$2,000 awarded for ShopSee interactive video patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal, Ritu Tyagi, and Gaurav Yadav, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 11,134,316, owned and asserted by ShopSee Inc., an NPE. The ‘316 patent relates to video processing technology, and more particularly, relates to a method and apparatus for providing one or more interactive video layers with video media. The patent has been asserted against TikTok.

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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