Stasit smartphone patent challenged instituted

On December 1, 2023, less than one month after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,855,723, owned and asserted by Stasit, LLC, an NPE. The ‘723 patent is directed to smartphones that can mask notifications of incoming calls and text messages for certain unauthorized numbers during certain times and only logging a record of those temporally unauthorized communications on a password protected log, while allowing incoming communications from authorized numbers to be handled normally (regular notification and logging on the general log). The ‘723 patent was the sole patent asserted against Apple, Meta Platforms, Google, LG, Samsung, and HTC.

View district court litigations by Stasit. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and T.J. Murphy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019299

Heeeerrrreees Patty! World's First Patent Chatbot

Unified is pleased to announce the latest addition to its patent analytics tools, ‘Ask Patty’ - Unified’s first AI ChatBot. Patty is our new interactive chatbot assistant designed to enhance the user experience on our Portal. It will automatically pop up on every patent information page.

With Patty, users can interact directly and ask questions. Conversation history is stored anonymously so that the system can analyze data for future use and assist in building products that cater to our users' specific needs.

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Patty has general world knowledge, including patent law. The system provides Patty with patent metadata displayed on the current page including important dates, inventor names, and many other bibliographic details.

Patty features two modes. In “Document-Only Mode”, Patty answers questions strictly based on the current patent document. When the toggle is flipped, answers utilize both document content and the model's external knowledge for more comprehensive insights.

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Mel NavIP automobile speech recognition patent challenged

On December 7, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,060,368, owned and asserted by Mel NavIP, LLC. The '368 patent is generally directed to navigation and speech recognition for a vehicle. The patent had been asserted against Toyota and is currently asserted against GM and Hyundai.

View district court litigations by Mel NavIP. Unified is represented by Jessica Kaiser and Tyler Knox of Perkins Coie, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

Acacia entity, Monarch, networking patent challenge instituted

On December 5, 2023, three months after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,451,845, owned and asserted by Monarch Networking Solutions, LLC, an Acacia Research Corp. entity.  The ‘845 patent relates to converting data packets between the IPv4 and IPv6 domains. It has been asserted against Cisco and Juniper Networks.

View district court litigations by Monarch Networking. Unified is represented by James Stein of Lee & Hayes and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019246

IP Investments entity, Distributed Media, media streaming patent challenged

On December 5, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,739,714, owned and asserted by Distributed Media Solutions, an NPE and entity of IP Investments Group. The ‘714 patent relates to methods and systems for encoding digital multimedia data for transmission over a network. The patent has been asserted against AMC Networks, CuriosityStream, and Fenix International.

View district court litigations by Distributed Media Solutions. Unified is represented by Drew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.