Fraud Free Transactions secure transactions patent challenge instituted

On April 24, 2025, six 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 11,551,215, owned and asserted by Fraud Free Transactions, LLC. The ‘215 patent relates to fraud deterrence for secure transactions. It has been asserted against Okta and Ping Identity Corporation.

View district court litigations by Fraud Free Transactions. Unified is represented by Andrew Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and T.J. Murphy.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019871

$2,000 awarded for Polaris Innovations memory patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $2,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by Polaris Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of Owlpoint IP Opportunities JVF I LP. The patents generally relate to various semiconductor memory technologies. The patents have been asserted against Qualcomm.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

US 7184339 - Semiconductor Memory Testing

Winners - Ekta Aswal & Ritu Tyagi

Winning Submissions: US 5883843; US 6917563

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US 7499371 - Semiconductor Memory System

Winning Submissions: US 6791888; US 7983101; US 7170818; US 7035029

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US 8117526 - Data Bus Inversion

Winning Submissions: US 20050289435; US 6732288; WO 2006027742

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Empire IP entity, IOT Innovations, IOT controller patent challenge instituted

On June 5, 2025, less than 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 8,085,796, owned and asserted by IOT Innovations, LLC, an NPE and Empire IP entity. The ‘796 patent relates to controlling communications with a user's various communication devices. It has been asserted against IOT systems, such as in Fibar Group, Snap One, and Savant Systems.

View district court litigations by IOT Innovations. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019965

Polaris PowerLED circuit power management patent challenged

On May 30, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,181,042, owned by Polaris PowerLED Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘042 patent generally relates to power management in integrated circuits.

View district court litigations by Polaris PowerLED. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

Another AutoConnect Holdings vehicle app management patent challenged

On June 2, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,098,367, owned and asserted by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The ‘367 patent is directed to an application store on board a vehicle. It has been asserted against GM and Ford.

View district court litigations by AutoConnect. Unified is represented by Cono Carrano and Ryan Stronczer of Akin Gump, and by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.