More NovaCloud networking patents prior art found

The team at Unified IP Services used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 8,825,867 and U.S. Patent 8,401,028, owned by NovaCloud Licensing LLC, an NPE. The ‘867 patent generally relates to a multi-level packet distribution system designed to efficiently distribute packet flows among servers while maintaining the flow's continuity (stickiness) to specific servers. The ‘028 patent focuses on a method and system for the dynamic selection of network nodes to optimize service delivery.

The ‘867 patent has been asserted against Microsoft and Amazon. The ‘028 patent has been asserted against Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, and Meta.

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 on U.S. Patent 8,825,867 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 8,401,028 (click to download chart)

Second Atlas Global Wi-Fi patent challenged

On January 21, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,965,425, owned and asserted by Atlas Global Technologies, LLC, an NPE and Acacia Research entity. The ‘425 patent is generally directed to allocating and signalling the allocation of a special center 26-tone resource unit when employing 80 MHz or higher bandwidths in OFDMA wireless communications. The patent is currently being asserted against HPE, accusing access points that support Wi-Fi 6.

View district court litigations by Atlas Global. Unified is represented by Stephen Cortiaus and Ava Chuang at Slater Matsil, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and T.J. Murphy.

Key Patent Innovations entity, Valtrus Innovations, litigation analysis available

Valtrus Innovations Limited, backed by Irish patent monetization platform Key Patent Innovations, has rapidly developed multiple parallel assertion programs built on large tranches of acquired assets, targeting cloud, data center, storage, and open‑source‑related technology. The team at Unified Patents has created a report covering litigation analysis and details about the entity.

The Valtrus campaign is supported by a sophisticated financing structure and an experienced assertion team. It has already generated a dense landscape of district court litigation, IPRs, declaratory judgement and reexamination activity that Unified has analyzed in this article to better inform members on strategy for dealing with the infringement and licensing demands Valtrus and its affiliates are currently asserting.

 Please reach out to sasha@unifiedpatents.com for further insights and discussion.

Tir Technologies media streaming patents prior art found

The team at Unified IP Services used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 8,792,347, U.S. Patent 9,800,633, U.S. Patent 10,375,444, and U.S. Patent 10,484,442 owned and asserted by Tir Technologies Limited, an NPE and entity of Atlantic IP Services Limited. The patents generally relate to media content delivery features within various platforms. The patents are currently asserted against Meta Platforms, Amazon, Comcast Cable Communications, The Walt Disney Company, and Netflix.

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 on U.S. Patent 8,792,347 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 9,800,633 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 10,375,444 (click to download chart)

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 10,484,442 (click to download chart)

CP Studios video game patents campaign - invalidity charts coming soon

The team at Unified IP Services is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against patents owned and asserted by CP Studios LLC, an NPE. The patents listed below generally relate to video gaming technologies. All five patents listed below have been asserted against Amazon.