Wyoming Tech auto patent challenged

On September 23, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,046,696, owned by Wyoming Technology Licensing LLC, an NPE and entity of Leigh M. Rothschild. The ’696 patent relates to an apparatus for automatically controlling a function of a car. It is currently asserted against Lucid Group, Hyundai, FCA, and BMW.

View district court litigations by Wyoming Technology Licensing. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.

High IQ Networks networking patents being investigated

The team at Unified is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against patents owned by High IQ Networks LLC. The patents target a wide array of networking products, including data center switches, line cards, operating systems, routers, and stack cables. High IQ Networks has used several patents in suit against Nokia, Ericsson, and others. For more details, contact info@unifiedpatents.com.

Velos HEVC video codec patent challenged

On September 18, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,786,596, owned by Velos Media, an NPE. The '596 patent generally relates to methods of encoding video data, and specifically encoding or decoding coefficients for a transform unit using sign bit hiding. The patent has not been in litigation but is related to patents that have been asserted against streaming applications.

View district court litigations by Velos. Unified is represented by Jon Bowser and Dan Smith of Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.

WirelessWerx IP geofencing patent challenge granted

On September 23, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,009,037, owned by WirelessWerx IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals LLC entity. The ‘037 patent is directed to tracking and managing wireless devices using geofencing techniques. It is currently asserted against Flytrex, EZ Web Enterprises, and Parking Guidance Systems.

View district court litigations by WirelessWerx. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016501

Fortress Investment entity DivX video playback patent challenge granted

On September 18, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,574,716, owned and asserted by DivX LLC, an NPE and entity of Fortress Investment Group LLC. This overcame DivX’s Pre-Order paper seeking denial. The ‘716 patent is generally directed to progressive video playback systems where a client application on a device retrieves portions of a media file from a remote server and plays the media as it is being downloaded. The ‘716 patent has not been asserted in litigation, however, it is related to U.S. Patent 10,412,141 which was asserted against Realtek, TCL, and others.

View district court litigations by DivX. Unified is represented by Jonathan Bowser and Adam Erickson at Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Jenn Bisk, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016490