Justservice cloud patent affirmed invalid by Federal Circuit

On June 14, 2023, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Office's final decision, in a summary Rule 36 affirmance, confirming that claims of U.S. Patent 10,476,868 was unpatentable. Owned by JustService Net LLC, the '868 patent is related to cloud and data-storage technology and was asserted against Dropbox.

View district court litigation by JustService.net. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen, Ashraf Fawzy, David Seastrunk, and Roshan Mansinghani in this proceeding.

READ THE DECISION HERE.

HyperX zero-touch networking patent challenged

On June 13, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,522,756, owned and asserted by HyperX Networks, LLC. The ‘756 patent relates to zero-touch provisioning systems and methods, and had been asserted against Ciena.

View district court litigations by HyperX. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj at Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015252

DynaIP entity Street Spirit IP ID verification patent challenged in reexam

On June 9, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,282,090, owned and asserted by Street Spirit IP LLC, an NPE and entity of Dynamic IP Deals. The ’090 patent generally relates to identity verification in a social network using ratings. The ’090 patent is currently being asserted against Meta Platforms, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

View district court litigations by Street Spirit IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Ashraf Fawzy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015249.

Mobile Data Tech content sharing patent challenged in reexam

On June 9, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,793,336, owned and asserted by Mobile Data Technologies LLC, an NPE. The '336 patent relates to systems for sharing content. The patent has been asserted against Meta Platforms.

View district court litigations by Mobile Data Technologies. Unified is represented by Ryan Stronczer and Cono Carrano of Akin, and by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Empire IP entity Liberty Access Technologies Licensing door locks patent reexam granted

On June 8, 2023, just under a month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,373,474 owned by Liberty Access Technologies Licensing LLC, an NPE and Empire IP LLC entity. The '474 patent is directed to access control systems for door locks via an application on a portable device. The patent has been asserted against Marriott International and ASSA ABLOY.

View district court litigations by Liberty Access Technologies Licensing. Unified is represented by Duane Morris, and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Ashraf Fawzy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015231.