Netflix recently slapped VMWare, the Broadcom-owned virtualisation company, over multiple allegations of patent infringement. Supposedly, the latter had

The patents in question cover some critical behind-the-scenes tech that helps keep virtual machines running smoothly, according to the lawsuit filed in a California federal court.

Netflix has filed a lawsuit against Broadcom, accusing its subsidiary VMware of infringing on multiple patents related to virtual machine technology.

Netflix is suing Broadcom over patent infringement a few years after Broadcom sued Netflix for similar reasons.

Video streaming giant Netflix Inc. is suing Broadcom Inc. over virtual machine patents owned by the company’s subsidiary VMware Inc. According to the lawsuit filed with a California federal court by Netflix Monday, the company said VMware’s cloud software infringes on five patents related to virtual machines.

Netflix sues Broadcom's cloud computing subsidiary VMware for patent infringement. Broadcom had previously filed a patent dispute against Netflix in 2018.

Video streaming behemoth Netflix is suing Broadcom over virtual machine (VM) patents. According to the lawsuit, filed with a California federal court, Broadcom’s subsidiary VMware is in violation of five different patent rights, including the rights for “424 Patent”, “707 Patent”, “891 Patent”, “893 Patent”, and “122 Patent”.

Netflix sued Broadcom in California federal court on Monday, accusing the chipmaker's cloud computing subsidiary VMware of violating its patent rights in "virtual machines" that run another computer's operating software on a host computer.