Plaintiff
8 cases as plaintiff.
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., and a major provider of on-demand cloud computing platforms. Founded in 2006, AWS is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a subsidiary of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), its financial performance is a significant contributor to its parent company's overall revenue. While Amazon does not report employee numbers for AWS specifically, various sources estimate the number to be over 100,000.
AWS provides a comprehensive and widely adopted suite of cloud-based products, including computing, storage, networking, databases, analytics, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Its most popular services include Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for scalable virtual servers and Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) for object storage. The company offers over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally, catering to a diverse range of customers from startups and small businesses to large enterprises and government agencies.
As a major operating company, Amazon Web Services is primarily a defendant in patent litigation. The provided case data shows AWS defending against two patent infringement suits in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, a popular venue for patent litigation. The single case where it appears as a plaintiff is an action at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), likely a defensive measure to challenge the validity of a patent being asserted against it or an affiliate. This posture is typical for a large technology company facing assertions from other entities.
The tracked cases name MAGMA SCIENTIFIC, LLC, and Athena Security, LLP as plaintiffs in the district court actions. The PTAB case was filed by AWS and its affiliate, Twitch Interactive, Inc., against NL Giken Inc. This pattern of being a frequent target for patent assertions while using PTAB proceedings to counter-challenge patents is characteristic of large, product-centric technology companies operating in the US.
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This Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceeding was initiated to challenge the validity of the claims of patent 10,880,592. The case was terminated due to a settlement between the parties.
Amazon's inter partes review petition, joined to Apple's IPR2023-00033, challenging the same claims of the '319 patent. The PTAB held all challenged claims unpatentable.
Inter partes review petition filed by Amazon.com Services LLC and Amazon Web Services, Inc. challenging U.S. Patent No. 7,979,277. The PTAB instituted review on January 10, 2024, and issued a final written decision on June 11, 2024.
Amazon petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. 10,971,140 claims 1-8. The Board instituted and joined the petition to Apple's IPR2023-00037 on 2024-01-10; the final written decision on 2024-06-11 found no claims unpatentable.
Inter partes review petition by Meta and Amazon entities against AlmondNet. The PTAB issued a final written decision on Nov. 28, 2023, holding claims 9-12 of U.S. 9,830,615 unpatentable; appeal was noticed and later voluntarily dismissed.
An Inter Partes Review was initiated by Amazon entities against VB Assets, LLC concerning US Patent 8073681. A Final Written Decision was issued, an IPR Certificate was issued, and claims 37-42 of the patent were disclaimed.
Amazon and AWS petitioned for inter partes review of the '663 patent. Institution was denied on Sept. 13, 2017.
Amazon.com and Amazon Web Services petitioned for inter partes review of claims 1–6 of U.S. Patent 6,744,387; institution was denied on 2017-09-13.