Muvox song selection patent challenge instituted

On March 17, 2025, five weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,899,713, owned and asserted by Muvox LLC, an NPE. The ‘713 patent is generally directed to selecting a song based on mood. It has been asserted against several companies, with cases currently pending against Spotify, Meta, BMG Rights Management, and Netaktion.

View district court litigations by Muvox. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Andrea Shoffstall.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019845

$2,000 awarded for IngenioSpec eyewear patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Rahul Vijh, Dinesh Swami, and Andrei Gilya, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 11,657,827, owned and asserted by IngenioSpec LLC, an NPE. The ‘827 patent generally relates to hearing enhancement and directional sound systems, primarily for vehicles, evolving through multiple continuations from foundational ideas on hybrid audio delivery and directional communication systems. It has been asserted against 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.

WINNING SUBMISSIONS

InterDigital AV1/VP9 patent challenge instituted

On March 13, 2025, less than 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 all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,080,024, owned by InterDigital VC Holdings. The '024 patent is directed to increasing video encoding efficiency by dividing a block of pixels into groups and using different intra-planar prediction methods for each group. The patent had previously been designated as essential to SISVEL’s AV1 and VP9 patent pools. The reexamination was filed as part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in the SEP Video Codec Zone.

View district court litigations by InterDigital. Unified is represented by Jon Bowser and Dagim Tilahun at Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019865

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