$1,000 awarded for Morris Routing network patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Calvin Zhong, who was awarded $1,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 11,196,660, owned by Morris Routing Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘660 patent generally relates to routing methods, systems, and computer program products. It has been asserted against Samsung.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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Eric Zautner entity, Conexus, web applications patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 11,736,499, owned and asserted by Conexus LLC, an NPE and entity of Eric Zautner. The '499 patent focuses on monitoring web applications for potentially malicious code execution, employing a model of legitimate behavior to identify anomalies. It details a thorough process of capturing and analyzing network and application activities to safeguard against security threats that bypass traditional defenses. It has been asserted against Datadog and eSentire.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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$4,000 awarded for STT WebOS web-based communication patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $4,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by STT WebOS, Inc. The patents relate to web based control management systems and communications. They have been asserted against ByteDance.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on these patents. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

US 10,686,797 - Information Exchange Over a Web Based Environment

Winners: Ritu Tyagi, Calvin Zhong & Rekha Bansiwal

Winning Submissions: WO 2001039007; US 7133901; US 6438632

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US 11,336,754 - Concurrent Web Based Multitasking Support

Winners: Ritu Tyagi, Ganesan Rajamanickam & Andrei Gilya

Winning Submissions: US 6990534; US 7814200; US 20030135587

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Dynamic IP Deals entity, AK Meeting, groupware patent challenged

On April 17, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,180,765, owned and asserted by AK Meeting, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals entity. The ‘765 patent relates to computer-supported cooperative work, also known as groupware, and has been asserted against Adobe.

View district court litigations by AK Meeting IP. Unified is represented by Stephen Cortiaus and Ava Chung of Slater Matsil, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

Fitistics fitness tracking patent confirmed invalid by PTAB

On April 18, 2025, the PTAB confirmed the final rejection of all claims in the ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent 11,185,738, owned and asserted by Fitistics, LLC, an NPE. The ‘738 patent is generally directed to tracking exercise using a handheld device to obtain data from an exercise machine or body monitoring device. The patent had been asserted against Huawei and Fossil.

View district court litigations by Fitistics. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Kelly Hughes.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015241