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On May 16, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,838,736, owned and asserted by Better Browsing LLC. The '736 patent relates generally to a zoom feature for an internet browser and has been asserted against Opera Norway AS.
View district court litigations by Better Browsing. Unified is represented by Chris Coulson at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani.
On May 19, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,317,927 owned by WirelessWerx IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals LLC entity. The '927 patent relates to location tracking and has been asserted against Apple, Uber, and Lyft.
View district court litigations by WirelessWerx. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Ellyar Barazesh and David Seastrunk.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015235
On May 16, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,484,260, owned by Entangled Media LLC. The ‘260 patent relates to operating on files located on multiple devices using a singular file system and is being asserted against Dropbox.
View district court litigations by Entangled Media. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer and Wen Xue from Greenberg Traurig and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and T.J. Murphy.
To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015221.
On May 11, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,373,474 owned by Liberty Access Technologies Licensing LLC, an NPE and Empire IP LLC entity. The '474 patent is directed to access control systems for door locks via an application on a portable device. The patent has been asserted against Marriot International and ASSA ABLOY.
View district court litigations by Liberty Access Technologies Licensing. Unified is represented by Duane Morris, and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Ashraf Fawzy.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015231
On May 12, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,594,698, owned and asserted by Broadphone LLC. The ‘698 patent generally relates to determining the location of a device based on the relative signal strength for each of a plurality of nearby, identified “antenna stations” and determining whether the device is within the proximity of a “device-specific target location”. The patent has been asserted against Samsung.
View district court litigations by Broadphone. Unified is represented by Jessica Kaiser, Drew Needham, and Lindsey Staubach of Arnold & Porter, and by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019209
