$2,000 awarded for Douglas G. Richardson animation patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Vibhor Dimri, was awarded $2,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,035,644, owned by Douglas G. Richardson. The patent was formerly owned by Cine Graphic Solutions, an NPE and a subsidiary of Strategic Intellectual Solutions, LLC. The ‘644 patent generally relates to providing animation in electronic communications, such as emails and websites and had been asserted against Motorola, Samsung, and Fujifilm.

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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Mobile Data Tech content sharing patent reexam instituted

On July 21, 2023, just five weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the USPTO granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of 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, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

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.

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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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