Display Social Completes Acquisition of Patent & IP from LookWithUs

Display Social Completes Acquisition of Patent & IP from LookWithUs

Display Social Inc. (an online social media and networking service, widely known as ‘Social That Pays’) has recently announced its acquisition of a patent from LookWithUs (a Los-Angeles based powerful platform that specializes in combining collaborations and social communications for the digital content). The Intellectual Property (IP) owned by LookWithUs covers collaboration on any digital object out there and enables the integration of rich media that could be text, voice, images, video, files, documents, hyperlinks, and so on.

LookWithUs was founded by a talented team of media and tech experts. The company wanted to discover a modern, web-enabled, and social communication platform that would go beyond the limited collaboration systems and reflect the way using which people interact, communicate, and collaborate with others in their day-to-day lives. The robust software architecture and IP, which now belongs to the portfolio of Display Social, presents a complete suite of new tools for creators and developers on the app. It would allow them to embed and share collaborations across the globe via the Display Social platform and the much expected and awaited Display metaverse.

The Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Display Social, John Acunto, said in a recent statement delivered that the company is unlocking the enormous power of collaboration and introducing a fundamental transformation in the way people usually communicate, share content with others, and create value. He further mentioned that it is a critically important step in their shared journey to a brand new form of social commerce using which influencers and innovators belonging to different levels of the economy can extract benefits directly from their energy, passion, and creativity, which is undoubtedly exciting and thrilling.

The CEO at LookWithUs, Mark Smith, said they had been looking for a company with an objective and roadmap that matched their own and provided the next-generation platform to deliver that objective – and they found it in Display Social. He further stated that the company is elated to join an incredible team of innovators at Display Social that would leverage and scale their technology. LookWithUs is immensely proud today to see their powerful IP and other tools integrated throughout the Display Social platform.

The metaverse capabilities will certainly prove to be a success story for Display Social as it would enable brands and creators alike to interact well with one another. The IP offers the tools that help marketers and creators in generating virtual microsites and distributing them all over the internet by using simple hyperlinks. The same could then be embedded in websites, used on different social media platforms, implemented via email campaigns for blogs, coupons, NFTs, shopping links, and even other areas of the metaverse itself; thereby, allowing Display Social to play an integral part in everyone’s digital journey.

In the present era, content creators increasingly expect social media networks to treat them fairly and impartially – for which Display Social differentiates itself from others in the industry by rewarding creators as per their advertising and affiliate revenue. It empowers creators with build-in tools to enhance the creative processes, which, in turn, helps them grow their audience and engage well with them. For more visit: https://www.trademarkmaldives.com

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Intellectual Property Filings Improve Globally Despite Covid-19 Pandemic

Intellectual Property Filings Improve Globally Despite Covid-19 Pandemic

At the global level, Intellectual Property (IP) filings, including trademarks, patents, and industrial designs, rebounded last year (as per the latest data presented by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), thereby indicating the resilience of human innovation and creation despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

On the contrary, the filing activity of both patent and Trademark Applications during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009 (the Great Recession) had contracted sharply.

As per the World Intellectual Property Indicators report (compiling new data from 150 national and regional authorities), the trademark filing activity rose by 13.7% globally, patents by 1.6%, and industrial designs by 2%.

India has shown a pretty decent improvement in filings related to IP, with higher applications in trademarks (over 15%) and patents (10%), specifically driven by the ones filed in the pharmaceutical sector in 2020.

In 2020, the IP Office in China recorded the highest number of trademark applications. Also, India left behind Japan to secure the 5th position in terms of trademark filing activity.

The ultimate factor influencing such strong growth in the global trademark filing activity is the robust growth in products and services related to pharmaceuticals, surgical, dental, and medical goods, and advertising and business management.

Concerning pharmaceuticals, the number of filings increased from 4.1% in 2019 to 4.6% in 2020, while those of surgical, medical, and dental goods increased from 1.5% to 2.3%. Such trends were mirrored by some nations that saw significant increases in their respective trademark filing activities. For instance, India’s near about 15.4% growth in its trademark filing activity was driven majorly by the applications filed in the pharmaceutical sXctor.

Furthermore, global patent filing activity returned to growth last year after experiencing the first dip in a decade in 2019 due to a decline in China. In 2020, the IP office in China reported 1.5 million Patent Applications, followed by the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the European Patent Office (EPO). These five offices, together, accounted for 85.1% of the patent applications filed throughout the world.

