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

On May 30, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) issued a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling all 20 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 McAfee, 8x8, A10 Networks, Squarespace, Box, Arista Networks, Extreme Networks, and others.

View district court litigations by DataCloud Technologies. Unified was represented by Michael Jones 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

Phelan Group automotive patent found invalid

On May 23, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,259,470, owned and asserted by the Phelan Group, LLC, an NPE. The '470 patent generally relates to a vehicle control system for authenticating and monitoring a driver and their operation of a vehicle to improve safety. The patent has been asserted against Kia, Toyota, Honda, and Mercedes-Benz.

View district court litigations by the Phelan Group. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and T.J. Murphy, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015287

Fourth OptiMorphix networking patent challenged

On May 24, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,987,285, owned by OptiMorphix, Inc. The ‘285 patent is generally directed to adaptive bitrate media streaming (e.g., by privileging audio or video bitrate, or in response to current network conditions). It is asserted against Microsoft, Cisco, Amazon, and Google.

View district court litigations by OptiMorphix. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and T.J. Murphy.

OptiMorphix networking patent challenged

On May 23, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,031,314, owned by OptiMorphix, Inc. The ‘314 patent is generally directed to providing differentiated services within a network communication system at a service module. It is asserted against Microsoft, Broadcom, Cisco, Oracle, Amazon, VMWare, and Google.

View district court litigations by OptiMorphix. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Roshan Mansinghani.

Intellectual Ventures cloud networking patent challenged

On May 22, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,949,785, owned by Intellectual Ventures II LLC. The ‘785 patent relates to a system of communication via virtual networks. It has been asserted against JP Morgan Chase Bank, Liberty Mutual Holding Company, and Comerica. The ‘785 patent is purportedly related to open source container orchestration systems for automating computer applications, such as Kubernetes.

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