~index of some infringement lawsuits filed by (SFOR) Strikeforce Technologies
updated 2018.09.10
There is additional company detail through the master post linked at the bottom of this note.
There are no guarantees in investing. No one should consider these pages to be financial advice. Everyone has a responsibility to verify and thoroughly learn more than what is referenced or written here, and everyone must take responsibility for their own investing decisions.
Out of Band Multifactor Authentication Patents (OOB/MFA)
https://www.google.com/patents/US7870599
https://www.google.com/patents/US8484698
https://www.google.com/patents/US8713701
Keystroke Encryption patents
https://www.google.com/patents/US8566608
https://www.google.com/patents/US8732483
https://www.google.com/patents/US8973107
European Patent Application
https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP14763895
View cases
https://www.pacer.gov
https://insight.rpxcorp.com (can show grouping of district court cases)
https://www.pacermonitor.com
https://www.pacerpro.com
https://www.courtlistener.com
Relevant recent court cases
October 16, 2017 Ropes and Gray in the USPTO Court (PTAB) won all challenges to StrikeForce's IP .
case IPR2017-01041
case IPR2017-01064
https://www.law360.com/patents/8484698/ptab_cases
https://jumpshare.com/v/8edDCebJyRqat1hn4s6p
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/1...4-698.html
February 8, 2018
A relevant case from The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
STEVEN E. BERKHEIMER vs. HP INC., case 2017-1437
https://www.law360.com/articles/1060000/the-t...ear-report
"The Federal Circuit jolted the patent world with this February decision, and similar follow-on rulings, which collectively made it more challenging for accused infringers to knock out patents"
https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=5080473
April 24, 2018
Then another relevant case, The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled in a 7 to 2 decision that the USPTO has the Constitutional Right to decide the validity of a patent.
https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1013951 (The USPTO had already validated StrikeForce's patents on October 17, 2017.)
June 22, 2018
Then another relevant case and 7-2 decision, The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS)
"The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Schlumberger Ltd. unit can recover profits it lost outside the U.S. due to a rival’s infringement of its oil exploration patents, saying the Federal Circuit was wrong to hold that such damages cannot be awarded based on overseas conduct."
https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1047357
Relevant merger/buyouts
There is a 2018 merger with SecureAuth/CoreSecurity. In addition, there are 3 companies below where each is being aquired for a minimum of $2.3 billion and with expected closings before end of 2018.
Centrify/Thoma Bravo
Duo/Cisco
Gemalto/Thales
Strikeforce Technologies case appealed to Federal Circuit
Strikeforce Technologies, Inc v. Secureauth Corporation
Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals case# 18-1470
There is additional detail concerning this case through the master post linked at the bottom of this note.
Other ongoing cases as of Fall 2018. N.B. The market facts listed below may be outdated. It is quite possible that after these cases are resolved, that new infringement cases may be filed against additional companies.
1. Centrify (stayed pending SecureAuth Corp. appeal) Over 5,000 worldwide organizations, including over half the Fortune 100
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/1220...ORPORATION
https://www.centrify.com/pricing/
2. Gemalto (stayed pending SecureAuth Corp. appeal) 3.1 billion euros in sales, 119 countries, 15000 employees
https://www.gemalto.com/companyinfo
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/2085..._Inc_et_al
https://www.gemalto.com/investors/documents
3. Vasco Data Security- [name change to OneSpan] (stayed pending SecureAuth Corp. appeal) 193 million in sales, 100 countries, 10000 customers, 300 million licenses, more than half of the top 100 global banks
https://ir.vasco.com/static-files/5d3aec94-da...f493ea983b
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/2085..._Inc_et_al
https://www.vasco.com/about-vasco/index.html
4. Duo Security Inc. (stayed pending SecureAuth Corp. appeal) 100 million in sales, 10000 customers, 300 million authentications per month, 600 employees https://duo.com/about/press/releases/duo-secu...innovation
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/1220...CORPORATED
https://investorshangout.com/post/4959202/-SF...ents-This-
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4312470/...orporated/
https://duo.com/about/press
https://duo.com/pricing
excerpt from the Duo case;
STRIKEFORCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. DUO SECURITY INCORPORATED
New Jersey District Court
Case 2:16-cv-03571-JMV-MF Document 71 Filed 06/05/17
https://ecf.njd.uscourts.gov/doc1/119112009909
John Michael Vazquez, presiding
Mark Falk, referral
pg 10-11 of the pdf
"Incredibly, defendants tell this Court that StrikeForce does not compete with defendants for sales. Brief at 9. The opposite is true; StrikeForce competed head-to-head with Duo several times and lost. Waller Decl. at ¶ 21. For example, StrikeForce and Duo were both competing for sales to the Bechtel company. Id. StrikeForce was attempting to sell its ProtectID® product and Duo was attempting to sell its infringing product. Id. at ¶¶ 20-22. That customer chose Duo’s product over StrikeForce’s. Id. at ¶ 21. Were it not for Duo’s infringing product, StrikeForce very likely would have made that sale since, at the time, only Duo and StrikeForce were being considered. Id.3 StrikeForce later learned that, during the negotiations, Duo cautioned Bechtel to check StrikeForce’s financials before purchasing StrikeForce’s product, and that StrikeForce was essentially out of money. Id. at ¶ 22.
In other words, not only is defendant Duo willfully infringing the ’698 patent, but it uses its strong financial position—a position gained through its infringement—against StrikeForce to undermine StrikeForce’s sales opportunities.
footnote 3
In addition to Bechtel, StrikeForce and Duo directly competed against one another for business from Toyota, Ebay, Google, Intel, among others. Waller Decl. at ¶ 20. Each of those customers chose Duo’s infringing product over StrikeForce’s. Id. at ¶ 22. "
updated 2018.09.10
There is additional company detail through the master post linked at the bottom of this note.