Among the top ten IP offices, only three nations, including the Republic of Korea (3.6%), India (5.9%), and China (6.9%), recorded growth in the applications filed in 2020.

The Director-General at WIPO, Daren Tang, expressed his views on the strong growth in trademark filings (in particular) in 2020. He said that the double-digit growth in the trademark filing activity shows how enterprises worldwide have brought new products and services to the market despite the massive economic shook.

It is interesting to note that IP’s center of gravity has now shifted to Asia, considering the number of applications filed from the region as per the latest data recorded by WIPO. A decade ago, half of the overall ten IP-related applications were filed in Asia, and, in 2020, this number went close to seven. For more visit: https://www.trademarkmaldives.com

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Parus Files Second Lawsuit Against Samsung Alleging Patent Infringement

Parus Files Second Lawsuit Against Samsung Alleging Patent Infringement

Parus Holdings Inc., a company specializing in creating voice-driven applications, has recently filed its second lawsuit alleging Patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in the US Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas. According to the lawsuit, Samsung has infringed upon Parus’ patents concerning device control and voice-browsing technology. The infringed upon patents, as mentioned in the lawsuit, include US Patent No. 6,721,705, US Patent No. 8,185,402, and US Patent No. 7,386,455. As of now, Parus is looking forward to seeking all available remedies, which include damages against Samsung for all of the sales it made by infringing upon the patents in question.

The lawsuit asserts that the infringement on the part of Samsung has been ‘willful.’ Parus now wants the Court to make Samsung pay treble damages along with its attorneys’ fees. It also wants Samsung to be permanently restrained from infringing upon the said patents.

This is the second time that Parus has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung over the use of Parus’ voice-user interface technologies for retrieving information. In 2019, Parus had filed lawsuits against Samsung, Apple, and Google in the Western District of Texas for patent infringement over the ‘431 and ‘084 patents. This case is still pending as it also involves the infringement of various other forms of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). Parus has asserted different patents in some other district court cases as well, which are at present pending in the Western District of Texas against Google, Apple, and Microsoft.

Taj Reneau, the Chairman and CEO at Parus, said in a recent statement delivered that the company holds a responsibility towards its shareholders and customers corresponding to the investments that it has made in coming up with innovative technologies. He further added that Parus, at all times, aims at vigorously safeguarding its valuable patent portfolio and other Intellectual Property (IP) assets. He also mentioned that Parus is now looking forward to presenting its case in court and prevailing in the said matter.

Parus Holdings, Inc. is a privately-held company founded in 1997 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It is a pioneer of voice assistants and voice-enabled unified communications, which includes voice search, messaging, collaboration, and video and real-time communications for different mobile communities and even more than 50,000 business customers. What has kept Parus at the forefront of the voice communications industry for more than twenty years now include its patent solutions, its deep understanding of the requirements and challenges of potential customers, and its passion for delivering outstanding customer service. For more visit: https://www.trademarkmaldives.com

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Pearson Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit against Former Partner Chegg

Pearson Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit against Former Partner Chegg

Pearson Education (a British-owned education publishing company providing assessment services to students, schools, and corporations) has recently filed a Copyright Infringement lawsuit against its former partner, Chegg (an American education technology company). According to Pearson, Chegg infringed upon its copyright only after a few months following the end of the partnership between the two companies by selling answers to the end-of-chapter questions included in Pearson textbooks.

The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey’s District Court, looks forward to seeking unspecified damages, along with a court order that would restrain Chegg from using the answer sets from Pearson materials. Jonathan Band, a lawyer and an expert on the subject matter of Intellectual Property (IP), said in a statement delivered that the case in question could not only weaken Chegg but also have implications for all the study guides that are based on existing texts and stick to the general selection and arrangement of such texts.

As per various reports, over the past year, the subscription base of Chegg grew by 67%. Many students even attended online classes during the pandemic. Currently, the company owns a market capitalization of $11.1 billion and has 6.6 million users.

Pearson’s copyright infringement lawsuit includes 150 of its textbooks – for which Chegg provides many answers by using the language that is copied or paraphrased from the original questions; for instance, Chegg Study provides even more than 700 answers for questions included in a widely-known biology textbook, known as Campbell Biology.

