Fortinet Targeted in Network Firewall-Patent Litigation Campaign

British Virgin Islands-based Umbra Technologies Ltd. UK and its American unit accused cybersecurity firm Fortinet Inc. of infringing five patents with networking products that use firewall technologies.

Fortinet’s products, including FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall and Fortinet SD-WAN solution, incorporate similar systems and methods as US Patent Nos. 10,574,482, 10,659,256, 11,503,105, 11,799,687 and 12,160,328, Umbra said in a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

The patents are related to secure network optimization, virtual networks, next-generation networking software, routing and memory systems, and firewall methods, according to Umbra’s complaint.

Umbra notified ...