Hexaware faces $500 million patent lawsuit

Natsoft Corp., an American IT Services company, filed a lawsuit against Hexaware Technologies Ltd, which was looking for $ 500 million damage to one of the largest patent cases against an Indian CT company. The amount of damage by Natsoft is slightly more than one third of Hexaware’s full year income last year.

Natsoft, which was organized specially, filed a lawsuit against the Tenth Largest CT company of India at an Illinois Regional Court on September 23rd, and said the work of nine patents developed by Natsoft’s BT Services Company, which was acquired in 2024.

For Hexaware, a fine of $ 500 million means almost four times its net profit. La1,174 CRORE ($ 132 million) for the last financial year. Following the January-December financial calendar, Hexaware ended with an increase of 14% annually last year with an income of $ 1.43 billion.

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In his complaint, Natsoft accused Hexaware of using his patents for selling and advertising his own software products for software modernization and gene AI applications. Application is the application of old software for new information processing approaches, including new languages, frames and infrastructure platforms.

Natsoft’s complaint, “Hexaware’s public report on application modernization services,“ Updraft ı Hexaware’s application of modernization services recognized as a “partner”, he said.

Natsoft accused Hexaware in 13 censuses, including a contract and patent violation. In addition to searching for damage, he asked the court not to allow Hexaware to use and marketing the patents that are currently under investigation.

“35 USC § 284 is sufficient to cause a damage of 500 million dollars or to compensate for the plaintiffs for violations of the defendants, but not limited to a reasonable copyright, with a lesser situation less than interest and costs, with a lesser damage to the desire of the urgency, to be more than a situation, to the desire of the urgency.

However, Hexaware claims that he has not received any complaints.

Hexaware said in a statement on Thursday that he has not received any notification or official communication from the US court or plaintiffs about the above -mentioned trials. ”

The e -mails sent to Hexaware and Natsoft remained unanswered.

Natsoft said that Hexaware introduced these software products on the website without permission and compensation for it.

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Natsoft’s claims

Natsoft said that its affiliated organization has invested 100 million dollars to develop these vehicles, which are currently marketed and sold by Hexaware.

“Updraft lasted about 5-6 years to improve the first versions of these vehicles, and since the first patent applications in 2011, it has continued to develop these vehicles with more development and improvement. In total, so far, UPDRAFT has spent hundreds of employees in multiple countries in multiple countries. He said.

“The defendants did not ask the plaintiffs (Natsoft) to allow the plaintiffs (Natsoft) to allow the plaintiffs, nor the defendants compensated for the plaintiffs to do so. By calling the plaintiffs in the marketing literature, the defendants will deliberately be committed to the plaintiffs, the plaintiffs will be committed to commitment They’il be found, otherwise they’d get fame.

He even got information about this kind of intentional ads.

“The plaintiffs were initially called to the defendants, as well as other things, in a letter dated February 24, 2025, violating the updraft patents based on Rapidx, sent by e-mail and USPS priority mails. Knowing each of the patents, knowing what you know each of the patents, 24, 2025, ”Read the complaint.

Rapidx is the AI platform used to modernize the old software and code of Hexaware. The company has chosen two platforms, including the Amaza and Tensai, which Hexaware has deployed for customers.

When Hexaware contacted, this application reportedly indicated the other uses of modernization software to resist Natsoft’s patent.

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Legal wars

According to HFS Research’s General Manager Phil Fersht, “The case is a reputation and operational distraction for Hexaware.”

“Hexaware should be proactive to communicate with customers, employees and investors that the situation is under control. Legal problems need to be managed in parallel with reassuring stakeholders that work continuity is not affected.

Natsoft is represented by Maxson Mago & Macaulay, LLP and Shelhoff Canfield & Chin LLC.

In a similar case, he did not first appear against a David Goliath. After years of legal wars and appeals, a US court decided that Tata Consultancy Services Ltd would pay $ 140 million to Epic Systems in 2023 after discovering some TCS employees playing Epic’s software.

Cognizant and InfoS are still in a court war on the abuse of commercial secrets and anti -competitive behaviors of both companies’ health software products.

For Hexaware, this case comes at a time when he is facing his own troubles. Hexaware is in an Indian line in just less than a year, at the same time, it is also lower than two of its best accounts, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.