$2,000 for Lattice Technologies communications patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,098,153, owned by Lattice Technologies LLC, an NPE. The patent relates to a method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device and more specifically to establishing communication between the user device and a monitoring database over the Internet to provide such responses. It has been asserted against ADT, Alert360, and Vivint.

The contest will expire on December 11, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$14,000 for Avant Location Technologies mobile station patents prior art

Unified has added 7 new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on various claims on the list below. The patents are owned by Avant Location Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Anjay Venture Partners LLC. The patents generally relate to methods for monitoring the presence of a mobile station. The patents have all been asserted against Apple, Fibar Group, Nice Group, Samsung, and Generac Holdings.

The contests will expire on December 11, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 8738040 - claim 13

US 8934922 - claim 1

US 9042910 - claim 7

US 9119030 - claim 1

US 9485621 - claim 1

US 9622032 - claim 1

US 10009720 - claim 1

Oso IP entity, USTA Technology, Wi-Fi 5 patent challenged

On October 14, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent RE 47,720, owned by USTA Technology LLC, an NPE and entity of Oso IP, LLC. The patent relates to a method of spectrum-adaptive networking using the 802.11 standard. It has been asserted against Google, AT&T, ASUS, Lenovo, LG, and Samsung.

View district court litigations by USTA Technology. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Express Mobile website-builder claim cancelled

On October 3, 2024, the Patent Office issued a reexamination certificate cancelling claim 1 of U.S. Patent 6,546,397, owned and asserted by Express Mobile, Inc. In May 2024, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Office's final decision confirming that claim 1 was unpatentable. The ’397 patent generally relates to website building software. Express Mobile has asserted this patent over 100 times in district court against companies employing both proprietary website-building platforms and open-source platforms like WordPress and Magento. Its numerous complaints have included assertions against companies large and small, including eGrove Systems, Shopify, Web.com Group, Inc., Squarespace, and HubSpot.

View district court litigations by Express Mobile. Unified was represented by Ropes & Gray, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jonathan Stroud, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014615

HPCF entity, Piranha, ad related patent challenged

On October 11, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,463,768, owned and asserted by Piranha Media Distribution, LLC, an NPE and entity funded by HPCF Litigation Finance US I LLC. The ‘768 patent relates to providing advertisements in digital media. It has been asserted against Hulu.

View district court litigations by Piranha Media Distribution. Unified is represented by Jon Bowser of Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.