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TCS, Wipro US patent suits worsen IT's woes
Mint Mumbai
|November 25, 2025
Two of the country’s largest information technology (IT) services companies—Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Wipro Ltd—faced fresh patent violations in the last 45 days, signalling challenges to their expansion of service offerings.
Cases mark growing patent scrutiny of Indian IT.
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Albuquerque-based Calibrate Networks LLC filed a lawsuit against TCS for allegedly using and selling its patented technology, while Florida-based Mobility Workx LLC filed a separate complaint accusing Wipro of infringing upon its telecom-related patents, according to court filings.
The two cases mark growing patent scrutiny of India’s $283 billion IT sector even as it grapples with low demand from clients. Homegrown IT services companies have been building software platforms and products to expand their services to clients. These require certain technologies which are similar to those patented by peers, triggering disputes.
Patents are licences granted to inventors, which prohibit others from creating, using, or selling such inventions for a specified time.
This story is from the November 25, 2025 edition of Mint Mumbai.
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