$2,000 for iCharts multimedia patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,271,892, owned by iCharts, LLC, an NPE. The ‘892 patent generally relates to generating and sharing interactive charts. The interactive charts are generated in an online portal that allows users to share, customize the interactive features of the chart, and includes an interactive audio feature. The ‘892 patent has been asserted against Tableau.

The contest will expire on December 31, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$8,000 for VideoLabs digital content patents prior art

Unified added 4 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by VideoLabs, Inc. The patents generally relate to digital media content and some have been asserted against Netflix, Amazon, Roku, HP, Inc., and ASUStek. The contests will end on December 31, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

We also have third-party prior art providers giving our researchers a head start in the hunt! Click on each of the contests to find more from IPscreener and Google Patent Analytics.

US 7440559 - Computer Program Product for Controlling the Flow of Content (litigations)

US 8291236 - Secondary Conditional Access Server (litigations)

US 8667304 - Secondary Conditional Access Server (litigations)

US RE43113 - Domain-based Management of Distribution of Digital Content (litigations)

$2,000 for Rainforest Innovations data transmission patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,265,096, owned by Rainforest Innovations, an NPE and entity of The University of New Mexico. The ‘096 patent generally relates to a method of constructing a frame structure for data transmission. The present invention relates to orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, and more particularly, the present invention relates to methods for constructing frame structures in OFDMA systems. The patent is currently asserted against Toyota, ZyXEL, D-Link, AsusTek, and TP-Link.

The contest will expire on December 8, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

Fractus antenna patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,674,887, owned by Fractus, SA, an NPE. The ‘887 patent generally relates to a multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device and has been asserted against ADT.

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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$10,000 for Emerging Automotive vehicle patents prior art

Unified added 5 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Emerging Automotive LLC. The patents generally relate to user profiles for vehicles and e-Keys. The patents have been asserted against Toyota and Kia. The contests will end on December 4, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

We also have third-party prior art providers giving our researchers a head start in the hunt! Click on each of the contests to find more from Techson IP, IPscreener, and Google Patent Analytics.

US 9171268 - Managing User Profiles for Vehicles (litigation)

US 9365188 - Generating and Sharing Electronic Keys (e-Keys) with Users (litigation)

US 10407026 - Generating and Sharing Electronic Keys (e-Keys) (litigation)

US 11396244 - Managing User Profiles for Vehicles (litigation)

US 11738659 - Vehicles and Cloud Systems for Sharing E-keys (litigation)