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FriendliAI Inc. v. Hugging Face, Inc.

FriendliAI Inc. sued Hugging Face Inc., alleging infringement of its patent on dynamic batching for AI inference systems used in Hugging Face's Text Generation Inference server.[2][3] The case proceeded under patent infringement law in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, filed July 28, 2023, with a discovery dispute in 2024 where FriendliAI's motion to compel was denied as premature.[1][4] The parties settled via confidential agreement on January 8, 2025, leading to dismissal with prejudice while the court retained jurisdiction.[3]

🏛️ D. Del.· Case No. 1:23-cv-00816· Filed Jul 28, 2023

Summary

FriendliAI Inc. sued Hugging Face Inc., alleging infringement of its patent on dynamic batching for AI inference systems used in Hugging Face's Text Generation Inference server.[2][3] The case proceeded under patent infringement law in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, filed July 28, 2023, with a discovery dispute in 2024 where FriendliAI's motion to compel was denied as premature.[1][4] The parties settled via confidential agreement on January 8, 2025, leading to dismissal with prejudice while the court retained jurisdiction.[3]

Case details

Court
D. Del.
Docket number
1:23-cv-00816
Filed
Jul 28, 2023
Status
Active

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