IP Investments entity, DigiMedia Tech, video stitching patent challenge instituted

On December 23, 2024, less than four weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,567,086, owned by DigiMedia Tech, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ’086 patent generally relates to an immersive video system using multiple video streams. It has been asserted against Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Honda, Arashi Vision Inc. d/b/a Insta360, Lenovo, and Panasonic.

View district court litigations by DigiMedia Tech. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and David Seastrunk.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019747

$2,000 awarded for Ortiz & Assoc. wireless patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Umesh Sharma, Calvin Zhong, and Alexa Zen, who shared a cash reward of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 9,549,285, owned by Ortiz & Associates Consulting LLC, an NPE. The ‘285 patent focuses on systems, methods, and apparatuses for brokering data between wireless devices, servers, and data rendering devices (DRDs). It was asserted against Vizio, Microsoft, Amazon, FedEx, ScreenBeam, and NCR Voyix.

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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$2,000 awarded for Lab Technology communication patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Dinesh Swami and Mani Manikandan, who shared a cash reward of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,503,973, asserted by Lab Technology, LLC, an NPE. The ‘973 patent relates to methods and systems for accurately determining the location of a caller during an emergency call. It has been asserted against Cisco, Microsoft, Stryker, Samsung, and Verizon.

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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$2,000 awarded for Querytron Heggem search patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Nisha Devi and Calvin Zhong, who shared a cash reward of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,849,707, asserted by Querytron Heggem LLC, an NPE and entity of Eric Zautner. The ‘707 patent relates generally to search engines and, more specifically, to methods for business-oriented search. It has been asserted against Alibaba, Fiverr, and Redfin Corp.

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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Ascend Innovations entity, Byteweavr, validation patent challenged

On December 31, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 6,862,488, owned and asserted by Byteweavr, LLC, an NPE and Ascend Innovations entity. The ‘488 patent relates to automated validation and workflow management. It has been asserted against Databricks and Cloudera.

View district court litigations by Byteweavr. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Michelle Aspen.