Malikie Wi-Fi patent challenged

On June 13, 2025, Unified filed its first ex parte reexamination proceeding in its new SEP Wi-Fi Zone against U.S. Patent 9,313,065, owned and asserted by Malikie Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of Key Patent Innovations Limited. The ‘065 patent is generally directed to OFDM transmissions that use a scattered pattern to transmit signals for two antennas at the same time. It has been asserted against "devices compliant with IEEE 802.11 standards" manufactured or sold by Nintendo, Vantiva, Sophos, and D-Link.

View district court litigations by Malikie. Unified is represented by Michael Jones and James T. Pawlowski at Rothwell Figg, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

K.Mizra network patent challenged

On May 15, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,782,282, owned and asserted by K.Mizra LLC. The ‘282 patent relates to communications in a network management system. K.Mizra, an apparently funded entity that has brought suit on at least 35 patents worldwide, has asserted the ‘282 patent against Ciena Corporation.

View district court litigations by K.Mizra. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

Fraud Free Transactions secure transactions patent challenge instituted

On April 24, 2025, six 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 11,551,215, 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.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019871

Polaris PowerLED circuit power management patent challenged

On May 30, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,181,042, owned by Polaris PowerLED Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘042 patent generally relates to power management in integrated circuits.

View district court litigations by Polaris PowerLED. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

Another AutoConnect Holdings vehicle app management patent challenged

On June 2, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,098,367, owned and asserted by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The ‘367 patent is directed to an application store on board a vehicle. It has been asserted against GM and Ford.

View district court litigations by AutoConnect. Unified is represented by Cono Carrano and Ryan Stronczer of Akin Gump, and by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.