Another University-Linked Plaintiff Files Suit, This One Launching Cybersecurity Litigation In Texas

The "exclusive intellectual property management and technology transfer organization for Arizona State University" (ASU), Skysong Innovations, LLC, has filed a Western District of Texas complaint against CrowdStrike (7:25-cv-00040) and an Eastern District of Texas complaint against Fortinet (2:25-cv-00098). Asserted are four patents that the Arizona Board of Regents moved into the plaintiff's hands two days before the cases were filed. Skysong targets the provision of the CrowdStrike Falcon Platform and the Fortinet Security Fabric.

The named inventors for the four patents now in suit (10,313,385; 11,275,900; 11,775,831; 11,892,897) are ASU personnel and/or students. Paulo Shakarian is listed (with others) as an inventor for all but the '831 patent. Shakarian is an associate professor of "Computing and AI" within ASU's Fulton Schools of Engineering. The lead inventor named on the '831 patent is Jae-Sun Seo, identified as an "Associate Professor at Cornell Tech and