Another Chinese patent challenged, this time against GEVC

On February 4, 2021, Unified Patents filed its second Chinese invalidity challenge against CN102939755. The CN’755 patent, originally assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, was transferred to GE Video Compression (GEVC). The CN‘755 patent is related to patents that are designated essential to the HEVC Advance patent pool as well as SISVEL’s AV1 and VP9 patent pools.

Unified is represented by Fanghua Zhou at Wei Chixue Law Firm, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.

For Pub - Against CN102939755B by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

First China patent challenge against IdeaHub

On February 3, 2021, Unified Patents filed its first Chinese invalidation request for CN103081504 owned by IdeaHub, Inc. CN103081504 is directed to media content streamed in accordance with the MPEG-DASH standard and to video-on-demand (VOD) systems. It is related to U.S. Patent 8,645,562, which IdeaHub's licensee, Helios Streaming, LLC, has used to sue Showtime, Vudu, Crackle, and Starz.

Unified is represented by Fanghua Zhou at Wei Chixue Law Firm, and the case is managed by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.

For Pub - As-filed Invalidation Request-201180042908.3 by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd

2S Ventures affiliate, Optima Direct, settles with Unified

On February 1, 2021, the Board issued an order terminating IPR2020-00784 pursuant to a joint settlement request filed by Unified Patents and Optima Direct, LLC, an NPE and affiliate of 2S Ventures. U.S. Patent 8,646,060, generally directed to adaptive authentication methods using a mobile device, has been asserted in district court cases against HID Global Corporation, OneLogin, Ping Identity and Okta.

Unified was represented by Andrew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding. View Optima Direct’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal.

Inspire Licensing patent challenged

On January 29, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,005,427, owned and asserted by Inspire Licensing, an NPE and affiliate of IP Edge. The ’427 patent is related to sensors that generate alarms for a vehicle.

View district court litigations by Inspire Licensing. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Haynes Boone and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,665, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.

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EPO challenge filed against Dolby patent

On January 29, 2021, Unified filed an opposition proceeding against EP 2 659 675 B1, owned by Dolby International AB. The patent is related to patents that are designated essential to SISVEL’s AV1 patent pool. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

Read the entire filing below. Unified is represented by Leythem Wall at HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Jung Hahm.

Opposition as Filed O307002EP_9725746 by Jennifer M Gallagher on Scribd