Emerging Automotive e-Keys patent challenged

On March 25, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,738,659, owned and asserted by Emerging Automotive LLC. The ‘659 patent generally relates to systems and methods for generating and sharing electronic keys (e-Keys) with users and cloud-based processing systems making e-Keys sharable for enabling shared use of a vehicle. It has been asserted against Toyota and Kia.

View district court litigations by Emerging Automotive. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

IP Investments Group entity, DataCloud Technologies, cloud networking patent found invalid

On February 29, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,762,498, owned by DataCloud Technologies, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘498 patent generally relates to communicating to a network through a virtual domain. It has been asserted in over 25 district court litigations, including against 8x8, A10 Networks, Squarespace, Box, Arista Networks, Extreme Networks, and others.

View district court litigations by DataCloud Technologies. Unified was represented by Michael Jones and Kristen Logan of Rothwell Figg, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rosen and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015238

GenghisComm 4G/5G patent challenge instituted

On March 8, 2024, one month 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 10,200,227, owned by GenghisComm Holdings, LLC, an NPE. The ’227 patent relates to OFDM wireless communication networks. It has been asserted against 4G/5G devices from many tech and automotive companies, including Continental Automotive, TCL Communication, and Toyota.

View district court litigations by GenghisComm. Unified is represented by Jon Bowser, Clint Wilkins, and Raghav Bajaj at Haynes & Boone, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019411

$2,000 for Pointwise Ventures location tracking 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 8,471,812, owned by Pointwise Ventures LLC, an NPE. The ‘812 patent is directed to a pointing device and more particularly to a pointing device which can allow a user to point to a spot and determine that spot's absolute location, either on a TV screen, a computer screen, or in the real world. The patent has been asserted against Microsoft, Alibaba Group, Blippar, Farfetch UK, IKEA, Roadget Business Pte. Ltd., Glority Global, Samsung, and Syte Visual Conception.

The contest will expire on May 25, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 awarded for WristDocs biotelemetry patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Dinesh Swami and Ekta Aswal, who split a $2,000 award for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 9,392,970, owned by WristDocs LLC, an NPE. The ‘970 patent provides a portable, disposable biotelemetry system, including one or more sensors, capable of being mounted on one or more extremities, particularly the wrist. The invention provides a biotelemetry system for disposition on the wrist. The device of the invention may be portable, untethered and in some instances, disposable. The features of the wrist biotelemetry system make it effective in stable, chronic or emergency medical settings. The patent has been asserted against Google, Garmin, ZEPP Health, and Apple.

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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