Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Mani Manikandan and Nitish Jaswal, who split a cash award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 7,742,388, owned by Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP. The ‘388 patent generally relates to methods of increasing packet generation in a digital communication system. It has been asserted against several including Penske Auto, Aptiv, USIC Locating Services, Rivian, Peloton, Heritage-Crystal Clean, and Southern Tire Mart.
We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.
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