Anonymous Media ad measurement patent challenge instituted

On February 21, 2024, 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 8,510,768, owned by Anonymous Media Research Holdings, LLC. The ‘768 patent relates to media monitoring and measurement systems for automatic content recognition (ACR) to, for example, measure viewership on Smart TVs. The patent has been asserted against Samsung and Roku.

View district court litigations by Anonymous Media Research. Unified is represented by Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019375

$2,000 awarded for Technology In Ariscale wireless patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Dinesh Swami, who split a $2,000 award for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,139,652, owned by Technology In Ariscale, LLC, an NPE. The ‘652 patent generally relates to a method of decoding wireless transmission signals involving deinterleaving and mutually combining the repeated symbols. It has been asserted against Razer Inc. and is based on compliance with IEEE 802.11ac.

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 7630691

• US 7002900

$2,000 awarded for InfoGation navigation patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Dinesh Swami, who split a $2,000 award for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 10,107,628, owned by InfoGation Corporation, an NPE. The ‘628 patent generally relates to navigating on artistic maps and has been asserted against Toyota, BMW, and Honda.

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

• JP 2002181583

• EP 1426876

Unified is hiring for full-time Senior Patent Counsel - Apply Today!

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Unified Patents is again growing its legal department, and seeks to add an experienced, registered patent attorney. Applicants should have at least 5 years of law firm or other relevant experience before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in particular working on ex parte reexamination proceedings, post-grant petitions (IPR, PGR, and CBM), or other administrative drafting and litigation experience.

Applicants should have a strong technical background and be willing to explore diverse new technologies; experience with video codecs, coding, cryptography, compression, signals, wireless communications, or other algorithmic subject matter is a plus. Patent examination experience is a plus; a registration number is a plus; clerking experience is a plus; familiarity with ongoing appellate issues affecting PTAB practice is a plus. Must be willing to work within a team, work well independently, and enjoy writing and editing. Journal and filing experience is a plus. Strong preference for candidates located in the Washington, DC area; remote officing is possible. Diversity is prized in our team and among our candidates. Please be prepared to discuss the administrative matters you have been involved in and be ready to provide examples.

Click HERE to review other duties and requirements. Apply TODAY!

$2,000 for Leigh M. Rothschild entity Quantum Technology Innovations networking patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,650,376, owned by Quantum Technology Innovations LLC, an entity of Leigh M. Rothschild. The ‘376 patent facilitates the distribution of content over a network (e.g., the Internet, a television network) and, in particular, the distribution of high-bandwidth (i.e., data intensive) content, such as video content or customized content. The patent has been asserted against several but most recently Valve Corporation, Showtime Networks, and Pandora Media.

The contest will expire on April 20, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.