We are pleased to announce that Vbrick, a leading enterprise video solution, is now a Unified Patents member. Vbrick is joining 300+ other companies committed to deterring the assertion of bad patents by non-practicing entities (NPEs). In 2023, NPEs still accounted for 58% of all patent litigation, similar to its 5-year average. Unified is the only entity which deters invalid patent assertions and never pays NPEs.
$2,000 awarded for Helios Streaming multimedia patent prior art
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Dinesh Swami and Ekta Aswal, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,549,164, owned by Helios Streaming, LLC, an NPE. The patent generally relates to multimedia streaming. The ‘164 patent is currently asserted against Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
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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InfoGation navigation patent prior art found
Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 6,292,743, owned by InfoGation Corporation, an NPE. The ‘743 patent generally relates to navigation systems. The patent has been asserted against Toyota, BMW, Honda, Changan Ford Automobile, and Porsche.
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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NPRM comments submitted regarding discretionary denials and serial/parallel petitions
As part of the advocacy work of Unified Edge, Unified Patents has submitted comments to the PTAB's recent NPRM advocating against the codification of rules regarding discretionary denials under § 325(d) and for serial/parallel petitions.
Read through Unified’s comments by clicking on the button below:
$2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, Advanced Transactions, email patent prior art
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Umesh Sharma and Mani Manikandan, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 7,386,594, owned by Advanced Transactions LLC, an entity of IP Investments Group. The ‘594 patent relates to an email campaign generator that generates an email campaign template from an email target database. It has been asserted against Belk, Fiesta Mart, Advance Auto Parts, Regis Corp., Marco’s Pizza, The Gap, AutoZone, and Staples.
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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