Fractus antenna patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,674,887, owned by Fractus, SA, an NPE. The ‘887 patent generally relates to a multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device and has been asserted against ADT.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

• US 6388626

• US 7023385

• US 6791497

B.S.D Crown streaming video patent reexam granted

On October 5, 2023, less than five 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 6,389,473, owned and asserted by B.S.D Crown Ltd. (f/k/a Emblaze Ltd.), an NPE. The ‘473 patent relates to streaming video over the Internet. The patent is being asserted against Amazon.

View district court litigations by B.S.D. Crown (f/k/a Emblaze Ltd.). Unified is represented by Nick Apel and Eric Buresh of Erise IP, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015291

$10,000 for Emerging Automotive vehicle 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 Emerging Automotive LLC. The patents generally relate to user profiles for vehicles and e-Keys. The patents have been asserted against Toyota and Kia. The contests will end on December 4, 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 9171268 - Managing User Profiles for Vehicles (litigation)

US 9365188 - Generating and Sharing Electronic Keys (e-Keys) with Users (litigation)

US 10407026 - Generating and Sharing Electronic Keys (e-Keys) (litigation)

US 11396244 - Managing User Profiles for Vehicles (litigation)

US 11738659 - Vehicles and Cloud Systems for Sharing E-keys (litigation)

Adim8 electronic advertising patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,787,895, owned by Adim8, LLC, an NPE. The patent generally relates to a display system and method of advertising, including loading a graphic advertisement onto a computer-readable medium of an electronic device. The ‘895 patent has been asserted against Active Building, Buffalo Wild Wings and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

• US 8341264

• US 8989718

• US 7636456

• US 20080059571

$4,000 for Empire IP entity, Fleet Connect Solutions, patents prior art

Unified added 2 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP. These patents have been asserted against several including Penske Auto, Aptiv, USIC Locating Services, Rivian, Peloton, Heritage-Crystal Clean, and Southern Tire Mart. The contests will end on December 4, 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 7260153 - 2-Way Wireless Communication System (litigation)

US 7742388 - Packet Generation in a Digital Communication System (litigation)