Kyndryl Assigned Patent

Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (12118118) developed by Reyes; Joseph, Pelham, NY, Kronstadt; Andrew S., Pensacola, FL, and Bode; Christopher C., Cary, NC, for “storing legal hold data in cloud data storage units.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Technology for storing legal hold data in the cloud (for example, in containers), where the source of the data stored in the cloud is independent backup copy(ies) that are maintained by an enterprise subject to a legal hold order. Changing the legal hold data as it is stored in the set of backup copy(ies) in a manner will not change the legal hold data as it is stored in the cloud. Mechanism may also be provided for auditing chain of custody and authenticating parties who request legal hold data to be delivered from cloud storage.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-09-17 (17/023590).