Leigh M. Rothschild entity, Touchpoint Projection, cybersecurity patent challenged

On March 17, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against 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 generally relates to an approach to enhancing web browsing security by addressing sophisticated malware. It has been asserted against Forcepoint, Check Point Software, Zscaler, Boradcom, and Fortinet.

View district court litigations by Touchpoint Projection. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Jordan Rossen.

BrowserKey security patent challenge instituted

On March 13, 2025, three weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on challenged claims 11-17 of U.S. Patent 7,249,262, owned and asserted by BrowserKey LLC, an NPE. The '262 patent generally relates to a method of restricting data access to a server by unauthorized client machines. It has been asserted against Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Charles Schwab.

View district court litigations by BrowserKey. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019856

$2,000 awarded for Granite Vehicle self-driving patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ritu Tyagi and Calvin Zhong, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 12,037,004, owned and asserted by Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC, an NPE. The ‘004 patent relates to the field of vehicles, and specifically to the field of self-driving vehicles. It has been asserted against Tesla.

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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$2,000 awarded for ShopSee interactive video patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal, Ritu Tyagi, and Gaurav Yadav, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 11,134,316, owned and asserted by ShopSee Inc., an NPE. The ‘316 patent relates to video processing technology, and more particularly, relates to a method and apparatus for providing one or more interactive video layers with video media. The patent has been asserted against TikTok.

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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$4,000 awarded for IngenioSpec eyeware patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $4,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by IngenioSpec LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to smart eyewear. They have been asserted against Samsung, Bose Corporation, Sony, and LG.

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.

US 8112104 - Adaptable Communication Techniques (claim 1)

Winning Submissions: US 8611919; US 7004582; WO 2003056790

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US 8582789 - Hearing Enhancement Systems (claim 1)

Winners - Andrei Gilya and Ekta Aswal

Winning Submissions: US 5479522; US 20030044033; US 6021207

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US 8770742 - Eyewear with Radiation Detection System (claim 18)

Winning Submissions: US 8774885; US 5248880

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US 11852901 - Wireless Headset Supporting Messages and Hearing Enhancement (claim 10)

Winning Submissions: US 8838184; US 8351636; WO 2003056790

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US 12044901 - Smart Eyewear (claim 1)

Winners - Ekta Aswal and Samuel Bird

Winning Submissions: US 8482488; JP 2001272628

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