VirtaMove Hits IBM Again, Asks Federal Circuit to Intervene to Save Separate Case from “Languish[ing] in the NDCA for 6–7 Years Without Trial”
VirtaMove, Corp. (f/k/a Appzero) has filed a second Eastern District of Texas complaint against IBM (2:25-cv-00619), accusing the defendant of infringing two of the patents asserted in its containerization campaign, through the provision of products with features for building, deploying, running, and managing containerized applications, including “IBM Cloud, IBM Cloud Private (ICP), IBM z/OS Container Platform, and IBM Cloud Code Engine”. This second case drops a few days after VirtaMove filed a petition for a writ of mandamus from the Federal Circuit to reverse a convenience transfer of an earlier suit against Alphabet (Google) in this campaign. There, VirtaMove indicates that it expects to file a similar petition with respect to the transfer of a case against Amazon as well and leads with the statement, “The division between the Fifth Circuit and the Federal Circuit on transfer law has harmed VirtaMove Corp. (‘VirtaMove’), a small company in east Canada whose patents have been infringed by the giants Google, Amazon, IBM, and [HP Enterprise]”.
Subscription Required
This content requires a subscription to view
- Over 7,000 news articles covering new patent cases, key policy decisions, and USPTO assignments
- Advanced custom alerts for campaigns and entities
- Proprietary litigation timelines
- Full access to Federal Circuit, PTAB, and ITC dockets
- Judge, venue, and law firm analytics