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Netflix is suing Broadcom for infringing virtual machine patents

Netflix is suing Broadcom for infringing virtual machine patents (Image Source: Netflix)
Netflix is suing Broadcom for infringing virtual machine patents (Image Source: Netflix)
Netflix has filed a lawsuit against Broadcom, accusing the company's subsidiary, VMware, of infringing patents related to virtual machines. Netflix says Broadcom and VMware infringed five patents.

Reuters has reported that Netflix has filed a lawsuit in a California district court against Broadcom and VMware, accusing them of infringing on its patents for virtual machines (VM). The five patents ( the 424 patent, 707 patent, 891 patent, 893 patent, and 122 patent) cover technologies related to CPU usage in VMs and setting up VMs on physical machines. 

In the lawsuit, Netflix says Broadcom "shares liability for all infringement," since VMware is a subsidiary. It also alleges that VMware built its reputation "by leveraging the technological innovations of others." Netflix targets VMware's cloud solutions on AWS, Azure solutions, Alibaba cloud services, Google Cloud services, Oracle, IBM, and other "vSphere-based products or services."   

Netflix has demanded the court "award damages" for infringement "either alone or in combination with VMware, including interest." Broadcom acquired VMware in November last year for $69 billion. Netflix and Broadcom will go head to head in June 2025 over another legal case where the streaming giant accused Broadcom of infringing their video streaming patents.

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Rohith Bhaskar, 2024-12-25 (Update: 2024-12-25)