Bill Ramey/AiPi entity, Stasit, smartphone patent found invalid

On August 22, 2024, the CRU issued a Notice of Intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling all claims of U.S. Patent 8,855,723, owned and asserted by Stasit, LLC, an NPE and Bill Ramey/AiPi entity. The ‘723 patent is directed to smartphones that can mask notifications of incoming calls and text messages for certain unauthorized numbers during certain times and only logging a record of those temporally unauthorized communications on a password protected log, while allowing incoming communications from authorized numbers to be handled normally (regular notification and logging on the general log). The ‘723 patent was the sole patent asserted against Apple, Meta Platforms, Google, LG, Samsung, and HTC.

View district court litigations by Stasit. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and T.J. Murphy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019299

GenghisComm 4G/5G patent found invalid

On August 21, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,200,227, owned by GenghisComm Holdings, LLC, an NPE. The ’227 patent relates to OFDM wireless communication networks. It has been asserted against 4G/5G devices from many tech and automotive companies, including Continental Automotive, TCL Communication, and Toyota.

View district court litigations by GenghisComm. Unified was represented by Jon Bowser and Clint Wilkins of Haynes & Boone, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019411

Nostromo location-based service patent challenge instituted

On August 21, 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 the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,559,970, owned and asserted by Nostromo, LLC, an NPE. The '970 patent is generally directed to providing location-based information and notifications to a user's device, based on location, user preference settings, and conditions for triggering the information delivery. It is being asserted against ADT, Resideo, and Ecobee.

View district court litigations by Nostromo. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019554

Rothschild entity, Quantum Technology Innovations, media streaming patent challenge instituted

On August 21, 2024, two months after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,650,376, owned and asserted by Quantum Technology Innovations, LLC, an NPE and Leigh Rothschild entity. The '376 patent relates to the distribution of content over a network. It has been asserted against 15 companies, including Showtime Networks, Dish Network, Sirius XM, Pandora, Valve, and BroadwayHD.

View district court litigations by Quantum Technology. 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/90019550

Third DynaIP entity, Cloud Systems, IoT patent challenged

On August 19, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,975,051, owned and asserted by Cloud Systems HoldCo IP, LLC, an NPE and DynaIP entity.  The '051 patent relates to a system for controlling and configuring devices through a server. It had been asserted against Carrier, Google, Onity, Samsung, Vivint, and ADT, with current pending cases against Comcast, Kramer, Monitronics, and Ring.

View district court litigations by Cloud Systems HoldCo IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.