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On April 26, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,468,497, owned and asserted by Monticello Enterprises LLC. The ‘497 patent relates to transmitting user payment data to a merchant device based on inputs received from a user. The patent has been asserted against Starbucks, Petco, and Macy's.
View district court litigations by Monticello. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.
On April 15, 2024, less than one month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,738,659, owned and asserted by Emerging Automotive LLC. The ‘659 patent generally relates to systems and methods for generating and sharing electronic keys (e-Keys) with users and cloud-based processing systems making e-Keys sharable for enabling shared use of a vehicle. It has been asserted against Toyota and Kia.
View district court litigations by Emerging Automotive. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019456
On April 9, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,455,678, owned and asserted by DKR Consulting, LLC. The ‘678 patent relates to the generation and distribution of widgets for commerce over the internet. The patent has been asserted against Shopify.
View district court litigations by DKR Consulting. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Matthew Beck and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
A recent article discussed how Open Invention Network (OIN), The Linux Foundation, Microsoft and a growing list of companies have renewed their support of Unified’s Open Source Zone for the fifth consecutive year.
Created to protect open source from invalid assertions by NPEs and patent trolls, the Open Source Zone has successfully invalidated over 50 NPE-owned patents that threatened innovation in open source technologies. The continued goal is to deter further invalid assertions in the technology space. The full article can be found in the link below:
On March 25, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,738,659, owned and asserted by Emerging Automotive LLC. The ‘659 patent generally relates to systems and methods for generating and sharing electronic keys (e-Keys) with users and cloud-based processing systems making e-Keys sharable for enabling shared use of a vehicle. It has been asserted against Toyota and Kia.
View district court litigations by Emerging Automotive. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.
