On August 13, 2020, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,817,868 as part of its ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone. The '868 patent is owned by IP Bridge, which is participating in the HEVC Advance patent pool (HEVC Advance patent list).

HEVC Advance claims that certain claims of the '868 patent are essential to the HEVC standard. After conducting an independent analysis, Unified has determined that the '868 patent is likely unpatentable.

Unified is represented by Jon Bowser of Haynes and Boone, and in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Ashraf Fawzy, in this proceeding. Visit Unified’s Portal for more information about its Video Codec landscape (OPAL) and standard submission repository (OPEN). To read the petition and review the case record, view IPR2020-01433 on Unified’s Portal.