Zoom Files Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against RingCentral
Zoom is suing unified communications and collaboration competitor RingCentral for allegedly continuing to use its trademarks after a years-long partnership, according to heavily redacted lawsuits and news reports.
According to the heavily redacted complaint, filed March 11 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the two companies had been in a partnership over the last seven-plus years in which Zoom provides its videoconferencing services for RingCentral to resell under its own RingCentral Meetings brand.
However, that agreement was amended along the way – the lawsuit suggests there was a tipping point in 2020, which was a very successful year for Zoom as the company dominated the videoconferencing market that became a business necessity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
