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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

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

Fraud Free Transactions secure transactions patent challenged

On March 7, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,551,215, owned and asserted by Fraud Free Transactions, LLC. The ‘215 patent relates to fraud deterrence for secure transactions. It has been asserted against Okta and Ping Identity Corporation.

View district court litigations by Fraud Free Transactions. Unified is represented by Andrew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and T.J. Murphy.

Another Factor2 Multimedia authentication patent challenged

On February 11, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,870,453, owned and asserted by Factor2 Multimedia Systems, LLC, an NPE. The ‘453 patent relates to two-factor authentication methods and systems. It has been asserted against Snap, U.S. Bank National Association, Amazon, Comerica Bank, TikTok, Regions Financial, Texas Capital Bancshares, Washington Federal Bank, and Early Warning Services.

View district court litigations by Factor2 Multimedia. Unified is represented by Bruce Bower and James Stein at Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Cloud Byte cloud storage patent challenge instituted

On February 11, 2025, less than two months 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 7,739,544, owned and asserted by Cloud Byte LLC, an NPE. The ‘544 patent relates to a disk array rebuild system and method. It has been asserted against Dell.

View district court litigations by Cloud Byte. Unified is represented by Steven Shipe of Barnes & Thornburg and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Jordan Rossen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019777