$2,000 awarded for AutoConnect vehicle patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Tanya Chauhan, who was awarded $2,000 for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,793,034, owned by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The ‘034 patent focuses on methods for automatically determining the presence of a person within the vehicle, identifying them, and storing personal settings. It has been asserted against Toyota.

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 SUBMISSION

VDPP video stitching patent challenge instituted

On January 24, 2025, six 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 10,021,380, owned and asserted by VDPP LLC, an NPE. The specification of ‘380 patent discloses video methods for creating the optical illusion of perpetual motion, which the applicant deemed “Eternalism,” and to special glasses (called “3Deeps”) that can be used for creating three-dimensional effects from two-dimensional videos. The claims, however, are broadly drafted and have been asserted against various video zooming, image enhancement, and image combination technologies. The patent has been asserted over 55 times but most recently against Ford, Kyocera, Amazon, MediaTek, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Mercedes-Benz, Razer, and others.

View district court litigations by VDPP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastrunk.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019781

$10,000 for Dominion Harbor entity, Arlington Technologies, networking patents prior art

Unified Patents added five new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Arlington Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Dominion Harbor Group. The patents relate to various technologies and two of the patents have been asserted against Comcast.

The contests will expire on February 28, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests.

US 11,381,626 Video Codec for High Resolution and High Frame Rate Video

US 10,735,258 Self-allocating Resources

US 9,507,015 Device Proximity Detection

US 7,324,491 Over-the-air Bandwidth Reservations in Wireless Networks

US 7,193,986 Wireless Network MAC Protocol

AutoNavigare mobile app control patent challenged

On January 24, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,288,665, owned and asserted by AutoNavigare, LLC. The ‘665 patent relates to controlling applications on a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, using an in-vehicle control system. It is currently being asserted against Toyota.

View district court litigations by AutoNavigare. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

Adeia Technologies optimization patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 9,208,155, owned by Adeia Technologies Inc, an NPE. The ‘155 patent discloses a content recommendation system focusing on enhancing user experience by observing and adapting to user interactions with various list presentations.

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 SUBMISSION