$2,000 for Disintermediation Services web communications 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 11,240,183, owned and asserted by Disintermediation Services, Inc. The present disclosure outlines a system for web-based communication. The system involves an electronic processor that manages conversations between users and responders. It has been asserted against several companies since 2022 such as LiveAdmins, Batia Infotech, LiveChat, MobileMonkey, and others.

The contest will expire on July 3, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$10,000 for AutoConnect vehicle patents prior art

Unified Patents added five new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to vehicle ecosystems.

The contests will expire on July 1, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 9020491 - Vehicle Ecosystem

US 9082239 - Intelligent Vehicle Assistance

US 9116786 - Vehicle Middleware Systems

US 9147298 - Improved Navigation Environment

US 10862764 - Universal Vehicle Console Chassis

VDPP video codec patent found invalid

On April 19, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,699,444, owned and asserted by VDPP LLC, an NPE. The '444 patent generally relates to processing image frames from a video stream and generating bridge frames for motion smoothing. The patent has been asserted against in over 30 cases including Microsoft, Vizio, Lenovo, Roku, Philips, Panasonic, Sharp, and others.

View district court litigations by VDPP. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015245.

OptiMorphix networking patent challenge instituted

On April 29, 2024, less than seven 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 7,099,273, owned by OptiMorphix, Inc. The ‘273 patent relates to data transmission based on round trip times. It has been asserted against multiple technologies ranging from cloud services to routers from Amazon, Cisco, F5, Google, and Oracle.

View district court litigations by OptiMorphix. Unified is represented by James Stein of Lee & Hayes, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Kelly Hughes.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019446

Monticello Enterprises payment patent challenged

On April 26, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,468,497, owned and asserted by Monticello Enterprises LLC. The ‘497 patent relates to transmitting user payment data to a merchant device based on inputs received from a user. The patent has been asserted against Starbucks, Petco, and Macy's. 

View district court litigations by Monticello. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.