Fortress IP entity Neo Wireless '366 cellular patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,467,366, owned by Neo Wireless, LLC, an NPE and Fortress IP entity. The ‘366 patent generally relates to a method and apparatus in a multi-carrier cellular wireless network with random access to improve receiving reliability and reduce interference of uplink signals of a random access, while improving the detection performance of a base station receiver by employing specifically configured ranging signals. The patent has been asserted against several automotive companies such as Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, GM, Toyota, Honda, and Ford.

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Dynapass IP user authentication patent likely invalid

On July 18, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 6,993,658, owned and asserted by Dynapass IP Holdings LLC. The '658 patent is generally directed to two factor authentication systems using personal communication devices. The '658 patent had been asserted against several banks including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Truist, and PNC, and was recently asserted against Amazon and Experian.

View district court litigations by Dynapass IP Holdings. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Ashraf Fawzy, in this proceeding.

Fitistics fitness tracking patent reexam granted

On July 10, 2023, six weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all claims of U.S. Patent 11,185,738, owned and asserted by Fitistics, LLC, an NPE. The ‘738 patent is generally directed to tracking exercise using a handheld device to obtain data from an exercise machine or body monitoring device. The patent has been asserted against Huawei and Fossil.

View district court litigations by Fitistics. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Kelly Hughes.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015241

Corrigent networking patent reexam granted

On July 14, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,330,431, owned and asserted by Corrigent Corporation, an NPE. The '431 patent is directed to bandwidth assignment in logical network topologies. The patent is being asserted against Cisco, Dell, and Arista Networks.

View district court litigations by Corrigent Corporation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk, T.J. Murphy, Ashraf Fawzy, and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015224

IP Edge entity, AdaptFlow, media serving patent reexam granted

On July 17, 2023, less than six weeks 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 10,015,064, owned and asserted by AdaptFlow Technologies LLC, an NPE and IP Edge entity. 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.