Netflix Seeks Sanctions Against Texas IP Firm in Patent Dispute

Netflix Inc. told a California federal judge the former attorney of a Finnish inventor violated a protective order in a patent-infringement suit by giving the entertainment company’s confidential information to a litigation funder.

Bill Ramey and his Texas-based firm Ramey LLP disclosed Netflix’s confidential information, including financial records and source code, to litigation funder AiPi LLC, Netflix said in a motion for sanctions filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Netflix said the sharing of its information violated the court’s July 2022 protective order because AiPi hadn’t been disclosed as counsel for plaintiff Lauri ...