Two CellSpinsoft data transfer patents challenges instituted

On July 15, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s requests, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,862,757 and U.S. Patent 8,898,260, owned and asserted by Cellspinsoft, Inc., an NPE. The claims of the ‘757 and ‘260 patents are directed to uploading multimedia content from a mobile device as segmented data packets and addressing how to handle transmission errors during the uploads. CellSpinSoft has asserted these patents against ByteDance (TikTok) and previously against Panasonic.

View district court litigations by Cellspinsoft. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander, Jessica L.A. Marks, and Roshan Mansinghani, in these proceedings.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal:

https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019488

https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019489

$10,000 for ASSIA networking patents prior art

Unified has added 5 new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Incorporated (ASSIA), an NPE. The patents generally related to DSL and other wireline technology. The patents have all been asserted against AT&T and Charter Communications.

The contests will expire on September 15, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 7,809,996 - Adaptive FEC Coding

US 10,848,398 - Optimizing Performance of Communication via Remote Server

US 11,050,654 - Downloadable Communications Agent

US 11,477,108 - Optimizing WAN and LAN Network Communications

US 11,770,313 - Optimizing Performance of Communication via Remote Server

$2,000 for InnoBrilliance video patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 21 of U.S. Patent 8,925,010, owned by InnoBrilliance, LLC, an NPE and entity of AppBrilliance, Inc. The ‘010 patent relates to methods of displaying video from a plurality of streams on a television, and more particularly, to a system and method for organizing television channel groups. The patent is currently being asserted against Amazon, Panasonic, Lorex, Shenzhen MTC Co., TCL, Walmart, Funai, and others.

The contest will expire on September 14, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

Facet traffic recognition patent challenge instituted

On July 15, 2024, three 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 9,671,328, owned and asserted by Facet Technology Corp., an NPE. The '328 patent relates to a system of assessing and classifying road signs depicted in a video stream. It has been asserted against General Motors, TomTom, Mobileye Global, and Here Global.

View district court litigations by Facet Technology. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019546

Rothschild entity, Mobile Health, fitness monitor patent challenge instituted

On July 15, 2024, three 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 11,468,984, owned and asserted by Mobile Health Innovative Solutions, an NPE and Leigh M. Rothschild entity. The ’984 patent relates to a mobile unit that analyzes a user's load levels. It has been asserted against health tracking technology by companies such as Google, Samsung, and Withings.

View district court litigations by Mobile Health. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen, Kelly Hughes, and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019549