ETRI patent challenged as likely invalid

On December 31, 2020, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,736,484, owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), as part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone. The ‘484 patent is part of the HEVC Advance Patent Pool, as well as SISVEL's AV1 and VP9 patent pools.

Unified is represented by Drew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding. Visit Unified’s Portal for more information about its Video Codec landscape (OPAL) and standard submission repository (OPEN). To read the petition and review the case record, view IPR2021-00368 on the Portal.

IP Bridge patent challenged

On December 31, 2020, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,515,635 as part of its ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone. The '635 patent, originally owned by Panasonic, is currently owned by IP Bridge. The patent is claimed to be essential as part of HEVC Advance’s patent pool (HEVC Advance patent list), as well as SISVEL’s VP9 and AV1 patent pools.

Unified is represented by Theodoros Konstantakopoulos of Desmarais LLP and in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Ashraf Fawzy, in this proceeding. Visit Unified’s Portal for more information about its Video Codec landscape (OPAL) and standard submission repository (OPEN).

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,645, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.

IP Bridge Reexam '635 by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

WSOU patent challenged

On December 30, 2020, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 8,179,960 as part of its ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone. Formerly owned by Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. (Nokia Corporation), the ‘960 patent is currently owned by WSOU Investments, LLC and has been asserted against ZTE. WSOU Investments, LLC is run by Craig Etchegoyen, formerly of Uniloc.

Unified is represented by Jon Bowser from Haynes and Boone and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jung Hahm, in this proceeding. Visit Unified’s Portal for more information about its Video Codec landscape (OPAL) and standard submission repository (OPEN). To read the petition and review the case record, view IPR2021-00378 on Unified’s Portal.

Contemporary Display patent held unpatentable

On December 30, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Contemporary Display LLC holding all challenged original claims of U.S. Patent 8,863,219 unpatentable. The PTAB also denied Contemporary Display’s motion to amend, finding proposed substitute claims 15 and 16 unpatentable.

The ‘219 patent is owned by Contemporary Display, LLC, an IP Valuation Partners entity and well-known NPE. The patent is directed to the well-known method of a television and its on-screen display menu, and had previously been asserted against various television manufacturers and service providers including LG and Cox.

Unified was represented by David Tennant and Ryuk Park at White & Case, and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding. View Contemporary Display's district court litigation. To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see Unified's Portal.

Varatec patent held unpatentable

On December 29, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Varatec, LLC holding all challenged original claims of U.S. Patent 7,792,256 unpatentable. The ‘256 patent, directed to a system and method for remotely monitoring, controlling, and managing equipment at one or more premises, had been asserted against Comcast and ADT, among others.

Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jung Hahm, Ashraf Fawzy, and David Seastrunk. View Varatec’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see Unified's Portal.