On June 16, 2025, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,315,747, another patent owned and asserted by Malikie Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of New PP Licensing LLC. The ‘747 patent, formerly assigned to Blackberry Ltd., is generally directed to providing availability data in a messaging environment. It has been asserted against technology that sends availability data over Wi-Fi and also cellular networks developed by Match Group, Inc. Malikie Innovations has filed several other litigations funded by Key Patent Innovations Limited against networking communications, apps, and Wi-Fi devices.

View district court litigations by Malikie. Unified is represented by Ellyar Barazesh with Baker Botts, and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and T.J. Murphy, in this proceeding.