Better Browsing web browser patent reexam granted

On July 17, 2023, two months 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 8,838,736, owned and asserted by Better Browsing LLC. The '736 patent relates generally to a zoom feature for an internet browser and has been asserted against Samsung, Hewlett Packard, Lenovo, and Opera Norway AS.

View district court litigations by Better Browsing. Unified is represented by Chris Coulson at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani.

$10,000 for IQar automotive patents prior art

Unified added 5 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by IQar, Inc., an NPE. The patents generally relate to power management in a vehicle engines. All 5 patents are currently being asserted against Tesla. The contests will end on September 30, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

We also have third-party prior art providers giving our researchers a head start in the hunt! Click on each of the contests to find more from Techson IP, IPscreener, and Google Patent Analytics.

US 7,925,426 - Power Management Systems and Devices

US 8,972,161 - Power Management Systems and Devices

US 10,829,002 - Vehicle Destination Prediction

US 10,850,616 - Using Vehicle Systems to Generate a Route Database

US 10,882,399 - Electric Vehicle Power Management System

Causam Enterprises power management patent held invalid

On July 18, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Causam Enterprises Inc. holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,396,592 unpatentable. The ‘592 patent is owned by Causam Enterprises, Inc., an NPE. The ’592 patent relates to active load management systems and has been asserted in district court and the ITC against Ecobee, Resideo, Alarm.com, Xylem, and Itron.

View district court litigations by Causam Enterprises. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen, Michelle Aspen, and Ashraf Fawzy.

Vision Works IP automotive patent challenged

On July 14, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,437,935, owned and asserted by Vision Works IP Corp., an NPE. The ’935 patent generally relates to a vehicle monitoring system for turning off an idling engine. The ’935 patent is currently being asserted against Nissan and was previously asserted against Mercedes-Benz USA.

View district court litigations by Vision Works IP. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj and David McCombs of Hayes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Ashraf Fawzy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015258

$2,000 for Jeffrey M. Gross entity, Gametronics, signal control 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 8,614,667, owned by Gametronics, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The ‘667 patent generally relates to an ergonomic apparatus for generating data signals that may be indicative of alphanumeric characters for use with an electronic device or system such as a computer or electric typewriter. The patent has been asserted against Nintendo, Sony, and 8Bitdo Technology.

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

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