Reexamination

DigitalDoors cloud storage patent challenged

On April 27, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,015,301, owned and asserted by Digital Doors Inc., an NPE. The ‘301 patent relates to an information management system for processing data over a distributed computing system using filters. It is currently being asserted against 35+ financial institutions, including First Western Trust Bank, Texas Capital Bank, WestStar Bank, and others.

View district court litigations by DigitalDoors. Unified is represented by Stephen Cortiaus of Slater Matsil, and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

Intellectual Ventures cloud application management patent challenged

On April 30, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,332,844, owned by Intellectual Ventures II LLC. The ‘844 patent is directed to distributing application environments to a computer nodes using a “root/leaf” system of application environment storage. It has been asserted against Nationwide, Liberty Mutual, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Comerica, JP Morgan, and the Bank of New York Mellon. The patent is also involved in a declaratory judgement action filed by Assurant.

View district court litigations by Intellectual Ventures. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Jason Wejnert.

InfoGation navigation patent challenge instituted

On April 25, 2025, three weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,898,003, owned and asserted by InfoGation Corporation, an NPE. The '003 patent is generally directed to displaying maps on GPS receivers. It is currently being asserted against TomTom, Nissan, Mazda, and Hyundai. It was also previously asserted against Volvo, Toyota, Honda, BMW, and Ford.

View district court litigations by InfoGation. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and T.J. Murphy, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019907

Leigh M. Rothschild entity, Touchpoint Projection, cybersecurity patent challenge instituted

On April 24, 2025, five weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,118,712, owned and asserted by Touchpoint Projection Innovations LLC, an NPE and entity of Leigh M. Rothschild. The ‘712 patent generally relates to an approach to enhancing web browsing security by addressing sophisticated malware. It has been asserted against Forcepoint, Check Point Software, Zscaler, Broadcom, and Fortinet.

View district court litigations by Touchpoint Projection. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Jordan Rossen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019881

Longhorn Automotive measurement controller patent challenge instituted

On April 22, 2025, two months after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,987,002, owned and asserted by Longhorn Automotive Group LLC, an NPE and entity of Alpha Alpha Intellectual Partners LLC. The ‘002 patent relates to a distributed measurement system for obtaining measurements and simulations in a distributed control system. It is currently being asserted against Volkswagen, Mazda, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Volvo, and Nissan.

View district court litigations by Longhorn Automotive. Unified is represented by Ellyar Barazesh at Baker Botts, and by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019867