By Tess Stynes
CA Inc. (CA) filed a suit against AppDynamics Inc., claiming the
company, which was founded by a former employee, infringed on some
of CA's patents.
AppDynamics founder and Chief Executive Jyoti Bansal led the
design and architecture effort for several products at Wily
Technology, before CA's $375 million acquisition of the company.
Mr. Jyoti founded AppDynamics in early 2008, according the
company's website.
CA is seeking an injunction against AppDynamics as well as an
undisclosed amount of damages over the infringement of patents that
CA says were part of the Wily acquisition.
An AppDynamics spokesman wasn't immediately available to
comment.
This is the second patent suit filed related to the technology.
During November, CA accused privately held New Relic Inc., which
was founded by former CA and Wily employee Lew Cirne, of reusing
the some of the intellectual property CA also acquired in the Wily
Technology deal.
The three companies offer tools for application-performance
management, a software niche that allows information-technology
managers to track how efficiently programs are working.
CA shares were up 1.3% at $25 in recent trading. The stock is up
14% this year.
Write to Tess Stynes at Tess.Stynes@dowjones.com
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