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Wendy Verlander is the Managing Shareholder of Verlander LLP. She has almost 30 years of experience working with technology-focused companies at all stages of development and growth, from start-ups to well established corporations. She has successfully litigated cases in a wide range of technologies, including electronics, LEDs, optoelectronics, semiconductor manufacturing, MEMs, medical devices, wireless communications, mobile devices and applications, networking,…
Patent wars have been a mainstay of the modern technology era, with some of the world's biggest companies embroiled in high-profile tête-à-têtes, from Apple vs. Samsung, Qualcomm and Nokia, to Google vs. Sonos, Twitter vs. IBM and many more. This is one fear that's emerging in the aftermath of OpenText's $6 billion acquisition of Micro Focus, a deal that closed six months ago. OpenText is no stranger to patent assertion, and it has already been accused of behaving like a patent troll in the wake of its 2019 acquisition of data security firm Carbonite a deal that has led to ongoing patent litigation proceedings against CrowdStrike, Kaspersky, Sophos, and Trend Micro.