$2,000 for Arc Link networking patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 11,563,655, owned and asserted by Arc Link LLC, an NPE. The '655 patent relates to an SDN network hypervisor that virtualizes and optimizes network statistics collection for multiple virtual networks sharing physical switches. The patent has been asserted against Fortinet, Check Point Software Technologies, and others.

The contest will expire on October 9, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

Two Wilus Wi-Fi patents challenges granted

On August 28, 2026, two months after Unified filed two separate ex parte reexaminations, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted both of Unified’s requests, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,356,947 and U.S. Patent 12,167,415, owned by Wilus Institute of Standards & Technology, Inc., an entity of Good Day to Invent, Inc. The '415 and '947 patents relate to allocation of bandwidth in wireless communications using a non-contiguous channel, based on information in HE-SIG-A and HE-SIG-B subfields in received packets. These technologies relate to Wi-Fi 6 enabled devices (802.11ax). The filings are part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in the SEP Wi-Fi Zone.

View district court litigations by Wilus. Unified is represented by Michael Jones and Jake Rosvold of Rothwell Figg and by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and T.J. Murphy, in these proceedings.

To view the ‘947 reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016435

To view the ‘415 reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016432

Magnetar/Atlantic IP entity, Croga Innovations, firewall patent confirmed invalid by PTAB

On September 10, 2026, PTAB affirmed-in-part and issued new grounds of rejection in Unified’s ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent 10,601,780, owned by Croga Innovations, Ltd., an entity of Atlantic IP Services Limited. The '780 patent relates to a networked computer system that employs a combination of internal and external firewall mechanisms, along with virtualization techniques, to isolate secure LANs from untrusted internet sources. The patent had been asserted against IBM, Fortinet, and others.

View district court litigations by Croga Innovations. Unified was represented by Slater Matsil and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019638

NovaCloud Licensing DASH patent challenged

On September 11, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,949,206 owned and asserted by NovaCloud Licensing LLC, an NPE. The ‘206 patent is directed to streaming video services based on DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP). It has been asserted against Akamai Technologies and others. NovaCloud has been litigating a portfolio of former Ericsson patents since May of 2025.

View district court litigations by NovaCloud. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Patrick King and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.