Published on: 2025-05-27 01:11:00
The big picture: Following its acquisition by Broadcom, VMware has become a focal point of controversy in the tech industry. Now, the virtualization company is hitting back by taking Siemens to court over an alleged massive software license infringement. Broadcom has filed a lawsuit against the US arm of Siemens AG, accusing the German conglomerate of using "thousands" of VMware products without proper licenses. According to the lawsuit, the two companies had an agreement for a specific number
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-29 18:54:33
VMware is suing the US arm of industrial giant AG Siemens. The Broadcom company claims that Siemens outed itself by revealing to VMware that it downloaded and distributed multiple copies of VMware products without buying a license. VMware filed the lawsuit (PDF) on March 21 in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, as spotted by The Register. In the complaint, VMware says that it has had a Master Software License and Service Agreement with Siemens since November 28, 2012. The virt
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