The team at Unified is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against a patent owned by Songbird Tech LLC, an NPE. Unified Patents, the top requester of ex parte reexaminations in recent years, will likely challenge its validity. The patent generally relates to audio message driven customer interaction queuing systems (AMDCIQS) . Songbird Tech LLC has sued Zoho Corporation, Tesla, and X Corp. For more details contact info@unifiedpatents.com.
InstaCom patent validity challenge coming soon
The team at Unified is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against a patent owned by InstaCom LLC, an NPE and entity of Elon Life LLC. Unified Patents, the top requester of ex parte reexaminations in recent years, will likely challenge its validity. The patent generally relates to voice and video communications using electronic devices connected by wireless and wired networks. InstaCom LLC has sued Samsung. For more details contact info@unifiedpatents.com.
Flash Uplink patent validity challenge coming soon
The team at Unified is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against a patent owned by Flash Uplink LLC, an NPE and entity of Quest Patent Research Corporation. Unified Patents, the top requester of ex parte reexaminations in recent years, will likely challenge its validity. The patent generally relates to updating firmware on disk drives with reduced system downtime. Flash Uplink LLC has sued Lenovo and QNAP Systems. For more details contact info@unifiedpatents.com.
Acacia entity, Stingray IP, Wi-Fi patent found invalid
On February 5, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) issued an Advisory Action in the reexamination filing of U.S. Patent 7,224,678, owned and asserted by Stingray IP Solutions, an NPE and entity of Acacia Research Corporation. The Examiner maintained the rejections of all challenged claims of the ‘678 patent. The ‘678 patent relates to detecting an intrusion in a network system. It was asserted against Leedarson IoT, Schlage Lock, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Vivint, and Allegion.
View district court litigations by Stingray IP. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019718
Polaris PowerLED power management patent found invalid
On February 2, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling challenged claims 18-21 of U.S. Patent 8,181,042, owned by Polaris PowerLED Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘042 patent generally relates to power management in integrated circuits. It was the subject of a declaratory judgment action from Micron, which has settled.
View district court litigations by Polaris PowerLED. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019976