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On September 26, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,446,803, owned and asserted by Columbia Peak Ventures, LLC, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘803 patent relates to a system for annotating and searching video files.
Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $4,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by Columbia Peak Ventures, LLC, an NPE and entity of the Dominion Harbor Group. The patents generally relate to smart TV software and video applications.
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.
US 9,367,296 - Synchronizing Application Programs
Winners - Ekta Aswal & Dinesh Swami
Winning Submissions: US 20120079095; US 4879648
US 9,723,378 - Integrating Smart Tv Program Channels
Winners - Priti Dubey & Nitish Jaswal
Winning Submissions: KR 101044674; US 9271039; US 20160353175
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Mani Manikandan and Joseph Dorris, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 7,995,116, owned by Monument Peak Ventures, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘116 patent generally relates to photography and photographic equipment relating to varying camera self-determination based on subject motion.
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.
WINNING SUBMISSION
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, was awarded $2,000 for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 7,187,858, owned by Monument Peak Ventures, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘858 patent generally relates to a camera for use with a power supply. The patent had been asserted against Kyocera and HMD Global.
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.
WINNING SUBMISSION
On March 23, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Liberty Peak Ventures LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,066,181 unpatentable. Owned and asserted by Liberty Peak Ventures, LLC, a Dominion Harbor entity, the '181 patent relates to generating an authentication tag for use in contactless transactions and had been asserted against Citigroup.
View district court litigations by Liberty Peak Ventures. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by in-house counsel Michelle Aspen, Roshan Mansinghani, and Ashraf Fawzy.
