Oceana Innovations patent held invalid

On February 14, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Oceana Innovations, LLC holding all claims of U.S. Patent 6,508,678 invalid. Oceana Innovations LLC is an NPE and subsidiary of Endpoint IP. The ‘678 patent is generally directed to USB electrical connector assemblies with the patent being asserted against HDMI cable assemblies. In 2017, the previous patent owner, Interface Linx, LLC, asserted the ‘678 patent against TTE, Haier, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sherwood, Sound United, VOXX, and Hisense. Those cases were terminated in 2019, but Oceana Innovations began a new campaign in May 2020, filing suits against JVCKenwood, Charter Communications, and Roku.

View district court litigations by Oceana Innovations. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks, Roshan Mansinghani, and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

Endpoint IP entity Eighth Street patent invalidated in Reexam

On November 15, 2021, Eighth Street Solutions filed a supplemental reply cancelling all claims of U.S. Patent 7,664,924, after the USPTO (on Oct. 5, 2021), issued a final office action rejecting all claims of the ‘924 patent. Eighth Street Solutions, LLC is an Endpoint IP entity. The ’924 patent is related to securing a computer system by selectively controlling write access to a data storage medium. The '924 patent had been asserted against Sophos, Trend Micro, McAfee and Avast.

View district court litigations by Eighth Street Solutions. Unified was represented by Larissa Bifano and Jin Lee from DLA Piper and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014625.

Endpoint IP's entity Eighth Street patent found invalid

On October 5, 2021, the Central Reexamination Unit of the USPTO issued a final office action rejecting all claims of U.S. Patent 7,664,924, owned and asserted by Eighth Street Solutions, LLC, an NPE and Endpoint IP entity. The ’924 patent is related to securing a computer system by selectively controlling write access to a data storage medium. The '924 patent has been asserted against Sophos, Trend Micro, McAfee and Avast.

View district court litigations by Eighth Street Solutions. Unified is represented by Larissa Bifano and Jin Lee from DLA Piper and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014625.

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Eighth Street '924 Advisory Action - 90014625 by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

Oceana Innovations patent determined to be likely invalid

On February 23, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all grounds challenging all of the claims of U.S. Patent 6,508,678, owned by Oceana Innovations LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Endpoint IP. The ‘678 patent is generally directed to USB electrical connector assemblies with the patent being asserted against HDMI cable assemblies. In 2017, the previous patent owner, Interface Linx, LLC, asserted the ‘678 patent against TTE, Haier, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sherwood, Sound United, VOXX, and Hisense. Those cases terminated in 2019. The current patent owner, Oceana Innovations LLC, began a new campaign in May 2020, filing suits against JVCKenwood, Charter Communications, and Roku (terminated).

View district court litigations by Oceana Innovations. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Endpoint IP entity, Eighth Street Solutions, patent challenged

On December 9, 2020, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,664,924, owned and asserted by Eighth Street Solutions, LLC, an NPE and Endpoint IP entity. The ’924 patent is related to securing a computer system by selectively controlling write access to a data storage medium. The '924 patent has been asserted against Sophos, Trend Micro, and McAfee.

View district court litigations by Eighth Street Solutions. Unified is represented by Larissa Bifano and Jin Lee from DLA Piper and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,625, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.

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