Damaka, Inc. v. The Cigna Group et al.
OPEN- Docket:
- 2:25-cv-00594
- Court:
- District Court, E.D. Texas
- Filed:
- 2025-05-29
Patents:9270744
This case involves patent infringement claims.
Defendant
The Cigna Group
1 case as defendant.
Company profile
The Cigna Group is an American multinational managed healthcare and insurance company. Headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, the company was formed in 1982 through the merger of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and INA Corporation. The Cigna Group is a publicly traded company on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "CI" and in 2024, reported total revenues of approximately $247.1 billion and employed around 73,500 people. As of December 31, 2025, it had over 185 million customer relationships across more than 30 markets and jurisdictions.
The Cigna Group operates through two primary divisions: Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services. Cigna Healthcare provides comprehensive medical, dental, disability, life, and accident insurance products and services, primarily offered through employers. Evernorth Health Services focuses on pharmacy benefits management, specialty pharmacy services, home delivery pharmacy, and various care delivery and management solutions for health plans, employers, and government organizations.
In terms of patent litigation, The Cigna Group appears to be an operating company that primarily defends against patent infringement suits. The provided data shows one tracked case where The Cigna Group is a defendant and zero cases where it is a plaintiff. This single case, Damaka, Inc. v. The Cigna Group et al., is being litigated in the District Court, Eastern District of Texas, a venue often associated with patent assertion entity (PAE) litigation.
The sole tracked case, Damaka, Inc. v. The Cigna Group et al., filed on May 29, 2025, involves allegations of patent infringement related to communication, audio, and video capabilities in computer applications. Damaka, Inc. has asserted patents generally covering methods for A/V capabilities on computers and applications, with the accused products including Cigna's MDLIVE application (desktop, Android, iOS, and iPad versions). Damaka, Inc. also filed a separate complaint against Cisco Systems Inc. around the same time, asserting related patents. Patents assigned to Damaka, Inc. cover areas such as scalable browser-based audio/video conferencing and providing additional functionality to existing software.