This isn’t Brazos’ (or, legally, WSOU Investments LLC’s) first rodeo with Judge Albright. Rewind to February, and he sided against them in a cloud tech patent dispute involving Dell and VMware—a lawsuit with a whopping $435 million on the line.
Brazos, seemingly relentless, has launched over 200 patent lawsuits in a mere three-year span, securing the silver medal for the country’s most litigious firm in that realm.
Delving into the Specifics
Flashback to June 2020: Brazos targeted Google’s Awareness API, emphasizing its capacity to provide varied context and location data to apps. Brazos painted Google as the antagonist, accusing them of patent violations by marketing and distributing their products across the U.S. The damages? That remained an enigma.
Moreover, in another subplot this week, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board made its presence felt. It nixed various claims from a parallel Brazos patent. Netgear challenged, and the board concurred, finding some claims echoed in a patent named “Li”. The board further nullified another claim, terming it as “obvious”.
The Legal Gladiators
While Brazos’ legal brigade remained mum post-verdict, Google directed all queries to the company’s official statement.
