OptimNet cloud patent challenged

On March 27, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,112,934, owned and asserted by OptimNet LLC, an NPE. The ‘934 patent generally relates to a content delivery networking method and apparatus that builds a content delivery overlay network for transferring media content to users.

View district court litigations by OptimNet. Unified is represented by James Stein and Anita Bhushan of Lee & Hayes, and by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and Alyssa Holtslander.

DynaIP entity, WirelessWerx IP, geotracking patent found invalid

On March 26, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,317,927 owned by WirelessWerx IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals LLC entity. The '927 patent relates to location tracking and has been asserted in over 60 litigations against companies like Apple, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, MapleBear, FedEx, DHL Express, and Life360.

View district court litigations by WirelessWerx. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and David Seastrunk.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015235

Driving Innovation vehicle navigation patent prior art found

The team at Unified used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 7,003,288, asserted by Driving Innovation LLC, an NPE. The ‘288 patent relates to a location-based information delivery system for mobile terminals, especially for users in motion. The patent has been asserted against Toyota.

Identified Prior Art

• US 6115611

• US 5627549

AiPi affiliate Pedersen message distribution patent confirmed invalid by Fed. Circuit

On March 26, 2026, the Federal Circuit's written opinion affirmed the PTAB’s decision in IPR2023-00029, challenging claims 1 and 14-17 of U.S. Patent 6,965,920. Owned and asserted by Peter Henrik Pedersen, believed to be associated with AiPi Solutions, the '920 patent is generally directed to the specification and management of how messages are distributed to recipients. The ’920 patent was asserted against several including Zoho Corp., Ziff Davis, Intuit, Salesforce, Blackbaud, Constant Contact, Monday.com, Zendesk, Aurea Software, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle, Adobe, Wix.com, and others.

View district court litigations by Pedersen. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. The PTAB case was initially handled by Jon Bowser, Angela Oliver, and Michael McCarty of Haynes and Boone. The case was brought fully in-house once it was appealed and handled by Kelly Hughes and Alyssa Holtslander.

Dominion Harbor entity, Bunker Hill, EV battery patent challenged

On March 27, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,914,365, asserted by Bunker Hill Technologies, an NPE and entity of Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC. The ’365 patent generally relates to a power electronic charging apparatus for rapidly charging a DC energy storage device. It has been asserted against Ford, Toyota, and Nissan.

View district court litigations by Bunker Hill. Unified is represented by Mark Lang and Nathan Johnson of Erise IP, and by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Alyssa Holtslander.