On December 23, 2021, about one month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the USPTO granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,832,249. The ‘249 patent is owned and asserted by CommWorks Solutions, LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of IP Investments Group LLC, and is generally directed to multi-layered internet communication systems that allow for control over quality of service and priority of information delivery. It is being asserted against Comcast and RCN Telecom and is at issue in a declaratory judgment action brought by Altice USA. It was also previously asserted against Skybeam, Mediacom, AMG Technology Investment Group, Consolidated Communications Holdings, and Cable One, Inc.

View district court litigations by CommWorks Solutions. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Haynes and Boone, LLP and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Michelle Aspen.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014909.