Patent Owner Wants Revival of Salesforce Infringement Dispute

A self-ascribed consulting company told the Federal Circuit that a lower court erred by dismissing a patent infringement case against Salesforce Inc. after ruling the plaintiff doesn’t own the protected technology.

The Nevada federal court misinterpreted a 2006 contract involving Alternative System Inc.’s patents and its then-owner Beverly Nelson, according to a brief filed Monday in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Applications in Internet Time LLC, ASI’s sister company and plaintiff against Salesforce, argued it owns the patents and not Beverly Nelson, who controlled AIT and ASI.

AIT sued Salesforce in November 2013 in Nevada federal ...