Oceana Innovations patent held invalid

On February 14, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Oceana Innovations, LLC holding all claims of U.S. Patent 6,508,678 invalid. Oceana Innovations LLC is an NPE and subsidiary of Endpoint IP. The ‘678 patent is generally directed to USB electrical connector assemblies with the patent being asserted against HDMI cable assemblies. In 2017, the previous patent owner, Interface Linx, LLC, asserted the ‘678 patent against TTE, Haier, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sherwood, Sound United, VOXX, and Hisense. Those cases were terminated in 2019, but Oceana Innovations began a new campaign in May 2020, filing suits against JVCKenwood, Charter Communications, and Roku.

View district court litigations by Oceana Innovations. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks, Roshan Mansinghani, and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.

AutoBrilliance reexamination granted

On February 11, 2022, less than one month after Unified filed its first reexamination in the new V2X zone, the USPTO granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,615,137, owned and asserted by AutoBrilliance, LLC, an NPE. The ‘137 patent is generally directed to inter-vehicle communication systems and methods for detecting objects and notifying drivers of possible collision conditions and has been asserted against General Motors and Volvo.

View AutoBrilliance's district court litigation. Unified was represented by in-house counsel Jessica L.A. Marks and Alyssa Holtslander in this proceeding.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014938.

CommWorks Solutions patent likely invalid

On February 14, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 8,923,846, owned by CommWorks Solutions, LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of IP Investments Group LLC. The ‘846 patent relates to the recovery of information in a mobile communications network. It has been asserted against Comcast Cable Communications.

View district court litigations by CommWorks Solutions. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Michelle Aspen.

Intellectual Ventures patent challenged

On February 10, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,291,475, owned by Intellectual Ventures II LLC. The ‘475 patent is generally directed to detecting driving violations and reporting those violations to a recipient. The ‘475 patent was asserted against several car companies in 2021, including Toyota, GM, and Honda.

View district court litigations by Intellectual Ventures. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Roshan Mansinghani.

GEVC patent successfully challenged at the EPO

On January 20, 2022, all of the original claims of EP 3 410 716 B1, owned by GE Video Compression LLC (GEVC), were found unpatentable based on a challenge filed by Unified. The EP‘716 patent is generally related to coding of significance maps and transform coefficient blocks and was claimed as essential to HEVC as part of the Access Advance 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 Dr. Simon Q. Lud, European Patent Attorney at Maiwald Intellectual Property, and by in-house counsel, Ashraf Fawzy and Roshan Mansinghani.