Defendant

Carbonite, Inc.

2 cases as defendant.

Company profile

Carbonite, Inc., commonly known as Carbonite, is an American company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Since December 24, 2019, Carbonite has operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Canadian software company OpenText Corporation, which acquired it for approximately $1.45 billion. Prior to the acquisition, Carbonite was publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker CARB. As of 2026, Carbonite has approximately 971 employees, and in 2019, before its acquisition, it reported revenues around $405 million.

Carbonite specializes in providing cloud and hybrid business continuity solutions, including online backup, data protection, disaster recovery, and endpoint security. Its offerings include Carbonite Home and Home Office for individuals and small businesses, and Carbonite Small Business for organizations with multiple computers. The company's products back up documents, emails, music, photos, and settings for Windows and macOS users. Carbonite expanded its portfolio through strategic acquisitions, including Mozy (cloud-based backup) in 2017 and Webroot (cybersecurity and endpoint security) in 2019. Currently, Carbonite's products are integrated into OpenText's Cybersecurity family, focusing on cyber-resilient solutions.

In terms of patent litigation, Carbonite operates as a defendant, indicating its posture as an operating company that defends against infringement claims rather than asserting patents. The company has been named as a defendant in two tracked cases and has not appeared as a plaintiff. Both recorded cases, Realtime Data, LLC v. Carbonite, Inc. et al., filed in 2017, involved Carbonite as a defendant in the Eastern District of Texas and the District of Massachusetts. The Eastern District of Texas is known as a forum frequently chosen by patent plaintiffs.

Realtime Data, LLC v. Carbonite, Inc. et al.

Judgment for defendant
Docket:
17-cv-12499
Filed:
2017
Patents:8643513
π Realtime Data, LLCΔ Carbonite, Inc.Δ EVault, Inc.

In October 2022, the court granted Carbonite's motion for entry of judgment. Claims related to a first patent were dismissed as moot (deemed unpatentable by the PTAB). Carbonite was entitled to judgment on the remaining three patents based on collateral estoppel, as they had been deemed invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 by the District of Delaware. This case involved four patents related to data compression, but the provided text does not explicitly name US8643513.

Realtime Data, LLC v. Carbonite, Inc. et al.

On appeal
Docket:
17-cv-12499
Filed:
2017
Terminated:
2022-10
Patents:8717203
π Realtime Data, LLCΔ Carbonite, Inc.Δ EVault, Inc.

Realtime Data, LLC sued Carbonite, Inc. and EVault, Inc. for infringing four data compression patents. The court granted judgment based on collateral estoppel, relying on a Delaware decision deeming the patents invalid under § 101. Realtime appealed the decision.