Velos Media video codec patent challenge instituted

On December 4, 2024, two weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,955,171, owned by Velos Media, an NPE. The '171 patent is generally directed to the selection of a set of prediction modes for encoding and decoding video. The patent explains that conventional methods use only one set of prediction modes, and that by providing additional prediction sets with different directions, rather than a single prediction set, efficiency can be increased. The ‘171 patent is a listed patent in Velos’ global patent assets.

Unified is represented by Jon Bowser and Adam Erickson of Haynes and Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

IPVal entity Artax navigation patent challenged

On December 9, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,169,343, owned by Artax LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Valuation Partners, LLC. The ’343 patent relates to advancements in navigational technology focusing on integrating both spatial and non-spatial information for mobile computing devices, such as laptops and smartphones. It is currently being asserted against Mix Telematics and was previously asserted against Samsara and TomTom.

View district court litigations by Artax. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Roshan Mansinghani.

NexGen semiconductor controller patent held invalid

On December 6, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling claims 1, 5-7, and 13 of U.S. Patent 8,278,855, owned and asserted by NexGen Control Systems, LLC, an NPE. The '855 patent generally relates to control systems for electric motors. The patent was asserted against Infineon and NXP.

View district court litigations by NexGen. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019288

$2,000 for Touchpoint Projection network patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,118,712, owned and asserted by Touchpoint Projection Innovations, LLC, an NPE and entity of Leigh M. Rothschild. The ‘712 patent relates to the type of two way network communication that is commonly referred to as “surfing the web.” It has been asserted against Forcepoint, Zscaler, Check Point Software Technologies, and Broadcom.

The contest will expire on January 10, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

Oso IP entity, USTA Technology, Wi-Fi patent instituted

On December 5, 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 all challenged claims of 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, Samsung, and Motorola Mobility.

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

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019720