Case
Filed: Mar 19, 2014
Case
Closed: Sep 04, 2014
Court:
District of Delaware
Judge:
Leonard P. Stark
Case
Summary:
Kaavo, Inc. a Texas based Cloud computing company
engaged in developing and sale of software for IT resource management filed a
case against Hewlett – Packard (HP), a California based Delaware Corporation
engaged in developing and manufacturing computing devices, accusing them of infringing upon one of
Kaavo’s U.S patents.
Patent
in suit:
|
Patent Number
|
Title
|
Issue Date
|
Expiration Date[i]
|
|
|
Cloud computing
lifecycle management for N-tier applications
|
Sep 18, 2012
|
Oct 08, 2028
|
The ‘974 patent relates to methods, devices, and
systems related to management of a cloud computing environment for use by a
software application.
As
in Complaint:
The complaint
alleged that HP infringed the '974 patent by making, using, selling, offering
to sell, and/or importing "HP Cloud Application PaaS" that are covered
by one or more claims of the '974 patent. The infringing aspects were indicated
as the software application which is used in HP’s methods and systems for
management of a cloud computing environment.
Kaavo adds that it has
been damaged by the foregoing acts of infringement of its patents by the
defendant and will continue to be damaged by such infringement unless enjoined
by this Court.
District
Court Judgment:
Kaavo and HP filed joint stipulation for dismissal and
accordingly, Court ordered dismissal with prejudice of all claims and
counterclaims asserted by either party with all costs and fees to be incurred
by the respective parties, thereby ending the dispute.
See 1:14-CV-00354 for
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[i]
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[ii]
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