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Hugging Face , the AI developer platform , has settled a suit against Korean AI startup FriendliAI , which had accused Hugging Face of infringing on one of its patent of invention .
Per afilingon Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Delaware , FriendliAI reached a “ confidential agreement ” with Hugging Face on January 8 and has agree to dismiss its suit “ with prejudice , ” meaning it ca n’t be brought back to court .
“ FriendliAI and Hugging Face hereby stipulate to dismissal … without costs and fee to any party of this sheath , ” reads the filing . “ The motor hotel shall hold back legal power over the parties ’ settlement agreement . ”
Hugging Face had n’t respond to a asking for comment at press time .
In the suit of clothes , file away nearly two twelvemonth ago , FriendliAI aver that Brooklyn - based Hugging Face violate its letters patent on “ batch with looping - level scheduling . ” VC - second FriendliAI , which also has an office in Redwood City , California , was founded in 2021 and primarily develops infrastructure resolution for AI .
FriendliAIclaimsthat its patented engineering science , described in an coating to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office , ameliorate the process of batch data fed into an AI system to allow the system to process multiple requests at once . The patent also covers AI system that allow finished requests from within a batch to be sent to a drug user and new requests to be impart to a batch before the full batch has been process .
FriendliAI claimed that the “ host ” element of Hugging Face’sText Generation Inferencetool used its patented method to batch incoming request . FriendliAI was seek compensatory harm , enhanced damages for “ unruliness , ” a court order blockade further infringement or present a licensing fee , and lawyer ’ fees and costs .
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Hugging Face , which hasraiseda sum of $ 235 million from backer , including Google , Amazon , Nvidia , Intel , and Salesforce , is one of the largest depository of AI tools and models in the humankind . In plus to hosting model and tools , the fellowship educate its own , and it extend consulting services to help enterprises fine - tune , customize , and deploy AI .
