We are pleased to announce that Oura Health, a health technology company, is now a Unified Patents member. Products and services provided by Oura are designed to aid users’ health by tracking all stages of sleep and activity using the Oura Ring and connected app. Oura 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.
Another Fractus LTE antenna patent challenged
On September 17, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,674,887, owned and asserted by Fractus S.A., an NPE. The ‘887 patent generally relates to an antenna design for mobile devices. The patent has been asserted against ADT.
View district court litigations by Fractus. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and T.J. Murphy.
Intellectual Ventures open source/Apache patent challenged
On September 16, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,407,722, owned by Intellectual Ventures I LLC, an NPE. The ’722 patent relates to remotely updating client content at client devices through digital networks. It has been asserted against JP Morgan Chase, Liberty Mutual Holding Company, and Comerica Incorporated, and accuses the use of open source software Apache Kafka.
View district court litigations by Intellectual Ventures. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.
$6,000 awarded for AutoConnect vehicle patents prior art
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $6,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to vehicle ecosystems.
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.
US 9116786 - Vehicle Middleware Systems
Winners - SP Rahupathy, Priti Dubey, & Nitish Jaswal
Winning Submissions: US 6028537; US 20120254948; US 8421590; US 8751104
US 9147298 - Improved Navigation Environment
Winners - Ekta Aswal & SP Rahupathy
Winning Submissions: US 20020082771; US 20100205060; US 8718925
US 10862764 - Universal Vehicle Console Chassis
Winners - SP Rahupathy & Calvin Zhong
Winning Submissions: US 20110106375; US 9409567; US 7854282
$2,000 awarded for Emerald Lake Hills operational management patent prior art
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Dinesh Swami, Ekta Aswal, and Mani Manikandan, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 11,636,413, owned by Emerald Lake Hills, LLC, an NPE. The ‘413 patent relates to the virtual operational management of discrete attributes between multiple commercial goods or service transacting entities for the purpose of significantly enhancing business operating performance. The patent had been asserted against Amazon, Cloudera, Arista Networks, and Shopify.
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.
WINNING SUBMISSIONS