Another Velos Media video codec patent challenged

On December 26, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,257,520, owned by Velos Media, an NPE. The '520 patent is generally directed to video coding and decoding processes for employing block rotation when transform skipping is enabled. The ‘520 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.

Acacia entity Atlas Global Technologies Wi-Fi patent found invalid

On December 23, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,153,886, owned and asserted by Atlas Global Technologies, LLC, an NPE and Acacia Research entity. The ‘886 patent is generally directed to an uplink transmission scheme for acknowledgements to reduce or eliminate redundant acknowledgements and is asserted against a Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ax. The patent had been asserted against Samsung, Arcadyan, Acer, D-Link, OnePlus, and Zyxel.

View district court litigations by Atlas Global. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination proceeding, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019431

DynaIP entity, Err Content, media casting patent challenged

On December 23, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,721,542, owned and asserted by Err Content IP LLC, an NPE and entity of Pueblo Nuevo/DynaIP. The '542 patent generally relates to providing main content and extra content to a user through a reference item. It has been asserted against Panasonic, Hisense, Spotify, Roku, Comcast, LG Electronics, and Amazon. 

View district court litigations by Err Content. Unified is represented by John Pienkos at Amundsen Davis and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and T.J. Murphy.

$2,000 for Morris Routing 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 12,058,042, owned by Morris Routing Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘042 patent relates to routing methods, systems, and computer program products to improve network path protocol address identification and management. It has been asserted against Verizon, Samsung, T-Mobile, and AT&T.

The contest will expire on January 21, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

Longhorn Automotive wireless communications patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 7,513,238, owned by Longhorn Automotive Group, LLC, an entity of Alpha Alpha Intellectual Partners LLC. The ‘238 patent focuses on improvements in wireless communication technology, specifically addressing the efficient usage and allocation of time resources in various scenarios, such as peer-to-peer and coordinated time division multiple access within IEEE 802.11 standards (e.g., 802.11be). It has been asserted against Volkswagen, Mazda, Mitsubishi Group, Volvo, Hyundai, Kia, and Nissan.

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.

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