Company overview. Micro Focus is a British enterprise-software vendor headquartered at 22–30 Old Bath Road, Newbury, Berkshire, England, founded in 1976. It traded on the London Stock Exchange as Micro Focus International plc (ticker MCRO). On 31 January 2023, Canada-based OpenText Corporation (NASDAQ/TSX: OTEX) completed its acquisition of the company for roughly $5.8–6.2 billion, making Micro Focus a subsidiary (now held via Open Text UK Holding Limited). Pre-acquisition filings indicate about 11,000–11,800 employees and annual revenue in the roughly $2.5–2.9 billion range. The "LLC" in the case data appears to reflect a U.S. operating entity of the group.
Products / services. Micro Focus sold mission-critical enterprise software and support across several product groups: Application Modernisation & Connectivity (COBOL development tools, mainframe modernization, terminal emulation); Application Delivery Management (the LoadRunner and Performance Center testing products); IT Operations Management; CyberRes security (including ArcSight, Fortify, and NetIQ identity products); and Information Management & Governance (largely inherited from the HPE software and Autonomy portfolios). Revenue was heavily recurring maintenance and support. Its growth came through acquisitions including Borland, Attachmate/Novell/NetIQ/SUSE, Serena, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise's software segment.
Patent-litigation posture. Micro Focus appears in the tracked data only as a defendant (1 case, 0 as plaintiff), consistent with an operating company defending against a third-party patent assertion rather than an NPE. The single case was filed in the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas (Sherman Division) before Judge Mazzant.
Notable case. Wapp Tech Limited Partnership et al. v. Micro Focus International PLC et al. (No. 4:18-cv-469, E.D. Tex., filed 2 July 2018). Wapp asserted U.S. Patents 8,924,192; 9,298,864; and 9,971,678 against the Application Delivery Management line (LoadRunner, Performance Center). The court initially dismissed Micro Focus International plc for lack of personal jurisdiction and Wapp amended to name subsidiaries including EntIT Software LLC and Micro Focus (US) Inc. A March 2021 jury verdict found willful infringement and awarded $172.5 million; the parties settled in July 2021 and the case was dismissed with prejudice on 23 November 2021. Parallel suits against HPE, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America were stayed pending the Micro Focus case.