Editing NetApp (section)

====Legal dispute with Sun Microsystems====
In September 2007, NetApp started proceedings against [[Sun Microsystems]], claiming that the [[ZFS]] File System developed by Sun infringed its patents.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.news.com/NetApp-files-patent-suit-against-Sun/2100-1014_3-6206194.html | title = NetApp files patent suit against Sun | date = September 5, 2007 | access-date = October 25, 2007 | archive-date = October 13, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081013231955/http://www.news.com/NetApp-files-patent-suit-against-Sun/2100-1014_3-6206194.html  }}</ref> The following month, Sun announced plans to countersue based on alleged misuse by NetApp of Sun's own patented technology.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9803882-39.html| title = Sun plans to countersue NetApp| date = October 24, 2007| access-date = October 25, 2007| archive-date = August 21, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080821213101/http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9803882-39.html}}</ref> Several of NetApp's patent claims were rejected on the basis of [[prior art]] after re-examination by the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sun.com/lawsuit/zfs/ | title = NetApp Patent Lawsuit Against ZFS Open Source Technology | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109044219/http://www.sun.com/lawsuit/zfs/|archive-date=November 9, 2010|access-date = August 13, 2010}}</ref> On September 9, 2010, NetApp announced an agreement with [[Oracle Corporation]] (the new owner of Sun Microsystems) to dismiss the suits.<ref>
{{cite web| url = https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/360107/oracle_netapp_agree_settle_zfs_patent_litigation/?fp=2&fpid=1/oracle_netapp_agree_settle_zfs_patent_litigation | title = Oracle, NetApp agree to settle ZFS patent litigation | date = September 10, 2010 | access-date = January 6, 2024|publisher=ARN}}</ref>