There are no guarantees in investing. No one should consider these pages to be financial advice. Everyone has a responsibility to verify and thoroughly learn more than what is referenced or written here, and everyone must take responsibility for their own investing decisions.
Out of Band Multifactor Authentication Patents (OOB/MFA)
https://www.google.com/patents/US7870599
https://www.google.com/patents/US8484698
https://www.google.com/patents/US8713701
Keystroke Encryption patents
https://www.google.com/patents/US8566608
https://www.google.com/patents/US8732483
https://www.google.com/patents/US8973107
European Patent Application
https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP14763895
View cases
https://www.pacer.gov
https://insight.rpxcorp.com (can show grouping of district court cases)
https://www.pacermonitor.com
https://www.pacerpro.com
https://www.courtlistener.com
Relevant recent court cases
October 16, 2017 Ropes and Gray in the USPTO Court (PTAB) won all challenges to StrikeForce's IP .
case IPR2017-01041
case IPR2017-01064
https://www.law360.com/patents/8484698/ptab_cases
https://jumpshare.com/v/8edDCebJyRqat1hn4s6p
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/1...4-698.html
February 8, 2018
A relevant case from The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
STEVEN E. BERKHEIMER vs. HP INC., case 2017-1437
https://www.law360.com/articles/1060000/the-t...ear-report
"The Federal Circuit jolted the patent world with this February decision, and similar follow-on rulings, which collectively made it more challenging for accused infringers to knock out patents"
https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=5080473
April 24, 2018
Then another relevant case, The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled in a 7 to 2 decision that the USPTO has the Constitutional Right to decide the validity of a patent.
https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1013951 (The USPTO had already validated StrikeForce's patents on October 17, 2017.)
June 22, 2018
Then another relevant case and 7-2 decision, The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS)
"The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Schlumberger Ltd. unit can recover profits it lost outside the U.S. due to a rival’s infringement of its oil exploration patents, saying the Federal Circuit was wrong to hold that such damages cannot be awarded based on overseas conduct."
https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1047357
Relevant merger/buyouts
There is a 2018 merger with SecureAuth/CoreSecurity. In addition, there are 3 companies below where each is being aquired for a minimum of $2.3 billion and with expected closings before end of 2018.
Centrify/Thoma Bravo
Duo/Cisco
Gemalto/Thales
Strikeforce Technologies case appealed to Federal Circuit
Strikeforce Technologies, Inc v. Secureauth Corporation
Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals case# 18-1470
There is additional detail concerning this case through the master post linked at the bottom of this note.
Other ongoing cases as of Fall 2018. N.B. The market facts listed below may be outdated. It is quite possible that after these cases are resolved, that new infringement cases may be filed against additional companies.
1. Centrify (stayed pending SecureAuth Corp. appeal) Over 5,000 worldwide organizations, including over half the Fortune 100
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/1220...ORPORATION
https://www.centrify.com/pricing/
2. Gemalto (stayed pending SecureAuth Corp. appeal) 3.1 billion euros in sales, 119 countries, 15000 employees
https://www.gemalto.com/companyinfo
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/2085..._Inc_et_al
https://www.gemalto.com/investors/documents
3. Vasco Data Security- [name change to OneSpan] (stayed pending SecureAuth Corp. appeal) 193 million in sales, 100 countries, 10000 customers, 300 million licenses, more than half of the top 100 global banks
https://ir.vasco.com/static-files/5d3aec94-da...f493ea983b
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/2085..._Inc_et_al
https://www.vasco.com/about-vasco/index.html
4. Duo Security Inc. (stayed pending SecureAuth Corp. appeal) 100 million in sales, 10000 customers, 300 million authentications per month, 600 employees https://duo.com/about/press/releases/duo-secu...innovation
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/1220...CORPORATED
https://investorshangout.com/post/4959202/-SF...ents-This-
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4312470/...orporated/
https://duo.com/about/press
https://duo.com/pricing
excerpt from the Duo case;
STRIKEFORCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. DUO SECURITY INCORPORATED
New Jersey District Court
Case 2:16-cv-03571-JMV-MF Document 71 Filed 06/05/17
https://ecf.njd.uscourts.gov/doc1/119112009909
John Michael Vazquez, presiding
Mark Falk, referral
pg 10-11 of the pdf
"Incredibly, defendants tell this Court that StrikeForce does not compete with defendants for sales. Brief at 9. The opposite is true; StrikeForce competed head-to-head with Duo several times and lost. Waller Decl. at ¶ 21. For example, StrikeForce and Duo were both competing for sales to the Bechtel company. Id. StrikeForce was attempting to sell its ProtectID® product and Duo was attempting to sell its infringing product. Id. at ¶¶ 20-22. That customer chose Duo’s product over StrikeForce’s. Id. at ¶ 21. Were it not for Duo’s infringing product, StrikeForce very likely would have made that sale since, at the time, only Duo and StrikeForce were being considered. Id.3 StrikeForce later learned that, during the negotiations, Duo cautioned Bechtel to check StrikeForce’s financials before purchasing StrikeForce’s product, and that StrikeForce was essentially out of money. Id. at ¶ 22.
In other words, not only is defendant Duo willfully infringing the ’698 patent, but it uses its strong financial position—a position gained through its infringement—against StrikeForce to undermine StrikeForce’s sales opportunities.
footnote 3
In addition to Bechtel, StrikeForce and Duo directly competed against one another for business from Toyota, Ebay, Google, Intel, among others. Waller Decl. at ¶ 20. Each of those customers chose Duo’s infringing product over StrikeForce’s. Id. at ¶ 22. "
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