On April 19, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,699,444, owned and asserted by VDPP LLC, an NPE. The '444 patent generally relates to processing image frames from a video stream and generating bridge frames for motion smoothing. The patent has been asserted against in over 30 cases including Microsoft, Vizio, Lenovo, Roku, Philips, Panasonic, Sharp, and others.

View district court litigations by VDPP. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

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