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In today’s global economy, product research and development (R&D) has historically been concentrated in the U.S. and China. However, these efforts are beginning to decentralize and spread into new regions, such as Japan and...more
Various types of intellectual property (IP) can provide companies protection of innovations and maintain or expand competitive advantages. For companies that operate using Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technologies and/or...more
Cloud computing has increasingly become a dominant model for computer and information technology service, with the majority of businesses worldwide using computing resources and storing data “in the cloud.” However, despite...more
Prolific Patent Assertion Entity (PAE) Uniloc filed its largest volume of cases in 2018. We previously reported a noticeable increase in filings during 2016-2017. The following year, Uniloc filed 186 cases. However, the...more
Fresh off the heels of a major patent infringement win against competitor Denon Electronics and their HEOS line of wireless multi-room audio systems, Sonos is now taking aim at Canada-based Lenbrook Industries Limited, the...more
In late June 2019, first-time patent plaintiff Trupanion sued first-time patent defendant Embrace Pet Insurance – two competitors in the fast-growing pet insurance industry – in the Northern District of Ohio over patents...more
The transition from traditional manufacturing techniques and technologies to techniques leveraging automation and data exchange technologies, cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing and cognitive...more
Data Scape Limited, a non-practicing entity based in Ireland, has recently filed a wave of patent infringement lawsuits in the United States and Germany against leading technology companies including...more
In yet another example of cloud-related competitor patent litigation, NICE Ltd., an Israeli telecommunications company, along with both its U.S. affiliate NICE Systems, Inc. and newly-acquired U.S. subsidiary Mattersight,...more
Luminati Networks Ltd., a provider of a cloud service that connects devices over the Internet though a proxy-based network, recently filed a patent infringement complaint against BI Science Inc., both Israeli companies. ...more
Avalara, best known for its comprehensive suite of SaaS-based tax compliance solutions, found itself on the defensive after competitor PTP OneClick filed a lawsuit in October in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more
Harris Corporation, best known for its aerospace and defense communications and electronic systems, filed a patent lawsuit against information and communications technology giant, Huawei in the U.S. District Court of Eastern...more
I-View Now, recognized as a leader in the security industry for its cloud-based centrally managed security monitoring solutions, filed a patent infringement complaint in October 2017 against competitor Police Priority. ...more
In a recent development set against the backdrop of ever-increasing cloud competitor lawsuits, longtime provider of Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) and cloud-based Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions RingCentral filed...more
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
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
Cloud Computing Claims Deemed Patent-Ineligible - This month, in an infringement case against Defendant Amazon, Judge Stark of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware ruled that Plaintiff Kaavo Inc.'s cloud...more
Over the years USAA has aggressively asserted its patent portfolio related to check depositing. Specifically, USAA holds itself out as an innovator in the research and development of allowing banking customers to deposit...more
In yet another twist of competitor-based lawsuits involving cloud-based cybersecurity, relative newcomer CUPP Computing AS (a Norwegian company) and its American counterpart CUPP Cybersecurity filed a patent lawsuit against...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
In another example of cloud-based technologies and services falling victim to increased patent litigation surrounding the cloud space, Rovi Guides, Inc. (a TiVo subsidiary) filed another patent campaign against its...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