$2,000 for Sotat surveillance patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,854,207, owned by Sotat, LLC, an NPE. The ‘207 patent generally relates to a mobile device in communication with a server, where the server is adapted for receiving surveillance data that is transferred electronically from a surveillance area. The patent is currently being asserted against Resideo, Canary Connect, Vivint, and Wyze Labs.

The contest will expire on June 30, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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Jeffrey M. Gross entity Hyperquery patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 9,529,918, owned by Hyperquery, LLC, an NPE and Jeffery M. Gross entity. The ‘918 patent generally relates to a method and system for downloading at least one application via a communication network. It has been asserted against LG, Samsung, and HP.

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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$14,000 for SoftBank entity, Entropic Communications, prior art

Unified added 7 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Entropic Communications, an NPE and SoftBank subsidiary. The contests will all end on May 15, 2023. 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 APEX Standards, Techson IP, IPscreener, and Google Patent Analytics.

US 7,295,518 - Broadband Network for Coaxial Cable Using Multi-carrier Modulation (litigations)

US 7,889,759 - Broadband Cable Network Utilizing Common Bit-loading (litigations)

US 8,284,690 - Receiver Determined Probe

US 8,363,681 - Using Ranging Measurements in a Multimedia Home Network

US 9,838,213 - Parameterized Quality of Service Architecture in a Network

US 10,257,566 - Broadband Local Area Network

US 11,399,206 - Receiving a Television Signal

$4,000 for Fractus antennas patent prior art

Two new PATROLL contests have been added, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on claim 31 of U.S. Patent 8,456,365 and claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,674,887. The patents are owned by Fractus, SA, an NPE, and have been asserted against ADT. The contests will end on May 31, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

U.S. Patent 8,456,365 - Multi-band Monopole Antenna

U.S. Patent 8,674,887 - Multi-band Monopole Antenna

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$2,000 for Adnexus online ads patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,719,101, owned by Adnexus, Inc. The ‘101 patent generally relates to a method of creating online advertisements and has been asserted against eBay, Amazon, Google, and LinkedIn.

The contest will expire on May 15, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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