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On April 1, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,816,249, owned and asserted by QPrivacy USA LLC, an NPE and entity of LitFin Capital. The ‘249 patent relates to the management of private data without decrypting that data. The patent has been asserted against Cisco.
View district court litigations by QPrivacy. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and TJ Murphy, in this proceeding.
On April 2, 2025, 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 the challenged claims of 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.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019846
On April 4, 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 the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,468,118, owned and asserted by Touchstream Technologies, Inc., an NPE. The ‘118 patent relates to operating a television set or other display remotely from a personal computing device, such as a mobile phone. It is currently being asserted against Yamaha and was previously asserted against VIZIO.
View district court litigations by Touchstream. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019879
Unified Patents added eight new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by OptiMorphix, Inc, an NPE. The patents generally relate to various video optimization technologies. The patents have been asserted against Fortinet, Meta, Akamai Technologies, Intel, NVIDIA, and Brightcove.
The contests will expire on May 17, 2025. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 10 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.
US 8230105 - Optimizing Media Data Transmission
US 8621061 - Adaptive Bitrate Management
US 8769141 - Streaming Media Optimization
US 9191664 - Optimal Session Bitrate Allocation
US 9621896 - Quality-Aware Video Optimization
US 9894361 - Framework for Quality-Aware Video Optimization
On March 19, 2025, 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 the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,271,315, owned and asserted by Keysoft, Inc., an NPE. The '315 patent is directed to a targeted advertising platform using information gleaned from consumer purchases. It had been asserted against Amazon and others.
View district court litigations by Keysoft. Unified is represented by Christopher Schultz and Jasjit Vidwan of ArentFox Schiff LLP, 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/90019835