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Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2022

    High Court rules substantially in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's favor in fraud claim

    Ruling

    The U.K. High Court ruled that Hewlett Packard Enterprise had substantially won its civil claim against Michael Lynch and Sushovan Hussain, awarding $5 billion in damages. The company had accused them of fraud related to the Autonomy software business purchase.

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    • In its lawsuit, the company had accused Lynch and Autonomy's former chief financial officer, Sushovan Hussain, of artificially inflating the company's revenues and committing a "deliberate fraud over a sustained period of time."
    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise won a multibillion-dollar lawsuit Friday against a British businessmen it accused of fraud after purchasing his software business Autonomy a decade ago.
    • High Court judge Robert Hildyard delivered a summary of his conclusions in court, saying HP had "substantially won" its claim against the pair for $5 billion in damages.
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  2. 2021

    Network-1 and HP agree to settle patent litigation

    Settlement

    Network-1 Technologies announced an agreement to settle its patent litigation against Hewlett-Packard Company and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company. Under the agreement, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company would pay Network-1 $17 million, and HP would receive a fully paid license and release for the Remote Power Patent.

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    • Network-1 Technologies, Inc. (NYSE MKT:NTIP) announced today that it has agreed to settle its patent litigation against Hewlett-Packard Company and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company (collectively, "HP") pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, for infringement of Network-1's Remote Power Patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,218,930).
    • Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company has agreed to pay Network-1 $17,000,000 in full settlement of the litigation and HP will receive a fully paid license and release to the Remote Power Patent for its full term (which expired on March 7, 2020), which applies to sales of Power over Ethernet ("PoE") products by HP and its wholly owned subsidiary Aruba Networks, Inc.
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  3. 2020

    Auriga sues Intel, HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise over patents

    Lawsuit filed

    Auriga Innovations filed a patent-infringement complaint against Intel, HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, alleging unauthorized use of seven Auriga patents. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief and damages; the allegations are claims in the lawsuit.

    Source excerpt

    • On Tuesday, Auriga Innovations, Inc. filed a complaint for patent infringement against Intel Corporation, HP Inc. (HPI), and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) for their allegedly unauthorized use of seven of Auriga’s microprocessor and semiconductor patents.
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