A Chegg spokesperson in response recently said that the company would fight all allegations by Pearson vigorously as it is in full compliance with the Copyright Law. He further mentioned that Chegg has been helping a lot of students in learning and thriving for many years now by creating a transformative digital learning platform that aids in learning more at a lower cost and in a lesser time. He also stated that the partnership between the two companies ended this year on May 31; however, he didn’t specify the type of partnership they shared, neither did the Pearson spokesperson.

According to Band, determining copyright infringement, in this case, could be tricky. He believes that the case is made even more complex as it refers to nonfiction texts, which often face difficulties in getting the tag of copyrighted material. Let us understand this with an example – in a chemistry or history book, there are only a definite number of logical ways to present the material. The individual paragraphs or words are undoubtedly protected; however, if an individual is only presenting the info in some way or the other using his own set of words, the first author wouldn’t have a monopoly over the way to present information.

The lawsuit indeed expresses high levels of tension between the two companies involved. Recently, Pearson came up with a subscription service that provides the students with access to thousands of textbooks at $14.99 per month; thereby, giving tough competition to Chegg. For more visit: https://www.trademarkmaldives.com

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How can you Save Time and Money in managing your IP Renewals?

How can you Save Time and Money in managing your IP Renewals?

In the scenario where your Intellectual Property (IP) renewals are fast approaching, you may end up looking out for a few management ways, using which you can efficiently save both time and money for your business. There are a lot of tips ranging from filing the IP renewals as quickly as possible to outsourcing the overall management of your renewals altogether, which can have a positive impact on the time and money you spend. So, now is the time to have a look at these tips one by one.

  1. File your IP renewals as quickly as possible

Although it may appear to be a pretty straightforward tip, filing all your IP renewals on time is a brilliant way of ensuring that you save yourself both on time and money. Managing all your IP renewals on time implies that you proactively avoid the imposition of late fees, which is the additional financial sanctions for companies and organizations filing their IP renewals post the renewal deadline. For instance, let us consider the scenario of the EUIPO, where there is a grace period of six months post the renewal date within which you can still get your trademark renewed; however, this grace period, at the same time, also implies that businesses become subject to an additional 25% charge.

Besides saving money, filing your IP renewals as quickly as possible also makes the overall process faster by the straightforward fact that it doesn’t get drawn out over a long period. Without any second thoughts, renewing your IP as soon as you get a notification from the relevant authorities implies that the matter is closed for a substantial period, which is usually ten years for a trademark.

It is always highly advisable to consider your circumstances before filing your IP renewals. The reason behind the same lies in the fact that there may be a few IP assets, which couldn’t prove to be profitable during the previous term. In this scenario, you can give a thought to abandoning such assets as well and saving both time and money. However, if we consider the inexpensive nature of IP renewals, we can conclude that the abandonment of assets, partly or altogether, may not prove to be a viable option as the IP assets never become so unprofitable that you end up not renewing them. All in all, you can find greater savings in delegating the overall management of your IP renewals.

  1. Outsource the IP renewals process

If your business company or organization has an in-house legal department, which handles the management of renewals along with other legal concerns, then it is always a good idea to assign the task of managing IP renewals to external IP experts or specialists. By doing the same, you will be able to save time on two fronts – firstly, the renewals will be completed quickly, and secondly, delegating this task will allow your in-house team to focus on other legal matters. Hiring an external IP expert can prove to be cheaper too as such agents usually agree on a fee at the outset for the work completed. Apart from the benefits of saving time and money, outsourcing the management of your IP renewals will also save you from the stressful process of doing the same all by yourself. For more visit: https://www.trademarkmaldives.com

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From Idea to Trademark Registration – How can you come up with a Brand Name

From Idea to Trademark Registration – How can you come up with a Brand Name

If you have a new product, you undoubtedly need a new name. However, this statement is not as straightforward as it appears if you want an effective way of coming up with a brilliant brand name for your business. It may be a result of a reactive approach, wherein you wait until the product is almost ready to get launched before working hard on the same; however, the best practice always lies in being proactive. If you start working on the brand name before the product is realized, you will be able to save a lot of time and achieve the best possible outcome. To be specific, you need to involve with your product teams right from the beginning and ensure that all the legal and marketing functions are performed well.

