Legal Opinion
Altova GMBH v. Syncro Soft SRL
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 26, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17-11642-PBSPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaris, C.J.
*316INTRODUCTION
This case involves a patent dispute between Altova GmbH and Altova, Inc. (collectively, "Altova"), and Syncro Soft SRL ("Syncro Soft"), direct competitors in the market for extensible markup language ("XML")1 editor software. The patent at issue, owned by Altova, concerns an automatic fix feature for errors in XML coding.
Syncro Soft has moved to disqualify its former law firm Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP ("Sunstein") from representing Altova, based on Sunstein's representation of Syncro Soft. The Court has stayed the proceedings pending resolution of the inter partes review…
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