Yahoo Targeted in Patent Suit by Software Developer

2016/12/21

Yahoo has been targeted in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by software developer Pepperdata.
Filed on December 16, at the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the lawsuit claimed that Yahoo has infringed US patent numbers 8,849,891 and 9,325,593.
Founded in 2012, Pepperdata provides customers with products that improve the performance of Hadoop-based computing clusters. A computer cluster consists of a set of connected computers that work together.
According to the suit, Yahoo uses Hadoop clusters within the US. It made a software patch identified as YARN-5202, titled "dynamic overcommit of node resources", which it has used on the clusters.
It is seeking injunctive relief, a jury trial, an account of profits, triple damages, and attorneys' fees and costs.

Source: WIPR