Okta, Microsoft Sue Password Protection System Patent Owner

Okta Inc. and Microsoft Corp. filed preemptive lawsuits against Biogy Inc. seeking declarations that their products didn’t infringe a patent for password protection systems.

Cybersecurity firm Biogy sent multiple letters to Okta and Microsoft’s customers, including Albertsons Cos., alleging security products generating user verification codes infringed its patent, according to separate complaints filed Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Okta and Microsoft requested the court to declare they didn’t infringe US Patent No. 7,669,236.

The ‘236 patent concerns methods for issuing a time-based one-time password (TOP), according to the complaints. Biogy accused Microsoft’s ...