Asserter profile
DAMAKA, INC.
operating company4 patents now5 ever1 cases filed during tenure3 connections
PTAB exposure
5of this entity’s patents have been challenged at PTAB (5 total proceedings). 1 currently have active proceedings.
Two-hop network
Edges marked ⚖️ overlap with at least one infringement suit filed during the receiving entity’s tenure with the patent. Bold-bordered = this entity. Red = NPE; orange = shell LLC; green = defensive aggregator; blue = operating company.
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Ndamaka["DAMAKA, INC."]
Nsivakumar_chaturvedi_satish_gundabathula_rashmi_hiremath["Sivakumar Chaturvedi, Satish Gundabathu…"]
Nchaturvedi_sivakumar_gundabathula_satish_hiremath_rashmi["CHATURVEDI, SIVAKUMAR; GUNDABATHULA, SA…"]
Nbroadsoft["BROADSOFT, INC."]
Ncisco_technology["CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC."]
Nsivakumar_chaturvedi_satish_gundabathula_rashmi_hiremath -->|"2024 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 12279116"| Ndamaka
Nchaturvedi_sivakumar_gundabathula_satish_hiremath_rashmi -->|"2016 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST · 9578092"| Ndamaka
Nchaturvedi_sivakumar_gundabathula_satish_hiremath_rashmi ==>|"⚖️ 2015 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 9270744"| Ndamaka
Nchaturvedi_sivakumar_gundabathula_satish_hiremath_rashmi -->|"2023 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST · 11930362"| Ndamaka
Nchaturvedi_sivakumar_gundabathula_satish_hiremath_rashmi -->|"2013 · Assignment · 9027032"| Ndamaka
Ndamaka -->|"2017 · Merger · 9027032"| Nbroadsoft
Nbroadsoft -->|"2018 · Merger · 9027032"| Ncisco_technology
classDef focal fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#92400e,stroke-width:3px,color:#1c1917
classDef npe fill:#fee2e2,stroke:#be123c,stroke-width:2px,color:#1c1917
classDef shell fill:#fed7aa,stroke:#9a3412,stroke-width:2px,color:#1c1917
classDef defensive fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#15803d,stroke-width:2px,color:#1c1917
classDef operating fill:#e0f2fe,stroke:#075985,stroke-width:1px,color:#1c1917
class Ndamaka focal
class Nbroadsoft operating
class Ncisco_technology operating
Patents currently held (4)
- Damaka, Inc. v. The Cigna Group et al. filed 2025-05-29
Patents previously held (1)
Connected entities (3)
- CHATURVEDI, SIVAKUMAR; GUNDABATHULA, SATISH; HIREMATH, RASHMIindividual4 patents · ⚖️ 1
- Sivakumar Chaturvedi, Satish Gundabathula, Rashmi Hiremathindividual1 patent
- BROADSOFT, INC.operating company1 patent
Correspondent attorneys (4)
Attorneys / firms recorded with USPTO when this entity received a patent. Recurrence is the signal — many firms do both NPE and operating-company patent work, so a single appearance doesn’t mean much.
- Robert E Alvis· Robert E Alvis1 appearance
- BARRY C. HURWITZ1 appearance
- DAMAKA, INC.1 appearance
- KENNETH W PARKER· AKERMAN SENTERFITT1 appearance