IP Valuation Partners entity, 5G IP Holdings, 5G patent challenged

On August 21, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,813,163, owned and asserted by 5G IP Holdings LLC, an NPE and IP Valuation Partners, LLC entity. The '163 patent generally relates to discontinuous reception (DRX) and utilizing slots within subframes to adapt DRX to function within the 5G frame structure. The patent is currently being asserted against Apple and had previously been asserted against Samsung.

View district court litigations by 5G IP Holdings. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer at Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015277

Adnexus advertising patent challenge instituted

On August 18, 2023, less than a month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,719,101, owned and asserted by Adnexus, Inc., an NPE. The ‘101 patent relates to on-line advertising and has been asserted against Amazon, Meta Platforms, LinkedIn, Google, and eBay.

View district court litigations by Adnexus. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jordan Rossen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015262

Magnetar Capital entity Togail Technologies 3GPP patent likely invalid

On August 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 10,791,502, owned by Togail Technologies Ltd., a Magnetar Capital entity. The ’502 patent relates to error-handling procedures for system information requests in communications and has been asserted against 3GPP devices. It is currently being asserted against Apple and had been asserted against TCL Technology Group.

View district court litigations by Togail Technologies. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by John Baird, Nicole Candelori, and Patrick McPherson of Duane Morris and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Ask Sydney image search patent reexam instituted

On August 18, 2023, six weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,474,705, owned and asserted by Ask Sydney, LLC, an NPE. The ‘705 patent relates to analyzing tags associated with a sequence of images presented to a user to guide a user to a current interest. The patent has been asserted against Google, Amazon.com Services, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Snap.

View district court litigations by Ask Sydney. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Hayes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rosen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015256

$2,000 for Avant Location Tech monitoring 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 9,485,621, owned by Avant Location Technologies, LLC, an NPE and entity of Anjay Venture Partners LLC. The ‘621 patent relates to a method for monitoring a mobile station presence in a special area. This invention relates also to a mobile system, a server, a radio transmitting device, and a mobile station suitable for carrying out such a method. The patent has been asserted against Ecobee.

The contest will expire on October 15, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.