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On November 22, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,432,675, owned by Intellectual Discovery, an NPE. The ’675 Patent relates to a decoding method that uses most-probable-candidate modes for performing intraprediction.
Unified is represented by Rothwell Figg and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.
On November 21, 2024, 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 10,601,780, owned by Croga Innovations, Ltd., an entity of Atlantic IP Services Limited. The '780 patent relates to a networked computer system that employs a combination of internal and external firewall mechanisms, along with virtualization techniques, to isolate secure LANs from untrusted internet sources. The patent has been asserted against IBM, Cisco, Fortinet, and Amazon.
View district court litigations by Croga Innovations. Unified is represented by Slater Matsil and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019638
On November 19, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling claims 26 and 27 of U.S. Patent 9,699,444, owned and asserted by VDPP LLC, an NPE. The '444 patent generally relates to processing image frames from a video stream and generating bridge frames for motion smoothing. The patent has been asserted over 25 times against several including Microsoft, Vizio, Lenovo, Roku, Philips, Panasonic, Sharp, and currently against Subaru, Optoma, and Continental.
View district court litigations by VDPP. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.
To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015245.
Unified Patents added eleven new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to vehicle ecosystems.
The contests will expire on January 19, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.
US 8793034 - Gesture Recognition for On-Board Vehicle Display
US 9020697 - Vehicle-based Multimode Discovery
US 9098367 - Self-configuring Vehicle Console Application Store
US 9123186 - Remote Control of Associated Vehicle Devices
US 9140560 - In-cloud Connection for Car Multimedia
US 9173100 - On Board Vehicle Network Security
US 9147296 - User Interaction and Automation
US 9147297 - Infotainment Systems
US 9290153 - Vehicle-based Multimode Discovery
US 11163931 - Personalized Vehicle Settings
US 12039243 - User Profile Exchange via Vehicle-Supported Communications
On October 29, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,060,368, owned and asserted by Mel NavIP, LLC. The '368 patent is generally directed to navigation and speech recognition for a vehicle. The patent had been asserted against Toyota, GM, and Hyundai.
View district court litigations by Mel NavIP. Unified was represented by Jessica Kaiser and Tyler Knox of Perkins Coie, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019326
