On April 17, 2020, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest with a $2,000 cash prize for prior art submissions on US Patent 6,970,706. The '706 patent generally relates to call forwarding techniques based based on priority levels for cordless phone systems. The patent is owned by NPE, Valyrian IP LLC, an IP Edge entity. The patent has been asserted against Avaya, ICON Voice Networks, Polycom Inc., Grandstream Networks, AT&T, Verizon, SpectrumVoIP, RingCentral, and Sangoma US. To protect innovation and deter future frivolous assertions, Unified is offering a $2,000 cash prize for the best prior art on this patent.

The contest will expire on May 31, 2020. Please visit PATROLL for more information or to submit an entry for this contest.