CrowdStrike Bid to Ax Arizona State Suit Claims Has Mixed Review

CrowdStrike Inc. convinced a Texas federal judge to recommend throwing out multiple claims Arizona State University’s technology management firm brought in a patent dispute concerning cybersecurity systems.

Skysong Innovations LLC didn’t make sufficient allegations for its pre-suit inducement or its pre-suit and post-suit willful infringement allegations, according to a magstrate judge’s report filed Monday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Magistrate Judge Derek Gilliland said Skysong pointed to a meeting its inventors had with CrowdStrike, but the encounter only involved three of the five asserted patents, including one which was in the application phase at ...