$1,000 awarded for Vision Works sensor patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Dinesh Swami, who was awarded $1,000 award for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,682,558, owned by Vision Works IP, an NPE. The ‘558 patent generally relates to acceleration sensors for use within moving vehicles. It has been asserted against Subaru, Volvo, Nissan, and Mercedes-Benz.

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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