

Hexaware moves court to dismiss $500 million US patent suit by Natsoft
Mint has seen copies of both filings.Privately held Natsoft filed its lawsuit against Hexaware in an Illinois district court on 23 September, alleging that Hexaware used application modernization software whose functioning was covered by nine patents developed by Updraft, an IT services company Natsoft acquired in 2024. The company claimed Hexaware marketed these products for both application modernization and GenAI use cases.
Application modernization refers to the practice of updating older software systems.Natsoft is represented by Maxson Mago & Macaulay, LLP, and Shelhoff Canfield & Chin LLC. Hexaware is represented by Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP.In its submissions, New Jersey-based Hexaware said Natsoft’s complaint merely describes the software development life cycle (SDLC), a standard process for creating software that includes planning, designing, developing, and maintaining software tools.“The Complaint’s descriptions regarding the Accused Products comprise statements allegedly made publicly by Hexaware that do no more than describe the various stages of the SDLC (software development life cycle) as implemented for modernizing legacy code.
These statements mimic the generic and vague elements of the asserted claims,” said Hexaware.For Hexaware, which follows a January-December fiscal year, damages of $500 million would amount to nearly four times its net profit of ₹1,174 crore ($132 million) in the last fiscal year. The company ended the year with revenue of $1.43 billion, up 14% year-on-year.Natsoft is a New Jersey-based IT services company with about 2,000 associates, providing back-end IT services and managing customer support for roughly 500 clients globally.In its filings, Hexaware said all
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