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CA Technologies Files Counterclaims Against AppDynamics and Its Founders [Manufacturing Close - Up](Manufacturing Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) CA Technologies reported that it has filed counterclaims against AppDynamics and its founders, Jyoti Bansal and Bhaskar Sunkara, in a lawsuit pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. In its release on July 21, CA said it is clear that significant portions of the AppDynamics code was written while its founders were CA employees. CA noted that it will take every necessary step to ensure that others do not use its code or infringe its patents. CA reports that it is seeking a court declaration that it owns the code written prior to Bansal's and Sunkara's departure from CA as well as any derivative works. CA notes that it is also seeking an injunction against AppDynamics prohibiting the misuse of CA's intellectual property and financial damages. According to the Company, the claims filed on July 21 allege that Bansal and Sunkara secretly began to develop an Application Performance Monitoring (APM) product and business to compete directly with CA while they were still CA employees. CA maintains that these actions occurred after CA acquired Wily Technologies, its APM product and its key software engineers in 2006. CA alleges these actions violated obligations Bansal and Sunkara had under agreements with CA, breached duties they owed under law and infringed CA's intellectual property rights. In April 2013, CA said it filed a patent infringement suit against AppDynamics in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. CA noted that it discovered the facts underlying its current claims during pre-trial proceedings in the New York case. CA Technologies provides IT management solutions that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to support agile business services. More information: www.ca.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |