PATROLL

$2,000 awarded for NorthStar Systems prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Vibhor Dimri, who received a cash prize of $2,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,478,527. This patent is owned by NorthStar Systems LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Alpha Alpha Intellectual Partners, LLC. The ’527 patent generally relates to displaying and generating object vector indicators on an electronic map (e.g., visually displaying a route between two points of interest on a map). The ‘527 patent has been asserted against TCT Mobile, OnePlus Science & Technology, Kyocera, and ZTE.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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$2,500 for IP Edge sub, Aperture Net, prior art

On February 11, 2022, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,500 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 6,711,204. The patent is owned by Aperture Net, an NPE and IP Edge subsidiary. The '204 patent generally relates to an improvement to a spread-spectrum code-division-multiple-access system, using a channel sounding signal from a base station (BS) to provide initial transmitter power levels for remote stations (RS). It is currently being asserted against Itron, Starry, and Cambium Networks.

The contest will expire on May 31, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,500 Awarded for IP Edge sub, Golden IP, prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Akash Verma, who received a cash prize of $2,500 for his prior art submission for U.S. Patent 9,397,627. The patent was recently assigned from Dedicated Licensing, LLC, an NPE and IP Edge subsidiary, to Golden IP LLC, also an NPE and IP Edge subsidiary. The '627 patent generally relates to a network-enabled audio device that provides a display device that allows the user to select playlists of music much like a jukebox. The patent has been asserted against Rhapsody, Vimeo, iHeartMedia, SoundCloud, Sound Hound, and Genius Media Group.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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$2,000 Awarded for DatRec prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Vibhor Dimri, who received a cash prize of $2,000 for his prior art submission for U.S. Patent 8,156,158. The patent is owned by DatRec, LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Nacar IP LLC. The '158 patent generally relates to the use of a database of individuals in personalized medicine based on authenticated medical and other personal data. It has been asserted against companies like Athenahealth, Philips, AdvancedMD, and Ancestry.com.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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$12,000 for Atlantic IP Services sub, Speir Technologies, prior art

On January 28, 2022, Unified added 6 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Speir Technologies, an Atlantic IP Services subsidiary. The contests will all end on May 31, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

We also have third-party prior art providers giving our researchers a head start in the hunt! Click on each of the contests to find more from Traindex.io, Techson IP, IPscreener, Ambercite, and Google Patent Analytics.