Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organizations, today announced it had filed a lawsuit against UpGuard in the U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Oregon.
The suit alleges that UpGuard violates Tripwire patent rights under United States Patent No. 7,316,016 issued January 1, 2008, and seeks damages and to bar UpGuard’s continued infringement in the United States. The suit further alleges trade secret misappropriation and intentional interference with economic relationships.
“Intellectual property is core to technology businesses, especially innovative companies that are the pioneers in their space,” said Ambyr O’Donnell, Tripwire’s vice president and general counsel. “Tripwire has invested heavily in innovation during the last two decades. We have an obligation to protect our investments and defend our intellectual property when it is being infringed.”
About Tripwire
Tripwire is a leading provider of security, compliance and IT operations solutions for enterprises, industrial organizations, service providers and government agencies. Tripwire solutions are based on high-fidelity asset visibility and deep endpoint intelligence combined with business context; together these solutions integrate and automate security and IT operations. Tripwire’s portfolio of enterprise-class solutions includes configuration and policy management, file integrity monitoring, vulnerability management, log management, and reporting and analytics. Learn more at tripwire.com, get security news, trends and insights at tripwire.com/blog or follow us on Twitter @TripwireInc.”
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Contacts:
Ray Lapena, 714-624-8862
PR Manager
rlapena@tripwire.com
