IP Investments Group entity DigiMedia Tech patent challenged

On June 27, 2022, Unified Patents filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 6,473,532, owned and asserted by DigiMedia Tech LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘532 patent relates generally to processing and encoding of video images for later compression by standard compression techniques. This patent has been asserted against ViacomCBS, Lenovo, and Panasonic.

View district court litigations by DigiMedia Tech. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Trenton Ward at Finnegan, and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

IP Edge entity Invincible IP patent challenged

On June 29, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,635,134, owned and asserted by Invincible IP LLC, an IP Edge entity. The ‘134 patent relates to virtual machine migration schemes in cloud computing environments and has been asserted against a variety of companies, including Citrix Systems, NetApp, HashiCorp, Rackspace Technology, and McAfee.

View district court litigations by Invincible IP. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Alyssa Holtslander.

Dynamic IP Deals entity AK Meeting IP patent challenged

On June 22, 2022, Unified Patents filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 10,963,124, owned and asserted by AK Meeting IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals entity. The ‘124 patent relates to computer-supported cooperative work software, also known as groupware, and has been asserted in seven district court actions, including current actions against Adobe, Cisco Systems, Fuze, Lifesize, and Zoho Corp.

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

ETRI patent successfully challenged

On June 17, 2022, the USPTO issued a final rejection of all challenged claims at issue of U.S. Patent 10,244,252, owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). This rejection comes less than a year after Unified filed the request for ex parte reexamination in October 2021. The ‘252 patent is part of the HEVC Advance Patent Pool, as well as SISVEL's AV1 patent pool. This reexamination was filed as part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

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 Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019030. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer at Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jung Hahm.

Magnetar entity Arigna patent likely invalid

On June 17, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 7,049,850, owned by Arigna Technology Limited, a Magnetar Capital subsidiary. Formerly owned by Mitsubishi Electric Corp., the ‘850 patent is generally related to a high voltage integrated circuit. The patent has been asserted against BMW, Honda, Nissan, GM, Volkswagen, Daimler, and Mercedes-Benz.

View district court litigations by Arigna Technology. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Jon Bowser of Haynes and Boone and by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.