On October 6, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on U.S. Patent 7,594,009, owned and asserted by Datamonitor Systems LLC, an NPE. The ‘009 patent generally relates to a system for analyzing network traffic, particularly to detect suspect packets and identify attacks or potential attacks. It is currently being asserted against IBM.

The contest will expire on December 16, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.