Data-center company Core Scientific Inc.’s Bitcoin-mining activities infringe cryptography patents originally obtained by
Core Scientific has engaged in Bitcoin mining since emerging from bankruptcy in January 2024, Ireland-based Malikie and its trust beneficiary Key Patent Innovations Ltd. said in a complaint filed Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Core Scientific refused to engage in licensing talks, according to the complaint, saying demand letters send by Malikie violated bankruptcy orders.
Core Scientific threatened litigation, Malikie and Key Patent said. “You can send me a letter …