Dolby HEVC patent challenged in the EPO

On July 5, 2022, Unified filed an opposition proceeding against EP 3694209 B1, currently owned by Dolby International AB. EP ‘209 generally relates to video coding techniques that use data hiding to decrease bandwidth. The patent is related to others that have been designated essential to the Access Advance (HEVC) pool. EP ’209 has also been identified as potentially essential to the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

Unified is represented by Dr. Andrew McGettrick at HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ellyar Barazesh.

IP Investments Group entity DataCloud patent held invalid

On June 30, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Datacloud Technologies, LLC holding all of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,560,613 unpatentable. Owned by DataCloud Technologies, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity, the ‘613 patent relates generally to disambiguating file types on a computer system. The patent has been asserted against several companies broadly based on the use of the Linux kernel KVM and QEMU modules as well as cloud services and networking products, including Box, Extreme Networks, F5 Networks, 1&1 Ionos, Wix.com, Squarespace, and Charter Communications. This filing was a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in the Open Source zone.

View district court litigations by DataCloud Technologies. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified was represented by Drew Sommer and Kyle Chen of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Jung Hahm, Roshan Mansinghani, and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

VideoLabs '790 patent challenged

On June 28, 2022, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,233,790. The patent is owned and asserted by VideoLabs Inc., an NPE. The '790 patent is directed to video-on-demand systems that allow content providers to distribute the correct format of digital content to different devices. It has been asserted against Netflix. This reexamination filing is part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

View district court litigation by VideoLabs. Unified is represented by Andrew (Drew) Sommer at Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015063.

Robocast patent challenged

On June 30, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 8,965,932, owned and asserted by Robocast Inc., an NPE. The ‘932 patent is generally directed to the automatic delivery and presentation of web content. It has been asserted against Netflix, YouTube, and Google.

View district court litigations by Robocast. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastruck.

Voice Tech's PTAB rehearing request denied

On June 28, 2022, Voice Tech Corporation’s request for rehearing of IPR2020-01018 was denied by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The IPR was filed against U.S. 10,491,679 on June 5, 2020, was instituted on December 14, 2020, and received a final written decision holding all claims invalid on December 13, 2021. The ’679 patent relates to voice-activated computing. The patent is currently asserted against Mycroft AI Inc. for using open source, voice-related technologies. This denial comes after the Board previously rejected Voice Tech's precedential opinion panel (POP) request.

View Voice Tech Corp’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen, Roshan Mansinghani, and Michelle Aspen, in this proceeding.