Acacia entity, Stingray IP, Wi-Fi patent challenged

On October 31, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,224,678, asserted by Stingray IP Solutions, an NPE and entity of Acacia Research Corporation. The ‘678 patent relates to detecting an intrusion in a network system. It is currently being asserted against Leedarson IoT Technology, Schlage Lock Company, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

View district court litigations by Stingray IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Acacia entity, Monarch, networking patent found invalid

On September 20, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling all the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,451,845, owned and asserted by Monarch Networking Solutions, LLC, an Acacia Research Corp. entity.  The ‘845 patent relates to converting data packets between the IPv4 and IPv6 domains. It had been asserted against Cisco and Juniper Networks.

View district court litigations by Monarch Networking. Unified was represented by James Stein of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019246

Acacia entity, Monarch, networking patent found invalid

On May 23, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,451,845, owned and asserted by Monarch Networking Solutions, LLC, an Acacia Research Corp. entity.  The ‘845 patent relates to converting data packets between the IPv4 and IPv6 domains. It had been asserted against Cisco and Juniper Networks.

View district court litigations by Monarch Networking. Unified was represented by James Stein of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019246

Acacia entity, Monarch, 2nd networking patent challenged

On October 23, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,693,369, owned and asserted by Monarch Networking Solutions, LLC, an Acacia Research Corp. entity.  The ‘369 patent relates to routing data packets with the same destination address using port masks. It has been asserted against Cisco and Juniper Networks.

View district court litigations by Monarch Networking. Unified is represented by Joseph English, Patrick Muldoon, and John Baird at Duane Morris and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

Acacia entity, Monarch, networking patent challenged

On September 8, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,451,845, owned and asserted by Monarch Networking Solutions, LLC, an Acacia Research Corp. entity.  The ‘845 patent relates to converting data packets between the IPv4 and IPv6 domains. It has been asserted against Cisco and Juniper Networks.

View district court litigations by Monarch Networking. Unified is represented by James Stein of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.