LLC, the ‘423 patent generally relates to a device for initiating and handling an emergency IP request using an IP enabled device having GPS capability. The patent had been asserted against General Motors.

View district court litigations by K. Mizra. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Lori Gordon at Perkins Coie and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Alyssa Holtslander.

Interdigital 3GPP patent revoked by EPO

On May 12, 2023, the European Patent Office revoked all claims of EP 3497866. Owned by InterDigital, the EP’866 patent relates to wireless transmission methods for supporting multiple numerology blocks or bandwidth parts on a carrier signal, which is related to 5G wireless technology. This was the first EPO filing within Unified’s 3GPP Zone.

Unified was represented by David Hufton, Susan Keston, and Harry Hutchinson at HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.

Pedersen '920 message distribution patent likely invalid

On May 15, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 6,965,920, owned and asserted by Peter Henrik Pedersen. The '920 patent is generally directed to the specification and management of how messages are distributed to recipients. The patent has been asserted against several companies including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Zoho Corp., Salesforce, Oracle, Adobe, Intuit, Wix.com, Zendesk, and others.

View district court litigations by Pedersen. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Jon Bowser, Angela Oliver, and Matt Beck of Haynes and Boone, and by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

$2,000 for Flick Intelligence information sharing patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 14 of U.S. Patent 9,465,451, owned by Flick Intelligence, LLC, an NPE. The ‘451 patent generally relates to a computer program product for displaying additional information about a displayed point of interest. The patent has been asserted against Magic Leap, Google, Apple, and Niantic.

The contest will expire on July 16, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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USPTO Proposed Rules Flawed - The Hill Op-Ed

In an op-ed published on "The Hill" website, Jonathan Stroud summarizes the House Judiciary oversight hearing where USPTO Director Kathi Vidal testified regarding the Office’s proposed rulemaking. 

Policy changes at administrative agencies like the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are unlikely to lead the nightly news or appear above the fold in national newspapers. But, the USPTO might be the most important agency your average American hasn’t heard of. How it works, or doesn’t, has billion-dollar consequences for the U.S. innovation economy, and for consumers.

Published on May 10, 2023, continue reading the article by clicking HERE.