Borland Software Corp.

Borland Software Corp. is a software company founded in 1983, known for its influential software development tools. The company was acquired by the British firm Micro Focus International plc for $75 million in 2009. Subsequently, in 2023, Micro Focus and its subsidiaries, including Borland, were acquired by Canadian software company OpenText. Prior to its acquisition, Borland was headquartered in Austin, Texas, and had an estimated 750 to 1,100 employees.

Borland was a pioneering operating company in the personal computer software industry, famous for its integrated development environments (IDEs) and programming languages. Its most notable historical products included Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C++Builder, and JBuilder. In the years leading up to its acquisition, the company shifted its focus to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions, offering tools for software testing, requirements management, and change management. Borland's products that remain are now part of OpenText's application delivery management portfolio.

The company's patent litigation history reflects its status as an operating company. Borland has been tracked as a defendant in one patent case and has not appeared as a plaintiff. This defensive posture is typical of a technology company being targeted by patent assertion entities. The single tracked suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue historically favored by patent plaintiffs.

The tracked case, Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Sony Corporation of America et al., was filed in 2010, shortly after Borland's acquisition by Micro Focus was completed. In that suit, Borland was one of numerous technology companies named as a defendant by Uniloc, a well-known patent assertion entity. The acquisition by Micro Focus marked the end of Borland's long history as an independent and influential software vendor.