AutoBrilliance patent challenged as first US reexam in new Unified V2X Zone — Unified Patents

On January 10, 2022, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination against U.S. Patent 6,615,137 , owned and asserted by AutoBrilliance, LLC, an NPE. The ‘137 patent is generally directed to inter-vehicle communication systems and methods for...

$2,000 for AutoBrilliance prior art — Unified Patents

On January 13, 2022, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,337,650 . The patent is owned by AutoBrilliance, LLC, an NPE. The '650 patent generally relates...

Sound View '860 patent successfully challenged — Unified Patents

On January 11, 2022, less than 10 months after Unified filed the request for ex parte reexamination, the USPTO issued a final office action rejecting claims 1-3, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 18 of U.S. Patent 8,135,860 , owned by Sound View Innovations,...

Dennis Crouch, Joined by Gene Quinn (Watchtroll), Still Attacking PTAB to Protect Patent Trolls and Software Patents

The attacks on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and those who enable PTAB have not ended; instead, these attacks have intensified again because the Supreme Court will weigh in soon

2021 Patent Dispute Report: Year in Review — Unified Patents

Overview The changing of the guard at the USPTO brings new changes in the patent dispute landscape. With the uncertainty of Fintiv , United States v. Arthrex, Inc., and pandemic recovery, operating companies have been less contentious than...

Court says Intel can contest parts of Qualcomm mobile patents

Intel Corp got a new chance to challenge two Qualcomm Inc smartphone patents on Tuesday, when a U.S. appeals court held that a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal had wrongly rejected Intel's arguments that parts of the patents were invalid.

Dennis Crouch, Joined by Gene Quinn (Watchtroll), Still Attacking PTAB to Protect Patent Trolls and Software Patents

The attacks on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and those who enable PTAB have not ended; instead, these attacks have intensified again because the Supreme Court will weigh in soon

PTAB Sets Motions and Times in CVC vs. Sigma Interference No. 106,132

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Following a telephone conference held on August 16th (a transcript of which can be found here) between the Board and representatives of Junior Party the University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and...

Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC v. Hirshfeld (Fed. Cir. 2021)

By Donald Zuhn –- Earlier today, the Federal Circuit affirmed the final determination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding claims 1, 2, and 4-14 of U.S. Patent No. 8,409,862 unpatentable as either...

PTAB Sets Motions and Times in Broad vs. Sigma Interference No. 106,133

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Following a telephone conference held on August 16th (a transcript of which can be found here) between the Board and representatives of Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) and...

Justices Urged To Undo Fed. Circ.'s Qualcomm Ruling - Law360

A trio of intellectual property lobbying groups, software company Thales and Unified Patents LLC told the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a Federal Circuit ruling saying that Apple doesn't have standing to appeal Patent Trial and Appeal Board rulings...

$2,000 for RightQuestion prior art — Unified Patents

On December 27, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 10,824,696 . The patent is owned by RightQuestion, LLC, an NPE and entity of Bjorn Markus...

$2,000 for SecurityProfiling prior art — Unified Patents

On December 27, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 10,873,595 . The patent is owned by SecurityProfiling, LLC, an NPE. The '595 patent relates to...

Equitable IP entity Optic153's patent likely invalid — Unified Patents

On December 21, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 6,115,174 , owned by Optic153 LLC, an Equitable IP entity. The '174 patent is generally related to devices that vary optical...

Jeffrey M. Gross entity Callstat Solutions patent challenged — Unified Patents

On December 17, 2021, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 6,236,983 , owned by Callstat Solutions LLC, an NPE and an entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The ‘983 patent relates to collecting information about a...

Apple, Google, others lose court challenge to patent review policy

A federal judge in California tossed a lawsuit brought by big tech companies including Apple and Google over a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policy that reduced the number of patent disputes it considers.

$2,000 for Buffalo Patents prior art — Unified Patents

On December 10, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,187,670 . The patent is owned by Buffalo Patents, an NPE. The '670 patent generally relates to a...

PTAB Discretionary Denials Are Unpredictable And Illegal - Law360

Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions from the past year reveal that the policy of discretionarily denying inter partes review based on copending litigation is a chaotic mess that is undependable for companies' licensing decisions and...