On July 17, 2023, just five weeks 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 9,282,090, owned and asserted by Street Spirit IP LLC, an NPE and entity of Dynamic IP Deals. The ’090 patent generally relates to identity verification in a social network using ratings. The ’090 patent is currently being asserted against Meta Platforms, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

View district court litigations by Street Spirit IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Ashraf Fawzy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015249.