Amazon sued: Court orders $525 million in damages over AWS cloud patent infringement

Amazon's AWS awarded $525 million in cloud patent infringement lawsuit An Amazon spokesperson objected to the decision. Prepare to file an appeal

On April 11, 2567, Reuters reported that a federal jury in Illinois ruled that Amazon Web Services ( AWS) had infringed on Kove 's patents and ordered it to pay $525 million in damages.

AWS, the world's largest cloud services company was found to have infringed three of Cove's data storage technology patents. Cove accused These patents have helped AWS significantly improve its ability to store and access vast amounts of data.

Cortland Reichman, lead attorney for Cove, said the jury's verdict affirms the power of innovation and the importance of protecting the intellectual property rights of small startups from giant tech corporations.

Cove, a US technology company based in Chicago. It filed a lawsuit against Amazon, the parent company of AWS, in 2561, alleging that the company pioneered and developed high-performance cloud storage technology years before cloud computing. will be born

Cove has accused AWS of infringing on its cloud storage patents. Through services such as Amazon S3 storage and the DynamoDB database, AWS has denied the allegations. and argued that Cove's patents were not legally valid.

However, the jury ruled in favor of Cove, stating that AWS had actually infringed three of Cove's patents. The jury rejected Cove's argument that AWS had knowingly and willfully infringed copyright.

An Amazon spokesperson said they disagreed with the decision. and plans to file an appeal against the decision

Cove also filed a similar lawsuit against Google last year. But it is still in the process of legal action. And the court has not yet made a decision.

Reference: reuters.com

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