Damaka, Inc. v. The Cigna Group et al.
OPEN- Docket:
- 2:25-cv-00594
- Court:
- District Court, E.D. Texas
- Filed:
- 2025-05-29
This case involves patent infringement claims.
Plaintiff
1 case as plaintiff.
Damaka Inc. is a private technology company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Richardson, Texas, with a registered address in Chennai, India. It operates as a secure communication solutions provider, focusing on unified communication and collaboration (UCC) for enterprises. The company employs approximately 22 people as of April 2026, with some sources reporting up to 300 employees and an estimated annual revenue of $6.4 million. Siva Chaturvedi is the founder and CEO.
Damaka offers a portfolio of products and services, including Collaboration SDKs, and platforms like Amadeo UCC, Triton, Moca, Nirvana, and VCare. These solutions provide secure, real-time mobile video calling and collaboration capabilities across various devices and platforms, often leveraging managed peer-to-peer SIP-based software. Its technology aims to enable interoperability with existing UCC solutions from companies like Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, and Google. Damaka claims to hold over 100 patents in these areas.
Damaka's litigation posture indicates an active role in patent assertion while also being a target of validity challenges. The company has been a plaintiff in one tracked case, "Damaka, Inc. v. The Cigna Group et al.", filed in the patent-friendly venue of the District Court, E.D. Texas. In this suit, Damaka asserted five patents related to communication and A/V capabilities against The Cigna Group's MDLIVE application. Concurrently, Damaka is a defendant in three cases before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including two challenges brought by Unified Patents and one by Cisco Systems Inc. These PTAB cases generally involve challenges to the validity of Damaka's patents.
Notably, Damaka filed a separate complaint in the Eastern District of Texas against Cisco Systems Inc., asserting six patents covering methods for communication and audio/video capabilities, targeting Cisco's Webex applications and SDKs. Cisco, in turn, initiated a PTAB challenge against Damaka. Filings at the USPTO highlight that Damaka has no U.S. manufacturing operations, describing its only product as computer code, with development partly outsourced to India.
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This case involves patent infringement claims.