With a new brand, it is always highly advisable to choose multiple potential names, that too, at the beginning of the process itself. The names should be selected based on a few criteria, including what the brand is for, which jurisdictions it needs to operate in, and how the brand name intends to engage the customers. It is a matter of fact that yes – the different parts of a business will most probably have different priorities for a brand name, and managing all the competing desires is a part of the overall process.

After shortlisting the brand names, you need to undertake multiple checks, which are as follows:

  1. You need to perform a Trademark Search, which can either be done in-house or with the help of an Intellectual Property (IP) It is imperative to check whether the names you want are available or not and whether they can be protected in the jurisdictions you are aiming for in your overall strategy.
  2. It is essential to think about all the countries and regions where you wish to use the brand name and also check for meanings in their local languages. In the past, several companies and organizations have made a lot of errors by launching brands with unintended and offensive meanings in other languages.
  3. In some industries like the pharmaceuticals, there may be regulatory constraints corresponding to the way you can name a product, which you must keep in mind.
  4. Without any doubt, there is a dire need to identify all your key markets and then create a filing strategy to protect the brand name.

In some industries, in particular, companies face challenges with brand names, specifically when we talk about name creation. In the fashion industry, for instance, the life span of a brand can be pretty short, and there is indeed no way of knowing how successful a particular brand can become. Consequently, you may require a high volume of brand names while operating in this industry. Another thing to notice in the fashion industry is that the companies need to develop the brands very quickly as they have to launch new ones every season. The same can put a lot of stress on a fashion company as the volume of search required in this process becomes high. Nevertheless, with the help of correct resources and a robust strategy, the companies can achieve success in this aspect as well.

If you can navigate well all the potential difficulties of coming up with a brand name, then it becomes a pretty straightforward process. By pooling ideas from the relevant stakeholders before the launch, you will get a lot of time and options for creating an efficient Trademark Registration strategy. However, there are a few pitfalls as well, which you need to be aware of, especially if you operate in a highly competitive environment. It is imperative not to fall into the registration gap, where you own protection in some jurisdictions and not in others. Hence, it is always worth coordinating all your filing efforts to make sure that you file in all your key jurisdictions at the same time. For doing the same, you need to work with the local agents or hire an external partner who will manage the process on your behalf.

Coming up with a new brand name can, at times, seem to be daunting, specifically; if we consider the fact that the brand is the root of a product’s value. But, with the help of the right approach, the process can always be productive and stress-free. For more visit: https://www.trademarkmaldives.com

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Digimedia Tech LLC Sues Nikon Alleging Patent Infringement

Digimedia Tech LLC Sues Nikon Alleging Patent Infringement

Digimedia Tech LLC has quite recently filed a Patent Infringement lawsuit against Nikon Americas Inc. and Nikon Inc. by alleging that they have appropriated three of the company’s patents concerning digital camera technology. The patent infringement lawsuit is filed in the Eastern District of New York before Nicholas G. Garaufis (judge). Digimedia Tech is represented by Kent & Risley (a specialty litigation firm dealing with Intellectual Property (IP) and complicated civil cases).

The patents specified in the lawsuit filed are as follows:

  • US Patent No. 6,914,635 (the ‘635 patent), titled – Microminiature Zoom System for Digital Camera
  • US Patent Nos. 6,545,706 (the ‘706 patent) and 7,715,476 (the ‘476 patent), both titled – System, Method, and Article of Manufacture for Tracking a Head of a Camera-Generated Image of a Person

As per the patent infringement lawsuit filed, the claims of the US Patent No. 6,914,635 (the ‘635 patent) are directed towards the technical solutions for the technical problem corresponding to providing autofocus, zoom, and several other features in the exceedingly compact digital cameras. Another feature claimed by the said patent is image stabilization. The claims of the US Patent Nos. 6,545,706 (the ‘706 patent) and 7,715,476 (the ‘476 patent) are directed towards the technical solutions for the technical problem corresponding to identifying a head in an image.

