Webroot (as patent holder) and its ultimate corporate parent Open Text (as exclusive licensee) have launched cybersecurity litigation, hitting competitors AO Kaspersky Lab (6:22-cv-00243), CrowdStrike (6:22-cv-00241), Sophos (6:22-cv-00240), and Trend Micro (6:22-cv-00242) with separate Western District of Texas complaints. Six Webroot patents are asserted against each defendant, with a seventh in suit against only Sophos. Targeted are various Internet security, malware detection, and/or endpoint protection offerings provided by each of the defendants.