Two of the largest U.S. banks – Bank of America (“BofA”) and Wells Fargo – were sued for patent infringement by Wapp Tech Limited Partnership and Wapp Tech Corp. in the Eastern District of Texas in July 2018. ...more
9/6/2018
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Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Banking ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
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ScaleMP, an industry leader in virtualization for in-memory high-end computing founded in 2003, recently filed a patent infringement complaint against relative newcomer TidalScale along with a trade secret misappropriation...more
The amount of IP litigation between competitors in the cloud space is on the rise, and now a high profile cloud player, Dropbox, has fired back against an emerging competitor. ...more
Since launching Cloud IPQ last year, we have focused on the intersection of cloud computing and intellectual property with a particular emphasis on the increasing number of patent lawsuits filed against cloud computing...more
Cloud competitor cases are definitely on the rise over the past year. We’ve seen patent infringement lawsuits from established cloud players such as Symantec, BMC Software and Citrix against their emerging cloud competition,...more
4/18/2018
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Competition ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Portfolios ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
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Willful Infringement
Since 2010, PersonalWeb Technologies has filed a total of 79 district court cases against a variety of technology companies in the cloud computing space asserting its patent portfolio. ...more
In another example of a competitor-based patent lawsuit involving cloud computing, Citrix Systems filed a major lawsuit against its newcomer competitor Avi Networks in the U.S. District Court of Delaware in December 2017. ...more
In another example of a competitor based patent lawsuit involving cloud computing, BMC Software filed a major patent campaign last year against its key competitor Cherwell Software. ...more
Today’s threats against enterprise and personal data are more formidable and advanced than ever. Over the past decade the cybersecurity industry has rapidly expanded in response to the need for increased online and...more
1/23/2018
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Cloud Computing ,
Computer Virus Protection ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Damages ,
Information Security ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
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Section 101 ,
Symantec ,
Technology Sector ,
Vacated
In November 2017, Rosebud filed a patent lawsuit against Salesforce asserting that Salesforce’s Quip product allegedly infringes two of Rosebud’s patents. Quip is a popular cloud-based collaborative software suite built for...more
Fidelity is the latest target of Sound View Innovations, an intellectual property licensing company, for its use of several open source software components in Fidelity’s systems and platforms. Sound View filed its lawsuit...more
The Eastern District of Texas has been the hotbed of patent ligation for years, and that is undoubtedly threatened in light of the Supreme Court’s decision on venue in TC Heartland. But the Eastern District clearly won’t go...more
9/22/2017
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Cloud Computing ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
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Raytheon ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
Technology Sector ,
Transfer of Venue ,
Venue