Infosys filed a counterclaim against rival Cognizant in Texas federal court on Thursday, accusing the US-based company of engaging in anti-competitive practices and poaching key executives.
India's second-largest software company has accused Cognizant of anti-competitive practices such as including clauses in contracts that stop clients from awarding IT services work to competitors and denying them training on its software.
The Bengaluru-based company said Cognizant has engaged in targeted hiring of key senior executives, including the appointment of S Ravi Kumar as its CEO in 2023, and delayed the possibility of developing a competing software product called Infosys Helix.
Infosys and Cognizant did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
After Cognizant subsidiary TriZetto ( AXPAST.UL ) sued Infosys last August, accusing the Indian tech major of stealing trade secrets related to its healthcare insurance software.
TriZetto's Facets and QNXT are used by health insurance companies to automate administrative tasks.
The Teaneck, New Jersey company said in its complaint that Infosys misused TriZetto's software to create “test cases for Facets” that improperly repackaged TriZetto's data into an Infosys product.
Infosys has sought treble damages and an award of attorneys' fees and costs related to the case. The amount of damages was not disclosed in the filing.
The case is Cognizant TriZetto Software Group Inc v. Infosys Ltd, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, No. 3:24-cv-02158-X.