$4,000 for TG--2006 Holdings info tracking patents prior art

Unified Patents added two new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by TG--2006 Holdings, LLC, an NPE. The patents relates generally to information tracking, and in particular, to a system and method of tracking information in a business environment. The patents have been asserted asserted against Monday.com, Dropbox, Notion Labs, and Spreadsheet.com.

The contests will expire on April 19, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests.

US 8583514 - Tracking Information in a Business Environment

US 9805323 - Tracking Information in a Business Environment

$10,000 for Polaris PowerLED memory controller 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 Polaris PowerLED Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to various nonvolatile memory technologies. Micron Technology seeks declaratory judgments of unenforceability on the five patents listed.

The contests will expire on April 26, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests.

US 8588228 - Nonvolatile Memory Controller with Host Controller Interface

US 9021337 - Error Correction Coding Schemes

US 9305661 - Reducing Bit Errors in the Nonvolatile Memory System

US 9799405 - Reducing Latency of a Memory Controller

US 9830245 - Generating Event Trace Records

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.

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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