Acacia entity Atlas Global Technologies Wi-Fi patent reexam granted

On March 16, 2023, less than three weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the USPTO granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,153,886, owned and asserted by Atlas Global Technologies, LLC, an NPE and Acacia Research entity. The ‘886 patent is generally directed to an uplink transmission scheme for acknowledgements to reduce or eliminate redundant acknowledgements and is asserted against a Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ax. The patent has been asserted against ASUS, Arcadyan, Acer, D-Link, OnePlus, and Zyxel.

View district court litigations by Atlas Global. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Haynes and Boone and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani. To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015201.

Buffalo Patents teleconferencing patent challenged

On March 14, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 6,839,417, owned and asserted by Buffalo Patents, LLC. The ’417 patent is directed to initiating, joining, managing, and participating in conference calls. The patent has or is been asserted against Discord, Spotify, LogMeIn, and RingCentral.

View district court litigations by Buffalo Patents. Unified is represented by James Stein and Pooya Shoghi of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Ashraf Fawzy.

Nearly $500 million in Economic Benefit From Fewer NHK-Fintiv Denials at the PTAB: Report

The Perryman Group, in a recent economic study commissioned by Unified Edge, has found that over the next 10 years, the total economic benefit of reducing discretionary denials of inter partes review proceedings under criteria such as the NHK-Fintiv rules will lead to an increase in US business activity of $482.1 million, $230.4 million in personal income, and approximately 2,000 job-years of employment.

Source: The Perryman Group

Conversely, any activity that would reinforce or ensconce those rules or other forms of discretionary denial edicts—i.e., a continuation of current practice—could cost the U.S. economy almost $500 million. 

The report, The Potential Economic Benefits of Recent Reductions in Discretionary Denial of Inter Partes Review Based on Criteria such as the NHK-Fintiv Rules (March 2023), was commissioned by Unified Edge in part to explore the as-yet unstudied economic impact the NHK-Fintiv criteria. It researches, organizes, and provides data-backed studies and evidence to further regulatory and policy goals, and works to keep the policymakers up to date and informed on ongoing policies, data, and the regulatory landscape to move the law forward in a just, reasoned, and evidence-based way.

Read the entire report HERE.

Joseph Yoon airbag sensor patent held invalid

On March 2, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Joseph Y. Yoon Intellectual Property LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,376,076 unpatentable. Owned and asserted by Joseph Y. Yoon IP LLC, the '076 patent is generally directed to airbag deployment technology and was asserted against Toyota.

 View district court litigations by Joseph Y. Yoon IP LLC. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Michael Jones of Rothwell Figg IP Professionals and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen, Ashraf Fawzy, and David Seastrunk.

Optis Wireless 4G/LTE patent challenged

On February 28, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,137,830, owned and asserted by Optis Wireless Technology, LLC, an NPE and Brevet Capital entity. The ‘830 patent is generally directed to reducing collision while reporting control information in radio communications between a mobile station (i.e., any user equipment capable of performing radio transmission) and a base station. This filing is a part of Unified’s 3GPP Zone.

View district court litigations by Optis Wireless. Unified is represented by David Tennant of Allen & Overy and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani.