Defendant

Acronis

2 cases as defendant.

Company profile

Acronis International GmbH, commonly known as Acronis, is a Swiss multinational technology company headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. The company was founded in Singapore in 2003 and later incorporated in Switzerland in 2008. Acronis is a private company, with Swedish private equity firm EQT having acquired a majority stake in 2025. As of 2024-2025, Acronis has an employee count ranging from approximately 1,800 to 2,500, and reported revenue of $426.3 million in 2024, with previous valuations reaching over $3.5 billion.

Acronis specializes in integrated cyber protection solutions that combine data protection, cybersecurity, and endpoint management. Its major product lines and services include backup, disaster recovery, anti-malware, anti-ransomware, endpoint detection and response (EDR), data loss prevention (DLP), email security, and secure file synchronization and sharing. Key offerings such as Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud and Acronis True Image serve managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and enterprise IT environments.

Based on the tracked case data, Acronis maintains a posture of an operating company defending against patent assertions. The company has appeared as a defendant in two tracked cases and zero as a plaintiff. Both cases were filed by Realtime Data, LLC in the District of Massachusetts, indicating a focus on defending against suits initiated by non-practicing entities (NPEs).

The notable cases for Acronis are both "Realtime Data, LLC v. Acronis," filed on July 12, 2017, in the District of Massachusetts. These cases reflect the company's involvement in litigation as a defendant in the data protection and cyber security sector.

RealTime Data, LLC v. Acronis

Dismissed with prejudice
Filed:
2017-07-12
Terminated:
2024-01-24
Patents:7415530

RealTime Data, LLC sued Acronis. The case closed with a joint stipulation of dismissal on January 24, 2024, where RealTime Data's claims were dismissed with prejudice.