$2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, eComm Innovations, web layout patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Mani Manikandan, Ketan Sachdeva, and Guddu Yadav, who shared an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 7,409,635, owned by eComm Innovations LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Investments Group. The '635 patent focuses on advancements in data processing, specifically aiming at improving layout and rendering techniques in web and print publishing.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSIONS

• US 20050172226

• US 6380954

• US 7203902

Another Wilus Wi-Fi patent challenge instituted

On December 29, 2025, two months 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 (1-6, 12-17) of U.S. Patent 10,567,047, owned and asserted by Wilus Institute of Standards & Technology, Inc., an entity of Good Day to Invent, Inc. The '047 patent is generally directed to Wi-Fi 6 devices configured to information in the HE-SIG-A field of an HE MU PPDU to understand the configuration of the HE-SIG-B field when using full bandwidth MU-MIMO. This challenge is part of Unified’s Wi-Fi zone and was the fourth reexamination filing against Wilus this year.

View district court litigations by Wilus. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015638

Another International Semiconductor Group Wi-Fi 6 patent challenge instituted

On December 19, 2025, two months 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 claim of U.S. Patent 11,363,595, owned by the International Semiconductor Group, an NPE. The '595 patent is generally directed to transmitting a first frame on a first channel that identifies a second channel that can be used, and then receiving frames via both channels. This is particularly relevant to Wi-Fi devices that can operate in two frequency channels or bands, i.e., the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands.

View ITC litigations by ISG. Unified is represented by Michael Jones and Jake Rosvold of Rothwell Figg, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015645

EasyWeb authorization patent prior art found

The team at Unified IP Services used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 10,114,905, owned by EasyWeb Innovations, LLC, an NPE. The ‘905 patent generally relates to an innovative system and method for enabling electronic message publication to a wide audience via the internet, overcoming limitations of traditional broadcasting methods. The patent is currently asserted against Action Verb, PocketSmith, ContactOffice Group, BuiltWith Pty, Fastmail, X Corp., and SocketLabs.

The prior art was found and charted by Alejandro Borge and Oscar Jarquin of Unified IP Services and Elaine Chow of Unified Patents.

Identified Prior Art

• US 4218738

• US 6006333

• US 5655077

Another Atlas Global Wi-Fi patent challenged

On December 22, 2025, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,348,471, owned and asserted by Atlas Global Technologies, LLC, an NPE and Acacia Research entity. The ‘471 patent is generally directed to Wi-Fi apparatuses and methods for indicating the use of and providing information for a central resource unit (RU) when using channel bandwidths where the central RU is available for allocation (e.g., bandwidths of 80 MHz or greater). The patent is currently being asserted against HPE, accusing Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard features.

View district court litigations by Atlas Global. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and T.J. Murphy.