Hugging Face AI developer platform Hugging Face is suing Korean AI startup FriendliAI, alleging that it infringes one of its patents.
For one Fol On Friday in Delaware Northern District Court, FriendliAI reached a “confidentiality agreement” with Hugging Face on Jan. 8, agreeing to dismiss its lawsuit with “prejudice,” meaning it cannot be brought back to court.
“FriendliAI and Hugging Face hereby agree to dismiss this case without cost or compensation to any party,” the filing states. “The court shall retain jurisdiction over the parties' settlement agreement.”
Hugging Face did not respond to a press request for comment.
In a lawsuit filed nearly two years ago, FriendliAI accused Brooklyn-based Hugging Face of infringing its patent for “repeated level scheduling.” California Founded in 2021, VC-backed FriendliAI, with an office in Redwood City, primarily develops infrastructure solutions for AI.
FriendliAI Requests Its patented technology, described in an application to the US Patent and Trademark Office, improves the process of aggregating data fed to an AI system. The patent also covers AI systems that allow a user to send completed requests within a batch and new requests to be added to a batch before the entire batch is processed.
FriendliAI claims to be the “server” part of Hugging Face. Text Generation Inference The tool used its patented method to batch incoming requests. FriendliAI compensatory damages; Better damages for “willingness”; a court order prohibiting further infringement or the granting of license fees; Seeking attorneys' fees and costs.
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