Netflix has sued Broadcom in California federal court, accusing the chipmaker’s cloud computing subsidiary VMware of violating its patent rights in virtual machines. From a report: The lawsuit said VMware’s cloud software infringes five Netflix patents covering aspects of operating virtual machines. Broadcom and Netflix have been embroiled in a separate patent dispute since 2018 over Netflix’s alleged infringement of Broadcom patents related to video streaming technology, with cases in California, Germany and the Netherlands.