PATROLL

$2,500 for prior art on IP Edge subsidiary, Dedicated Licensing

On June 29, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,500 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,397,627. The patent is owned by Dedicated Licensing, LLC, an NPE and IP Edge subsidiary. The '627 patent generally relates to a network-enabled audio device that provides a display device that allows the user to select playlists of music much like a jukebox. It is currently being asserted against Rhapsody, Vimeo, iHeartMedia, SoundCloud, Sound Hound, and Genius Media Group.

The contest will expire on October 15, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,000 for Acacia subsidiary, R2 Solutions, prior art

On June 28, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on U.S. Patent No. 8,341,157. The patent is owned by R2 Solutions LLC, an Acacia Research Corporation entity. The '157 generally relates to to using query keywords to determine a user's intent for a search entry. It is currently being asserted against Walmart, iHeartRadio, Target, Expedia, Roku, Workday, and Deezer.

The contest will expire on September 30, 2021. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$5,000 Awarded for '715 WSOU prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Preeti Dua, who received a cash prize of $5,000 for her prior art submission for U.S. Patent 7,409,715. The patent is owned by the most prolific NPE assertor in 2020, WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a/ Brazos Licensing and Development. The ‘715 patent generally relates to an impersonation attack detection system for a wireless node of a wireless communication network. The ‘715 patent is currently being asserted against Arista Networks in the Western District of Texas.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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Prior art found on '304 MagnaCross patent

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 6,917,304. This patent is owed by MagnaCross, LLC, an IP Edge entity and well-known NPE. The ’304 patent generally relates to wireless data transmission through wireless access points or routers and has been asserted in over 100 litigations against many networking companies, including T-Mobile, Sprint, Acer, Logitech, and ZTE. Prior art search service provider, Parola Analytics, found the art shown below.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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$2,000 Awarded for '411 WSOU prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Preeti Dua, who received a cash prize of $2,000 for her prior art submission for U.S. Patent 8,209,411. The patent is owned by the most prolific NPE assertor in 2020, WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a/ Brazos Licensing and Development. The '411 patent generally relates to systems and methods of providing content to a terminal and, more particularly, relates to systems and methods of providing content to a terminal having a limited display area for presenting such content. The '411 patent is currently being asserted against Salesforce, in the Western District of Texas.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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