
2/12/2024 · Patrick Nemeroff, Emily Terrell
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This post details Cloudflare's successful defense and jury verdict against patent troll Sable IP and Sable Networks. It highlights the company's strategy of fighting meritless claims through legal defense and crowdsourcing prior art via Project Jengo. The post recaps the litigation history, including the narrowing of claims and the invalidation of two patents prior to trial. It emphasizes the technical challenges Sable faced in mapping old hardware-based router technology to Cloudflare's modern software-defined architecture and the jury's finding of no infringement and patent invalidity. The post also frames the victory as a broader statement against patent system abuse and a commitment to fostering innovation.