According to Digimedia Tech, Nikon’s Coolpix P900RM and A1000 digital cameras have infringed upon the patents mentioned above. Among multiple other things and aspects, the A1000 camera has allegedly appropriated the US Patent No. 6,914,635 (the ‘635 patent) by making use of a similar Micro-Electromechanical System (MEMS) support mechanism for offering minimum two positions of movement to a supporting element. Nikon’s Coolpix P900RM has allegedly infringed upon the US Patent Nos. 6,545,706 (the ‘706 patent) and 7,715,476 (the ‘476 patent) as it features a system to process the images for identifying a head portion of a subject in them and a computer program for tracking the head portion of a person in video images.

As a consequence of Nikon’s alleged patent infringement, Digimedia Tech is now looking forward to seeking an award for damages, which according to the company, cannot be less than a reasonable royalty. For more visit: https://www.trademarkmaldives.com

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Singaporean Daren Tang Becomes the New Director-General at WIPO

Singaporean Daren Tang Becomes the New Director-General at WIPO

Mr. Daren Tang from Singapore has now officially become the Director-General at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Mr. Tang, at present, is the Chief Executive at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). He will now helm WIPO, which is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN) for a term of six years starting from 1st October 2020.

It is the first time in history when a person from Singapore is going to lead a UN agency. Moreover, Mr. Tang is now the first Director-General at WIPO from Asia.

The confirmation for the post of the Director-General comes after Mr. Tang had officially won the nomination for the position in Geneva by beating five other candidates.

In their joint release, the Ministry of Law and IPOS stated that with this new appointment, Mr. Tang shall now relinquish his role as the Chief Executive at the IPOS. The two bodies further said that during his time at the IPOS, Mr. Tang successfully and strategically drove the transformation of the statutory board from an IP regulator and registry to an innovative and creative agency for building the future economy of Singapore.

Dr. Stanley Lai, the Chairman of the IPOS board, and Edwin Tong, the Senior Minister of State for Law, congratulated Mr. Tang on becoming the first Singaporean to lead a UN agency as the Director-General at WIPO. They also said that it is indeed a momentous occasion for Singapore.

Mr. Tang, in his acceptance speech, talked about the global challenges faced by people in the present era, which include the deeper forces of parochialism and unilateralism. He urged the member states to respond to the same by working closely together through a mutual and global effort. He outlined his plans for WIPO by expressing the need to build a balanced, inclusive, forward-looking, and vibrant global ecosystem for Intellectual Property (IP), while paying due attention to the countries that require more assistance and guidance. He further said that there is a dire need to work well with the IP offices all around the world for supporting stakeholders, startups, enterprises, creators, and artists within countries. According to Mr. Tang, WIPO must look forward to expanding the global perspective of IP beyond the technical aspects and become a driver of economic growth, a supporter of entrepreneurs, and a promoter of social vibrancy. He also noted that WIPO should leverage its role as a professional, neutral, and global agency so that the IP offices can conveniently come up to discuss their challenges and share the best practices. He mentioned some other priorities as well for making better operational decisions at WIPO and improving the overall international registration system for Intellectual Property Protection.

In the end, he thanked the Government of Singapore, the chair of WIPO’s assembly, the chair of the coordination committee, and all the member states for their immense support, trust, and loyalty. For more visit: https://www.trademarkmaldives.com

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Coronavirus Outbreak – How the Tech Giants are Easing Patents for a Greater Cause

Coronavirus Outbreak – How the Tech Giants are Easing Patents for a Greater Cause

The tech giants, most of the time, do every possible thing they can to keep their fundamental and crucial innovations under their purview. The most obvious way for them to do the same is via filing Patent Applications. Many of the widely-known tech companies out there file for thousands of patents every year. For instance, in 2019, IBM received a total of 9,262 patents and topped the business technology companies’ list of the most frequent patent recipients for the 27th year in a row. Moreover, companies, including Microsoft and Intel, are never far behind in this scenario as well.

IBM’s chief patent counsel, Manny Schecter, said in an article in 2018 that patents and the corresponding inventions are sometimes used as a currency for innovation. While keeping all such aspects in mind, something far away from the norms has to happen for the patent status quo to be disrupted, which, at present, is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The Open COVID Pledge

At the beginning of this month, all the tech giants mentioned above, along with HP Enterprise, Amazon, Facebook, and many others, joined a new initiative known as the Open COVID Pledge. To the specific, the tech companies are proactively setting aside the digital norms for allowing other companies out there to use their Intellectual Property (IP) temporarily and free of charge in efforts to combat the novel Coronavirus. In particular, the Open COVID Pledge is indeed like a superset of open-source licensing and Creative Commons for undoubtedly a difficult situation.

