$2,000 for InnoBrilliance video patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 21 of U.S. Patent 8,925,010, owned by InnoBrilliance, LLC, an NPE and entity of AppBrilliance, Inc. The ‘010 patent relates to methods of displaying video from a plurality of streams on a television, and more particularly, to a system and method for organizing television channel groups. The patent is currently being asserted against Amazon, Panasonic, Lorex, Shenzhen MTC Co., TCL, Walmart, Funai, and others.

The contest will expire on September 14, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

Facet traffic recognition patent challenge instituted

On July 15, 2024, three 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 9,671,328, owned and asserted by Facet Technology Corp., an NPE. The '328 patent relates to a system of assessing and classifying road signs depicted in a video stream. It has been asserted against General Motors, TomTom, Mobileye Global, and Here Global.

View district court litigations by Facet Technology. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019546

Rothschild entity, Mobile Health, fitness monitor patent challenge instituted

On July 15, 2024, three 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 11,468,984, owned and asserted by Mobile Health Innovative Solutions, an NPE and Leigh M. Rothschild entity. The ’984 patent relates to a mobile unit that analyzes a user's load levels. It has been asserted against health tracking technology by companies such as Google, Samsung, and Withings.

View district court litigations by Mobile Health. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen, Kelly Hughes, and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019549

China to the US: If you won’t regulate SEPs, we will

In an opinion piece written for the IAM website, Jonathan Stoud highlights what the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) letter to Avanci means to standards leadership. The letter puts Avanci on notice for potentially acting anticompetitively, asking it to address monopoly risks related to its licensing practices.

Read the full article HERE

Judgment Day - coverage of the judgment preservation insurance market bubble

In an article published by Carrier Management, Jonathan Stroud, General Counsel for Unified Patents, is quoted over the increase in sales of judgment preservation insurance (JPI). JPI is a type of insurance that covers the possibility that an award granted at the trial court level could be reversed or reduced on appeal. The policy guarantees the policyholder would receive an agreed-upon financial amount should the verdict go in an unfavorable direction.

“The brokers really started a push toward sales. Their timing was good, as eye-popping verdicts were happening. People started to think maybe this is something, maybe we’re getting left out by not buying the insurance. The brokers capitalized on these fears.”

Jonathan Stroud, Unified Patents

Read the full article HERE