Velos HEVC/H264 video codec patent confirmed invalid by PTAB

On March 18, 2025, the PTAB confirmed the final rejection of all claims in the ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent 10,390,013, owned by Velos Media, an NPE. The '013 patent generally relates to encoding syntax elements that indicate tile information into a slice header. Velos Media patents have been identified as part of the Avanci Video patent pool, and Avanci asserts its pool covers AV1, H.265 (HEVC), H.266 (VVC), MPEG-DASH, and VP9 technologies.

Unified was represented by in-house counsel Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015239.

Acacia entity Atlas Global Technologies Wi-Fi patent found invalid

On December 23, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,153,886, owned and asserted by Atlas Global Technologies, LLC, an NPE and Acacia Research entity. The ‘886 patent is generally directed to an uplink transmission scheme for acknowledgements to reduce or eliminate redundant acknowledgements and is asserted against a Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ax. The patent had been asserted against Samsung, Arcadyan, Acer, D-Link, OnePlus, and Zyxel.

View district court litigations by Atlas Global. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination proceeding, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019431

Mel NavIP speech recognition patent found invalid

On October 29, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,060,368, owned and asserted by Mel NavIP, LLC. The '368 patent is generally directed to navigation and speech recognition for a vehicle. The patent had been asserted against Toyota, GM, and Hyundai.

View district court litigations by Mel NavIP. Unified was represented by Jessica Kaiser and Tyler Knox of Perkins Coie, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019326

Monticello Enterprises payment patent found invalid

On November 7, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,468,497, owned and asserted by Monticello Enterprises LLC. The ‘497 patent relates to transmitting user payment data to a merchant device based on inputs received from a user. The patent has been asserted against Starbucks, Petco, and Macy's. 

View district court litigations by Monticello. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019491

Competitive Access Systems Linux cloud patent found invalid

On October 2, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,868,908, owned by Competitive Access Systems, an NPE. The ’908 patent relates to multilink communications between a client and server and was asserted against Oracle's Linux offering. Unified filed the initial reexamination proceeding on October 4, 2023, receiving the final rejection within one year after filing.

View district court litigations by Competitive Access Systems. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Michelle Aspen, Jessica L.A. Marks, and Roshan Mansinghani in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019265