A patent licensing company that squeezed $40 million out of Amazon is still fighting with the law firm that helped it land the settlement, two decades later.
Jones Day says Soverain Software hasn’t paid fees for work after the patent infringement suit against Amazon, which settled on the eve of trial in 2005. The law firm is pursuing a $1.5 million arbitration award it won against its former client in 2015, arguing Soverain conducted an elaborate, fraudulent “shell game” to avoid paying.
The company says it paid the firm more than $22 million before the relationship soured in 2010. The ...
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