HP Accuses ServiceNow of Infringing Sotware Patents
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Hewlett-Packard Co. accused ServiceNow Inc. of infringing eight patents for software used to manage companies’ computer networks in a lawsuit that seeks damages for lost profits.
ServiceNow, a direct competitor of HP’s in information technology management, is infringing patents for managing Web services, automating IT incidents and modeling communications networks, according to the complaint filed today in federal court in California and assigned to a judge in San Jose.