Credit: REUTERS/Dominick Reuter Red Hat faces a patent infringement lawsuit this week over an application that came under its wing as a result of its acquisition of JBoss.FireStar Software, based in Boxborough, Mass., alleges that the Hibernate 3.0 software infringes on a patent issued in August 2000. The patent involves mapping between an object model and a relational database.Hibernate 3.0, a persistence engine, is a component of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe FireStar is seeking unspecified damages. The patent claim could potentially have an effect beyond Red Hat, wrote Florian Mueller, a leading activist against software patents. “It seems to me that the FireStar patent is quite broad, and if it is upheld, it will affect other companies as well,” Mueller wrote in a blog posting on Thursday.Red Hat, which distributes a version of Linux, announced it would buy JBoss for US$350 million in April, adding the strong open-source middleware vendor to its portfolio. -Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service (London Bureau)Related Link: Red Hat Revenue Continues to IncreaseCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion CIOs worry about Gen AI – for all the right reasons Generative AI is poised to be the most consequential information technology of the decade. Plenty of promise. But expect novel new challenges to your enterprise data platform. By Mike Feibus Sep 20, 2023 7 mins CIO Generative AI Artificial Intelligence brandpost How Zero Trust can help align the CIO and CISO By Jaye Tillson, Field CTO at HPE Aruba Networking Sep 20, 2023 4 mins Zero Trust brandpost So, you’re ready to invest in Universal ZTNA. Here’s what you should know With careful evaluation and planning, implementing Universal ZTNA for all users offers a simple, effective way to enhance security across your entire network. By Peter Newton Sep 20, 2023 6 mins Zero Trust news ServiceNow boasts industry-first gen AI general availability with Vancouver release of Now Most major software vendors say they will incorporate generative AI in their applications; ServiceNow claims it will be the first to deliver the code. By Peter Sayer Sep 20, 2023 6 mins CIO Software Providers Zero Trust Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe