Cloud Byte cloud storage patent challenge instituted

On February 11, 2025, less than 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 all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,739,544, owned and asserted by Cloud Byte LLC, an NPE. The ‘544 patent relates to a disk array rebuild system and method. It has been asserted against Dell.

View district court litigations by Cloud Byte. Unified is represented by Steven Shipe of Barnes & Thornburg and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Jordan Rossen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019777

Muvox song selection patent challenged

On February 11, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,899,713, owned and asserted by Muvox LLC, an NPE. The ‘713 patent is generally directed to selecting a song based on mood. It has been asserted against several companies, with cases currently pending against Spotify, BMG Rights Management, and Netaktion.

View district court litigations by Muvox. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Andrea Shoffstall.

Empire IP entity, Fleet Connect, Wi-Fi patent challenged

On February 4, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,742,388, owned and asserted by Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP. The '388 patent focuses on a system and method for increased bandwidth in digital communications, particularly within local and wide area networks including WLANs and mobile networks. It has been asserted in over 45 cases, most recently against Werner Enterprises, Ezurio, Lantronix, Cedar Electronics, Juniper Networks, and others.

View district court litigations by Fleet Connect. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

DynaIP entity, Err Content, media casting patent challenge instituted

On January 28, 2025, one month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,721,542, owned and asserted by Err Content IP LLC, an NPE and entity of Pueblo Nuevo/DynaIP. The '542 patent generally relates to providing main content and extra content to a user through a reference item. It has been asserted against Panasonic, Hisense, Spotify, Roku, Comcast, LG Electronics, and Amazon. 

View district court litigations by Err Content. Unified is represented by John Pienkos at Amundsen Davis and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and T.J. Murphy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019787

Keysoft advertising patent challenged

On January 30, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,271,315, owned and asserted by Keysoft, Inc., an NPE. The '315 patent is directed to a targeted advertising platform using information gleaned from consumer purchases. It had been asserted against Amazon and others.

View district court litigations by Keysoft. Unified is represented by Christopher Schultz and Jasjit Vidwan of ArentFox Schiff LLP, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.