In an op-ed for RealClearPolicy, Unified’s CEO and Founder, Kevin Jakel, explains how the USPTO’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) could put the American economy at risk and limit access to government patent review for all. Many ANPRM proposals aim to restrict petitions for review of invalid patents. This would limit the work done by Unified, other third parties, and companies targeted by NPEs, which will lead to small and medium-sized businesses becoming vulnerable to increased NPE threats.
$2,000 awarded for Fortress IP entity Neo Wireless '908 patent prior art
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ketan Sachdeva, who was awarded a cash award of $2,000 for his prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 10,833,908, owned by Neo Wireless, LLC, an NPE and Fortress IP entity. The ‘908 patent generally relates to channel probing signals for broadband communication systems. The patent has been asserted against several automotive companies such as Mercedes-Benz, FCA US, Toyota, Nissan, GM, Tesla, 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.
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AdaptFlow media serving patent challenged
On June 6, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,015,064, owned and asserted by AdaptFlow Technologies LLC, an NPE. The '064 patent generally relates to prefetching content based on an access pattern of a user on a network. The patent is currently being asserted against Roku.
View district court litigations by AdaptFlow. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy, Ashraf Fawzy, and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015248.
VDPP video codec patent challenged in reexam
On June 5, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,699,444, owned and asserted by VDPP LLC, an NPE. The '444 patent generally relates to processing image frames from a video stream and generating bridge frames for motion smoothing. The patent has been asserted against Microsoft, Vizio, Lenovo, Roku, Philips, Panasonic, Sharp, and others.
View district court litigations by VDPP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.
To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015245.
Fortress IP entity Entropic Communications packet transmission patent challenged
On May 31, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,228,910, owned by Entropic Communications, LLC, an NPE and a Fortress IP entity. The '910 patent relates to aggregating packets for transmission to a destination node and has been asserted against Comcast, Cox Communications, Charter Communications, and Dish.
View district court litigations by Entropic Communications. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj and Matt Beck at Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015242.