Illinois Jury Orders AWS to Pay Amazon owes $525 million in Patent Dispute
An Illinois federal jury has ruled that Amazon Web Services (AWS), the top cloud-service provider, must compensate tech company Kove $525 million for violating its patent rights in data-storage technology. The jury determined that AWS infringed three patents owned by Kove, which are fundamental to AWS's capacity to manage vast amounts of data in its cloud-computing operations.
Amazon to Appeal Verdict, Disagrees with Decision
An Amazon spokesperson has announced that the company disagrees with the jury's decision and intends to appeal the verdict.
Kove’s Legal Victory Highlights the Importance of Innovation Protection
Courtland Reichman, Kove's lead attorney, hailed the verdict as a testament to the importance of innovation and the necessity of safeguarding intellectual property rights for startup firms against tech giants.
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Background: Kove’s Lawsuit Against AWS
Headquartered in Chicago, Kove initiated legal action against Amazon in 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The company claimed to have developed technology enabling high-performance cloud storage well before the advent of cloud computing.
Allegations Against AWS
Kove alleged that AWS's Amazon S3 storage service, DynamoDB database service, and other offerings infringed its patents related to cloud storage. The jury agreed with Kove's assertions, ruling that AWS had infringed all three patents, although no evidence of willful violation was found. AWS countered the allegations by asserting that the patents were invalid.
Ongoing Legal Battles for Kove
In addition to the lawsuit against Amazon, Kove filed a lawsuit against Google last year, accusing the tech giant of infringing the same patents in a separate Illinois lawsuit that is still ongoing.
(Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Sonali Paul)
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