Amazon Ordered to Pay $525 Million for Patent Infringement in Cloud Storage Technology

A federal jury in Illinois ruled that Amazon Web Services infringed on three patents held by Chicago-based tech company Kove, a decision Amazon plans to appeal.

Amazon Web Services, the cloud-service arm of Amazon, has been found guilty of infringing on Kove's data-storage technology patents.
The jury awarded Kove $525 million, marking a significant victory for the smaller company against the tech giant.
Despite the verdict, Amazon disagrees with the ruling and intends to appeal the decision.
Kove, which specializes in high-performance cloud storage, initiated the lawsuit against Amazon in 2018.
The case highlights ongoing legal battles over intellectual property rights in the technology sector, with Kove also having sued Google over the same patents.