Dolby & Access Advance codec patent challenged in EPO

On December 30, 2022, Unified filed an opposition proceeding against EP 3767950, owned by Dolby International AB. EP ‘950 is generally directed to tracking reference pictures for use in digital image decoding using a cycle parameter and is related to patents that have been identified as essential to the Access Advance Patent Pool. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

Unified is represented by Dr. Susan E. Keston and Harry Hutchinson of HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ellyar Barazesh.

Tanit Ventures entity L2 Mobile Tech wireless patent challenged

On December 22, 2022, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,321,740, owned and asserted by L2 Mobile Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Tanit Ventures Inc. The ’740 patent is generally directed to Transmission Time Interval (TTI) bundling in user equipment of a wireless communication system. This reexamination was filed as part of Unified’s 3GPP SEP zone.

Unified is represented by Nick Apel and Eric Buresh of Erise IP and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015180.

VideoLabs '794 video codec patent likely invalid

On December 19, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 8,605,794, owned and asserted by VL Collective IP LLC, a VideoLabs Inc. entity. The '794 patent is generally directed to synchronizing data segments and references MPEG1 and has been asserted against Starz Entertainment and Amazon. This IPR filing is part of Unified's ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

View district court litigations by VL Collective IP. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Haynes and Boone, LLP and by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and Roshan Mansinghani.

IP Edge entity, Noblewood IP, settles with Unified

On December 19, 2022, the Board issued an order terminating IPR2022-01111 pursuant to a joint settlement request filed by Unified Patents and Noblewood IP LLC, an NPE and IP Edge entity. U.S. Patent 7,941,553 relates to responding to user requests for multimedia content with a metafile. This patent has been asserted twelve times this year, including against Wolters Kluwer, Viacom, and Everyday Health.

View district court litigations by Noblewood IP. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified's Portal. Unified was represented by Raghav Bajaj and David McCombs of Hayes Boone, and by in-house counsel Michelle Aspen and Roshan Mansinghani.

Two ETRI European Video Codec patents held invalid

The European Patent Office revoked all claims of EP 3448035 and EP 3448036, both owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). EP’035 and EP’036 relate to determining whether, when decoding, to apply filters to intra-prediction values based on the intra-prediction mode and the size of the block being decoded. The patents are part of a large family with related patents designated as essential to the H.265 and AV1 standards by Access Advance and SISVEL, respectively.

Unified was represented by Andrew McGettrick and Susan Keston from HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks, Roshan Mansinghani, and Michelle Aspen.