Cirba Inc. (d/b/a Densify) v. VMware, Inc. > Summary
Court Case Number 1:19-cv-00742
Filing Date Apr 25, 2019
Termination Date Jun 20, 2024
Court Delaware District Court
Status Judgment - Jury Verdict
Appeal2023-1770
JudgesDavid O. Carter, Leonard P. Stark, Gregory B. Williams
Plaintiff
6Defendant
Plaintiff Attorneys
26Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Peter J. Ayers
Law Office of Peter J. Ayers
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Paul D. Clement
Kirkland & Ellis
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kenneth L. Dorsney
Morris James LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Julie M. K. Siegal
Kirkland & Ellis
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Gary J. Toman
Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Cortlan S. Hitch
Morris James LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Chuck Tatham
Cirba IP, Inc.
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Andrew S. Hughes
Cirba IP, Inc.
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Scott R. Brown
Cirba IP, Inc.
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Vijay Madisetti
Georgia Institute of Technology
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Rahul Sarkar
Cirba IP, Inc.
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Ray Boots
Cirba IP, Inc.
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Gerry Smith
Cirba IP, Inc.
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Ben Fathi
Cirba IP, Inc.
VMWare
Attorney Name: Julie M. K. Siegal
Kirkland & Ellis
VMWare
Attorney Name: Paul D. Clement
Kirkland & Ellis
Densify
Attorney Name: Brian E. Farnan
Farnan LLP
Densify
Attorney Name: Michael J. Farnan
Farnan LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Anne Holler
Cirba IP, Inc.
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Andrew M. Lawrence
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
MMI-IPCO, LLC
Attorney Name: Brian E. Farnan
Farnan LLP
MMI-IPCO, LLC
Attorney Name: Michael J. Farnan
Farnan LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Aisha Mahmood Haley
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Andrew M. Lawrence
MMI-IPCO, LLC
Attorney Name: Brian E. Farnan
Farnan LLP
MMI-IPCO, LLC
Attorney Name: Michael J. Farnan
Farnan LLP
Defendant Attorneys
73VMWare
Attorney Name: Richard S. J. Hung
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Yue Li
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Julie L. Davis
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Stephen Liu
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Jeff Pauze
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Greg Dean
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Julian D. Gonzalez
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Carl Waldspurger
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: John Mandile
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Paul K. Meyer
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Raghu Raghuram
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Aleksandra E. Eklund
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Soo J. Park
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Andrea Scripa
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Greg Lavender
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Tracy Waller
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Peter Dinda
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Pat Gelsinger
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: David Deeths
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Zhelong Pan
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Joe Beda
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Joyce Liou
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Forrest M. McClellen
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Jennifer Luh
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Daniel Clayton Hubin
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Daniel Menasce
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: R. Benjamin Nelson
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Joe Kinsella
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Jason Nieh
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Louis Walters
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: V. J. Costanzo
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Rajesh Venkatasubramanian
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Neal F. Burstyn
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Chris Wolf
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Andrew Hillier
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Jim W. Bergman
Winston & Strawn
VMWare
Attorney Name: Ajay Singh
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Aaron D. Bray
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Riyaz Somani
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Bill Erdman
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Henry Jurgens
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Taruna Gandhi
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Fahd H. Patel
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Jayson L. Cohen
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Chandra Prathuri
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Tom Yuyitung
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Benjamin Scheerer
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Rodney Botelho
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Travis Kendall
VMWare
VMWare
Attorney Name: Christopher J. Wiener
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Elizabeth Patterson
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Nathaniel B. Sabri
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Brian R. Matsui
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Ian A. Bennett
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Sara A. Doudar
Morrison & Foerster
VMWare
Attorney Name: Andrea Scripa
VMWare
Attorney Name: Brian R. Matsui
VMWare
Attorney Name: Christopher J. Wiener
VMWare
Attorney Name: Ian A. Bennett
VMWare
Attorney Name: Neal F. Burstyn
VMWare
Attorney Name: Richard S. J. Hung
VMWare
Attorney Name: Sara A. Doudar
VMWare
Attorney Name: Brian R. Matsui
VMWare
Attorney Name: Christopher J. Wiener
VMWare
Attorney Name: Ian A. Bennett
VMWare
Attorney Name: Sara A. Doudar
VMWare
Attorney Name: Brian R. Matsui
VMWare
Attorney Name: Christopher J. Wiener
VMWare
Attorney Name: Ian A. Bennett
VMWare
Attorney Name: Richard S. J. Hung
VMWare
Attorney Name: Sara A. Doudar
Counter Defendant
27VMWare
Attorney Name: Anne Shea Gaza
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: William F. Lee
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
VMWare
Attorney Name: Thomas Marx Saunders
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
VMWare
Attorney Name: Robert M. Vrana
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Seth P. Waxman
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
VMWare
Attorney Name: Samantha G. Wilson
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: John W. Shaw
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Anne Shea Gaza
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Robert M. Vrana
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Samantha G. Wilson
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Seth P. Waxman
VMWare
Attorney Name: Thomas G. Saunders
VMWare
Attorney Name: William F. Lee
VMWare
Attorney Name: Anne Shea Gaza
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Robert M. Vrana
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Samantha G. Wilson
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Thomas G. Saunders
VMWare
Attorney Name: William F. Lee
VMWare
Attorney Name: Anne Shea Gaza
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Robert M. Vrana
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Samantha G. Wilson
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
VMWare
Attorney Name: Seth P. Waxman
VMWare
Attorney Name: Thomas G. Saunders
VMWare
Attorney Name: William F. Lee
Counter Claimant
123Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Shawna Ballard
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jaime F. Cardenas-Navia
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jennifer Estremera
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kate Falkenstien
