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Nokia and Amazon: A Patent Dispute Reshaping Tech Collaboration

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In the autumn of 2023, a storm brewed between two tech titans. Nokia, the Finnish telecommunications stalwart, filed lawsuits across four continents, alleging that Amazon’s streaming services—Prime Video and Twitch—had woven...more

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Audio Giant Silencing the Competition: Sonos Continues its Competitor-Centric Patent Offensive, this time against Bluesound and...

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

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New Dogs, Old Tricks: Pet Insurance Company Looks to Guard its Tech Turf with Patent Lawsuit

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

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IoT Lighting Industry Giants Hit with Patent Infringement Suit

TriDiNetworks, an Israel based cloud management platform for M2M (machine-to-machine) and IoT networks, recently filed three lawsuits against industry leaders in IoT technology for alleged willful patent infringement. Two of...more

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Patent Troll Akoloutheo Sues Oracle in Latest Chapter of its Cloud Software and IoT Patent Litigation Campaign

In its latest filing in February 2019, non-practicing entity Akoloutheo, LLC has expanded its Eastern District of Texas patent litigation campaign to include Oracle. Akoloutheo accuses the Oracle Analytics Cloud, Oracle...more

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Data Scape Launches Patent Ligation Campaign in United States and Europe against Leading Technology Companies on Cloud-based Data...

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

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NICE Files Patent Lawsuit against CallMiner over Cloud-Based Speech Analytics, Call Monitoring, and Data Security Technology...

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

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Luminati Networks Files Patent And Trade Secret Lawsuit Against BI Science Over Proxy Network Cloud Service

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

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Tax Compliance Giant Not In Compliance? PTP OneClick Asserts Patent Infringement And Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims Against...

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

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Who Will Secure Cloud Networks? Ensuing Fight between Two Industry Giants

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

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WARNING – All Activities Are Being Monitored: I-View Now Asserts Its Centrally-Monitored Cloud Architecture Security Technology In...

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

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Your Number’s Been Blocked: UCaaS Incumbent RingCentral Asserts its Communications Solutions in Patent Assault against Competitor...

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

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Bank Of America And Wells Fargo Hit With Patent Suit Targeting Mobile App Development

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

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Dropbox Drops Gloves in Cloud Competitor Case against Synchronoss

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

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USAA Fighting To Protect Cloud-Based Check Depositing Assets Against Competitors

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

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TMT China Brief - Summer 2018

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Cybersecurity in China remains a hot topic. The Cyber Security Law is already in place but the question is how this law is going to be interpreted and implemented. In this edition, we will look at various draft/trial measures...more

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Cloud Cybersecurity Solutions Under Siege From Patents, Again: Cybersecurity Companies Protect Customers From Malicious Attacks,...

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

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Cloud Computing Patent Litigation Trends – Competitor Cases, Open Source Targets, Cloud Customers

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

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Ribbon Communications Files Two More Lawsuits against Metaswitch In Ongoing Patent Battle

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

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Centripetal Takes On Networking Giant Cisco In Patent Fight

In a new twist in competitor-based lawsuits involving cloud computing, Centripetal Networks, a relative newcomer, filed a patent lawsuit against industry incumbent and Fortune 100 Company Cisco in the U.S. District Court for...more

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Loved By Many, Cloud-Based Remote DVR Programming Functionality Falls Victim As Rovi Files Second Patent Infringement Strike...

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

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Citrix Files Patent Infringement And Unfair Competition Strike Against Avi Networks’ Cloud Application Delivery Platform For...

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

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BMC Software Launches Patent Strike Against Cloud Services Of Competitor Cherwell Software

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

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Cloud Cybersecurity New Hot Area For Patent Disputes: Blue Coat Systems In Major Patent Battle On Its Cloud-Based Security...

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

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Rosebud Asserts Growing Patent Portfolio Against Salesforce’s Quip

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

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