PATROLL

$2,000 for Emerald Lake Hills operational management patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claims 1 and 2 of U.S. Patent 11,636,413, owned by Emerald Lake Hills, LLC, an NPE. The ‘413 patent relates to the virtual operational management of discrete attributes between multiple commercial goods or service transacting entities for the purpose of significantly enhancing business operating performance. The patent has been asserted against Amazon.

The contest will expire on May 18, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for Touchmusic distribution patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claims 1 and 2 of U.S. Patent 6,182,128, owned by Touchmusic Entertainment LLC, an NPE. The ‘128 patent relates to systems for distributing information, such as video-on-demand or pay-per-view systems. The patent has been asserted against Netflix, Amazon and Apple.

The contest will expire on May 18, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

Equitable IP entity Scale Video Coding multicast network patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 11,019,372, owned by Scale Video Coding, LLC, an NPE and an Equitable IP entity. The ‘372 patent generally relates to an overlay multicast network may provide a set of features to ensure reliable and timely arrival of multicast data. The invention relates to the management of data packets to support multicasting. The patent has been asserted against Cisco, Zoom, Mitel Networks, Brightcove, NTT Cloud Communications, and V-Cube USA.

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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IQar automotive patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 10,882,399, owned by IQar, Inc., an NPE. The ‘399 patent generally relates to power management in vehicle engines and has been asserted against Tesla.

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 for Keysoft information sharing patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,271,315, owned by Keysoft, Inc., an NPE. The ‘315 patent relates to a personal information utilization system utilizing off-premise communication networks such as the Internet. The patent has been asserted against Amazon and Salesforce.

The contest will expire on April 26, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.