IP Investments Group entity, DataCloud Technologies, firewall patent challenge instituted

On January 28, 2025, two months after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,370,457, owned by DataCloud Technologies, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ’457 patent relates to network communication through a virtual domain. It has been asserted in over 15 district court litigations, most recently against SonicWall, Zscaler, and Palo Alto Networks.

View district court litigations by DataCloud Technologies. Unified is represented by Stephen Cortiaus and Natalie Swider of Slater Matsil and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019739

IP Investments entity, DigiMedia Tech, video stitching patent challenge instituted

On December 23, 2024, less than four weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,567,086, owned by DigiMedia Tech, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ’086 patent generally relates to an immersive video system using multiple video streams. It has been asserted against Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Honda, Arashi Vision Inc. d/b/a Insta360, Lenovo, and Panasonic.

View district court litigations by DigiMedia Tech. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and David Seastrunk.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019747

IP Investments Group entity, DataCloud Technologies, firewall patent challenged

On November 25, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,370,457, owned by DataCloud Technologies, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ’457 patent relates to network communication through a virtual domain. It has been asserted in over 15 district court litigations, most recently against SonicWall, Zscaler, and Palo Alto Networks.

View district court litigations by DataCloud Technologies. Unified is represented by Slater Matsil and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

IP Investments entity DigiMedia Tech H.264/AVC patent found invalid

On September 3, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling the challenged claims (claims 1-2, 4-5, and 8-9) of U.S. Patent 6,606,287, owned by DigiMedia Tech, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘287 patent generally relates to recording and storing a media signal, while determining an optimal compression rate based on characteristics of the media signal while maintaining acceptable quality. The patent has been asserted against devices using H.264 / AVC from companies including Panasonic, Lenovo, OnePlus, TCT Mobile, Xiaomi, and Best Buy.

View district court litigations by DigiMedia Tech. Unified was represented by Eric Buresh and Nick Apel at Erise IP, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019389

IP Investments entity, Distributed Media, media streaming patent found invalid

On September 5, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling the challenged claims (1-19 and 21) of U.S. Patent 7,739,714, owned and asserted by Distributed Media Solutions, an NPE and entity of IP Investments Group. The ‘714 patent relates to methods and systems for encoding digital multimedia data for transmission over a network. The patent has been asserted against AMC Networks, CuriosityStream, and Fenix International.

View district court litigations by Distributed Media Solutions. Unified was represented by Drew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019323