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Michael G. Flanigan
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Ariel C. Green Anaba
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Khue V. Hoang
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Sarah Jorgensen
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Christine E. Lehman
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Courtland Reichman
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Joachim Steinberg
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Wesley White
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Phillip J. Lee
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Connor S. Houghton
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Brian C. Baran
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Philip J. Eklem
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Aisha Mahmood Haley
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Naveed S. Hasan
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Taylor N. Mauze
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
MMI-IPCO, LLC
Attorney Name: Laura Carwile
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
MMI-IPCO, LLC
Attorney Name: Natalie Griffin
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kenneth L. Dorsney
Morris James LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Adam Adler
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Ariel C. Green Anaba
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Christine E. Lehman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Courtland Reichman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Gary J. Toman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jaime F. Cardenas-Navia
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jennifer Estremera
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Joachim Steinberg
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Julie M. K. Siegal
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kate Falkenstien
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Khue V. Hoang
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Michael G. Flanigan
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Paul D. Clement
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Peter J. Ayers
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Phillip J. Lee
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Sarah Jorgensen
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Shawna Ballard
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Wesley White
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kenneth L. Dorsney
Morris James LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Adam Adler
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Ariel C. Green Anaba
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Brian C. Baran
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Christine E. Lehman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Connor S. Houghton
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Courtland Reichman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Gary J. Toman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jaime F. Cardenas-Navia
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jennifer Estremera
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Joachim Steinberg
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Julie M. K. Siegal
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kate Falkenstien
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Khue V. Hoang
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Michael G. Flanigan
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Naveed S. Hasan
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Paul D. Clement
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Peter J. Ayers
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Philip J. Eklem
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Phillip J. Lee
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Sarah Jorgensen
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Shawna Ballard
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Taylor N. Mauze
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Wesley White
MMI-IPCO, LLC
Attorney Name: Laura Carwile
MMI-IPCO, LLC
Attorney Name: Natalie Griffin
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Taylor N. Mauze
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kenneth L. Dorsney
Morris James LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Ariel C. Green Anaba
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Christine E. Lehman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Connor S. Houghton
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Courtland Reichman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Gary J. Toman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jaime F. Cardenas-Navia
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jennifer Estremera
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Joachim Steinberg
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kate Falkenstien
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Michael G. Flanigan
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Naveed S. Hasan
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Philip J. Eklem
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Phillip J. Lee
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Sarah Jorgensen
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Shawna Ballard
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Taylor N. Mauze
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Wesley White
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kenneth L. Dorsney
Morris James LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Ariel C. Green Anaba
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Christine E. Lehman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Courtland Reichman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Gary J. Toman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jaime F. Cardenas-Navia
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jennifer Estremera
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Joachim Steinberg
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kate Falkenstien
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Michael G. Flanigan
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Phillip J. Lee
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Sarah Jorgensen
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Shawna Ballard
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Wesley White
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kenneth L. Dorsney
Morris James LLP
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Adam Adler
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Ariel C. Green Anaba
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Christine E. Lehman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Connor S. Houghton
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Courtland Reichman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Gary J. Toman
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jaime F. Cardenas-Navia
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Jennifer Estremera
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Joachim Steinberg
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Julie M. K. Siegal
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Kate Falkenstien
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Khue V. Hoang
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Michael G. Flanigan
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Naveed S. Hasan
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Paul D. Clement
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Peter J. Ayers
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Philip J. Eklem
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Phillip J. Lee
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Sarah Jorgensen
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Shawna Ballard
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Taylor N. Mauze
Cirba IP, Inc.
Attorney Name: Wesley White
Cause
35:1 Patent Infringement
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