Dynamic IP Deals entity, AK Meeting, groupware patent challenge instituted

On May 12, 2025, 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 10,180,765, owned and asserted by AK Meeting, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals entity. The ‘765 patent relates to computer-supported cooperative work, also known as groupware, and has been asserted against Adobe.

View district court litigations by AK Meeting IP. Unified is represented by Stephen Cortiaus and Ava Chung of Slater Matsil, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019917

Biogy authentication patent challenged

On May 9, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,669,236, owned and asserted by Biogy, Inc., an NPE. The ‘236 patent is directed to the generation and authentication of a one-time passcode in a multi-factor authentication system. It has been asserted against Alberstons Companies, and Microsoft and Okta recently filed DJs of noninfringement against Biogy.

View district court litigations by Biogy. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

Blue Wave IP entity, Edge Networking, cloud patent challenged

On May 6, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination request challenging claims 1-4, 8, 15, and 19 of U.S. Patent 11,695,823, owned and asserted by Edge Networking Systems, LLC, an NPE and entity of Blue Wave IP. The '823 patent is directed towards programmable network and cloud devices that manage and deploy distributed applications. It is being asserted against Amazon and Microsoft.

View district court litigations by Edge Networking. Unified is represented by John Pienkos and Jennifer Lacroix at Amundsen Davis, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jordan Rossen.

Unified Patents launches Unified IP Services with experienced Search team

Unified recently welcomed Tom Kepner and John Wootress to launch patent search services and lead a highly experienced search team. For nearly a decade, this team has consistently delivered exceptional patentability, invalidity, freedom-to-operate (FTO), and landscape searches for numerous clients within the High-Tech and Life Science fields. The team has received many accolades worldwide and has won two PATROLL contests with prior art submitted on a set of Theranos patents.

 

Unified can now offer its members even more valuable services and marks an important new phase in its expansion. The IP Services team excels at uncovering difficult-to-find prior art and presenting it effectively to help companies understand: the white space and potentially problematic patents within their targeted technology areas; or the likelihood of success before the USPTO when filing for patent protection or to invalidate patents.

For more information, visit www.unifiedips.com or email us at info@unifiedips.com.

$2,000 awarded for Jeffrey M. Gross entity, Auth Token, authentication patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Calvin Zhong, Andrei Gilya, Huang Chien-Cheng, and Ekta Aswal, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,375,212, owned and asserted by Auth Token LLC, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The '212 patent describes an authentication token system utilizing smart card technology for secure access control. It has been asserted against in over 45 district cases but most recently against Ally Financial.

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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