e-Beacon location detection patent challenged

On December 20, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,515,386, owned and asserted by e-Beacon LLC, an NPE and entity of Eric Zautner. The '386 patent is directed to using multiple location detection techniques to locate a VoIP phone in an emergency scenario and transmitting that location to emergency services. It has been asserted against Samsung, OnePlus, NEC, Sony, and Progressive Casualty Insurance Co.

View district court litigations by e-Beacon. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Alyssa Holtslander.

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

Jeffrey Gross entity, Hyperquery, application search patent challenge instituted

On December 17, 2024, six 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 9,529,918, owned and asserted by Hyperquery LLC, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The ‘918 patent relates to a system and method for searching for apps in a central repository based on the intent of the user. It has been asserted over ten times, with current cases against Sony and Roku.

View district court litigations by Hyperquery. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019721

VDPP video stitching patent challenged

On December 18, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,021,380, owned and asserted by VDPP LLC, an NPE. The specification of ‘380 patent discloses video methods for creating the optical illusion of perpetual motion, which the applicant deemed “Eternalism,” and to special glasses (called “3Deeps”) that can be used for creating three-dimensional effects from two-dimensional videos. The claims, however, are broadly drafted and have been asserted against various video zooming, image enhancement, and image combination technologies The patent has been asserted over 55 times but most recently against Ford, Kyocera, Amazon, MediaTek, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Mercedes-Benz, Razer, and others.

View district court litigations by VDPP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastrunk.

Cloud Byte cloud storage patent challenged

On December 16, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,739,544, owned and asserted by Cloud Byte LLC, an NPE. The ‘544 patent relates to a disk array rebuild system and method. It has been asserted against Dell.

View district court litigations by Cloud Byte. Unified is represented by Steven Shipe of Barnes & Thornburg and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Jordan Rossen.