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On September 26, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,446,803, owned and asserted by Columbia Peak Ventures, LLC, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘803 patent relates to a system for annotating and searching video files.
Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.
On September 17, 2024, two months 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 10,083,285, owned and asserted by Factor2 Multimedia Systems, LLC, an NPE. The ‘285 patent relates to two-factor authentication methods and systems. It is currently being asserted against a variety of companies, from financial institutions like Washington Federal Bank and Texas Capital Bank to large companies like Amazon, Snap, and TikTok.
View district court litigations by Factor2 Multimedia. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and TJ Murphy, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019596
On September 23, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,784,058, owned and asserted by VirtaMove Corp (f/k/a Appzero Software Corp). an NPE. The ’058 patent relates to operating system libraries and instanced computing environments. It has been asserted against IBM, Google, HP, and Amazon.
View district court litigations by VirtaMove Corp. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Matthew Beck, Michelle Aspen, and Roshan Mansinghani.
On September 20, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling all the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,451,845, owned and asserted by Monarch Networking Solutions, LLC, an Acacia Research Corp. entity. The ‘845 patent relates to converting data packets between the IPv4 and IPv6 domains. It had been asserted against Cisco and Juniper Networks.
View district court litigations by Monarch Networking. Unified was represented by James Stein of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019246
JUVE Patent has published an article regarding the prevalence of no-notice suits in Europe at the UPC and in the United States. The article dives into why sue-first tactics are a problem that undermines the underlying goals of patent law. Written by Michelle Aspen and Jonathan Stroud, the article was drafted as part of ongoing efforts by Unified Edge to advocate for better patent policies here and abroad.
