Lauri Valjakka prior art found, $2,000 awarded

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ramesh Varadharaj, who was awarded a cash prize of $2,000 for his prior art submission for U.S. Patent 8,495,167. The patent is owned by Lauri Valjakka, an NPE. The '167 patent generally relates to data communication networks and has been asserted against Apple, Google, Sony, Microsoft, Netflix, Cisco, Amazon, and Akamai Technologies.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

• US 8755392

• US 6633901

Prior Art on Lauri Valjakka US8495167 by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

$3,000 awarded for Gridley IP prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Mani Manikandan and Kartikeya Srivastava, who split a cash prize of $3,000 for their prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 8,676,668. The patent is owned by by Gridley IP LLC, an IP Edge entity. The '668 patent generally relates to mapping population activity by discerning a location, speed, and direction of wireless mobile devices within a geographic region. It has been asserted against Waitr, Route4Me, WorkWave, Instacart, Doordash, NeighborFavor, Cabconnect, Zum Services, HopSkipDrive, SuperShuttle, and Flywheel Software based on their respective delivery and ridesharing services and apps.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

• US 8666376

• US 8942859

Prior art on Gridley IP US8... by Jennifer M Gallagher

Consumeron prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 10,115,067, owned by Consumeron, LLC, an NPE. The '067 patent relates to a method for remote acquisition and delivery of goods involving a server in communication with a customer’s computer through a user interface via the Internet. The patent had been asserted against MapleBear Inc. d/b/a Instacart.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

• RU81823

• US 2002/0038252 

Prior art on Consumeron US10115067 by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

$4,000 for CPC Patent Technologies '208 & '705 prior art

On May 9, 2022, Unified Patents added two separate PATROLL contests with an opportunity to collect up to $4,000 in cash for prior art on at least claim 10 of U.S. Patent 9,269,208 and at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,665,705. The patents are owned by CPC Patent Technologies Pty., Ltd., an NPE and Charter Pacific Corp. entity. The '208 and ‘705 patents generally relate to systems using wireless transmission of security code information. They have both been asserted against Apple.

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

CONTESTS

• US 9,269,208

• US 9,665,705

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$2,000 for CPC Patent Technologies '039 prior art

On May 9, 2022, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 13 of U.S. Patent 8,620,039, owned by CPC Patent Technologies Pty., Ltd., an NPE and Charter Pacific Corp. entity. The '039 patent is generally related to a biometric security card device. It has been asserted against Apple.

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

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