Splunk Files Intellectual Property Lawsuit Against Cribl
October 05 2022 - 4:26PM
Business Wire
Asserts Cribl Willfully Infringes Splunk’s
Patents and Copyrights and Has Misappropriated Confidential
Business and Technical Documents
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), the data platform leader for
security and observability, today announced that it filed a lawsuit
against Cribl in the United States District Court for the District
of Delaware, alleging patent infringement, copyright infringement,
unfair competition, and other claims. The complaint alleges that
Cribl infringes numerous Splunk copyrights and patents, and has
unlawfully misappropriated Splunk source code and confidential
materials.
Splunk’s complaint alleges that Clint Sharp, CEO and Co-founder
of Cribl, founded Cribl using code that he took from Splunk when he
was a Splunk employee without permission or a license to do so.
Splunk further alleges that Cribl and Mr. Sharp encouraged Splunk
employees, who they recruited to Cribl, to misappropriate
confidential technical and business documents from Splunk.
Moreover, Splunk alleges that since then, Cribl has developed and
marketed its software by, among other things, making unlicensed
copies of Splunk’s copyrighted software, and is willfully
infringing numerous patents awarded to Splunk by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
According to the complaint, Cribl is “a business built on the
back of Splunk’s labor and intellectual property, without license
and without regard for ethics, the rights of others, or the law.”
The complaint explains further that unfortunately Cribl’s actions
left Splunk no choice but to file this lawsuit. While Splunk is
disappointed that Cribl’s behavior and wrongdoing have forced it to
take this action, Splunk is confident the judicial process will
determine that Cribl has infringed and misappropriated Splunk’s
intellectual property for Cribl’s own benefit. This case is about
Cribl’s misconduct. Splunk is not changing how it works with
customers and partners, and looks forward to continuing to help
them leverage Splunk to drive great insights and effective
results.
Splunk has long been a pioneer and leader in the data platform
industry, as evidenced by the well over 1,000 patents that have
been granted to Splunk by the United States Patent and Trademark
Office. Splunk remains committed to protecting the foundational
innovations that define its reputation and brand.
For additional information regarding Splunk’s lawsuit against
Cribl, please visit the Splunk blog.
About Splunk Inc.
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) helps organizations around the world
turn data into doing. Splunk technology is designed to investigate,
monitor, analyze and act on data at any scale.
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Splunk Inc. All rights reserved.
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