IPVal entity, 5G IP Holdings, 5G patent found invalid

On February 18, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling all claims (claims 1-12) of U.S. Patent 10,813,163, owned and asserted by 5G IP Holdings LLC, an NPE and IP Valuation Partners, LLC entity. The '163 patent generally relates to discontinuous reception (DRX) and utilizing slots within subframes to adapt DRX to function within the 5G frame structure. The patent had previously been asserted against Apple and Samsung.

View district court litigations by 5G IP Holdings. Unified was represented by Drew Sommer at Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015277

OptiMorphix SaaS patent found invalid

On January 21, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,031,314, owned by OptiMorphix, Inc. The ‘314 patent is generally directed to providing differentiated services within a network communication system at a service module. It was asserted against Microsoft, Broadcom, Cisco, Oracle, Amazon, VMWare, and Google.

View district court litigations by OptiMorphix. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019520

Quest entity Taasera cyber security patent found invalid

On December 23, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,673,137, owned by Taasera Licensing LLC, an NPE and a Quest Patent Research Corporation entity.  The ‘137 patent relates to methods of computer security using program validation. The patent has been asserted against several entities including Fortinet, Trellix, Palo Alto Networks, Trend Micro, Check Point, and CrowdStrike. 

View district court litigations by Taasera Licensing. Unified was represented by Haynes & Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view the reexamination proceeding, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019388

DKR Consulting e-commerce patent found invalid

On December 20, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,455,678, owned and asserted by DKR Consulting, LLC. The ‘678 patent relates to the generation and distribution of widgets for commerce over the internet. The patent has been asserted against Shopify.

View district court litigations by DKR Consulting. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019476

NexGen semiconductor controller patent held invalid

On December 6, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling claims 1, 5-7, and 13 of U.S. Patent 8,278,855, owned and asserted by NexGen Control Systems, LLC, an NPE. The '855 patent generally relates to control systems for electric motors. The patent was asserted against Infineon and NXP.

View district court litigations by NexGen. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019288