On May 13, 2021, Unified filed two Chinese invalidation requests for CN101035290 and CN101035291, owned by IP Bridge. CN101035290 has been designated as essential in the SISVEL’s VP9 and AV1 pools. CN101035291 has also been designated essential to SISVEL’s VP9 and AV1 pools, as well as, the to HEVC Advance pool. These two patents are part of a large family of patents with several members designated as essential to those pools.
Unified is represented by JZMC Patent and Trademark Law Office, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.