The best thing about this pledge is that all these tech companies, along with a couple of patent holders and laboratories, love their patents, and yet, they are willing to see the utmost importance of the better cause. The Chief IP Counsel at HP Enterprise, Brett Alten, wrote last week in a blog post that patents provide a competitive edge by granting the respective owners the exclusive right to prevent others from exploiting their unique innovations and inventions; however, in tough situations like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, cooperation holds more importance than the competition in all aspects.

The most engaging part is that the initiative or pledge came to life as a consequence of several academic and legal experts realizing a need, steering it, and then building something exceedingly robust for the tech giants to reply upon conveniently. As a part of the steering community, the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Creative Commons, Diane Peters, wrote in the blog post last week that the initiative came together very quickly due to the exigent circumstances. She further noted that Creative Commons is now looking forward to working efficiently with various policy experts and talented international legal professionals on the subsequent steps to make the Open COVID Pledge an impactful and fruitful reality.

According to some experts, there are a few complicating factors involved as well to make the pledge work since it deals with patents. The most critical aspect lies in the fact that some of the tech companies taking part in the initiative are not using the license created for the pledge specifically, and instead, using a separate license in the spirit of the Open COVID Pledge, which includes companies like Intel and IBM.

Nonetheless, it is undoubtedly incredible to come up with such an accomplishment in a short span. At the moment where so much is in the air, and a lot of technological innovation is the need of the hour, the Open COVID Pledge can provide ways to determine effective treatments and cures for the deadly Coronavirus. For more visit: https://www.trademarkmaldives.com

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Commvault Sues Cohesity and Rubrik Alleging Patent Infringement

Commvault Sues Cohesity and Rubrik Alleging Patent Infringement

Commvault (a publicly-traded data management and data protection software company headquartered in New York) has quite recently filed Patent Infringement lawsuits against Rubrik (a California-based cloud data management company) and Cohesity (a privately held IT company headquartered in San Jose, California) in federal court in Delaware. Commvault has stated that the companies have altogether infringed upon its seven patents, which correspond to a plethora of widely used data management technologies such as data deduplication, cloud, security, snapshots, virtualization, and search. To be specific, Commvault has claimed that both Cohesity and Rubrik have appropriated its patented technologies to short-circuit their development processes and reduce the investment needed, corresponding to building competitive products.

The Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property (IP) Counsel at Commvault, Marcus Muller, has said that the lawsuits hold the responsibility of safeguarding a company’s employees and investors, and also bring about fairness when it comes to competing in the global market. He further mentioned that for over two decades now, Commvault has been successfully delivering solutions to its customers and has become the pioneer in this space. By investing even more than $1 billion in its innovations and inventions, Commvault, at present, owns 900 patents across the globe and over 350 pending patents.

Commvault’s General Counsel, Warren Mondschein, mentioned in a recent statement that Commvault is not at all a litigious company; however when companies like Cohesity and Rubrik commit willful patent infringement, then it is the company’s responsibility to file such lawsuits and take a stand for the protection of its innovations and IP assets.

Lynn Lucas, the Chief Marketing Officer at Cohesity, has said that it is not unusual for legacy vendors to come forward and disrupt the market by filing frivolous lawsuits in an attempt to suppress sales and innovation. Coming to this matter, he stated that Cohesity came to know about the patent infringement lawsuit, not by Commvault’s representatives but through the media. He believes that there is no merit to the lawsuit filed as it is only an attempt to slow down Cohesity’s rapid growth and obstruct its accelerating success.

In an unattributed statement, Rubrik only stated that it doesn’t comment on any pending litigation.

When Commvault was asked why it is filing patent infringement lawsuits against Rubrik and Cohesity corresponding to widely implemented storage software capabilities such as cloud, search, virtualization, to name a few, Muller said the company is not claiming on all the aspects in these technologies and is looking at specific patents. He further declined to speculate about whether the company would file similar lawsuits against other such competitors in the market or not.

Commvault, Cohesity, and Rubrik compete vigorously for data protection and management business in the market. On the one hand, Commvault is a long-established vendor, while Cohesity and Rubrik, on the other hand, are well-funded and rapidly emerging new companies on the block. For more visit: https://www.trademarkmaldives.com

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