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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Check-Point-2024-logo-color.svg/300px-Check-Point-2024-logo-color.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Check-Point-2024-logo-color.svg/400px-Check-Point-2024-logo-color.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="236" data-file-height="50" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Check_Point_HQ_new_wing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Check_Point_HQ_new_wing.jpg/200px-Check_Point_HQ_new_wing.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Check_Point_HQ_new_wing.jpg/300px-Check_Point_HQ_new_wing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Check_Point_HQ_new_wing.jpg/400px-Check_Point_HQ_new_wing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3395" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">In 2018 Check Point added a <a href="/wiki/Green_wall" title="Green wall">green wall</a> to its headquarters in Tel Aviv.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nasdaq" title="Nasdaq">Nasdaq</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/chkp">CHKP</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Security_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Security software">Security software</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware">Computer hardware</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1993<span class="noprint">; 32 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1993</span>)</span> in <a href="/wiki/Ramat_Gan,_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramat Gan, Israel">Ramat Gan, Israel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Shwed" title="Gil Shwed">Gil Shwed</a></li><li>Marius Nacht</li><li><a href="/wiki/Shlomo_Kramer" title="Shlomo Kramer">Shlomo Kramer</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/San_Carlos,_California" title="San Carlos, California">San Carlos, California</a>, U.S.</li><li><a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Nadav Zafrir (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</li><li>Gil Shwed (<a href="/wiki/Executive_chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive chairman">Executive chairman</a></li><li>Jerry Ungerman (<a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dorit_Dor" title="Dorit Dor">Dorit Dor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chief_technology_officer" title="Chief technology officer">CTO</a>)</li><li>Roei Golan (<a href="/wiki/Chief_financial_officer" title="Chief financial officer">CFO</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">FireWall-1, <a href="/wiki/VPN-1" class="mw-redirect" title="VPN-1">VPN-1</a>, UTM-1,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Check_Point_Integrity" title="Check Point Integrity">Check Point Integrity</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Intrusion_prevention_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Intrusion prevention system">Intrusion prevention systems</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/End_point_security" class="mw-redirect" title="End point security">End point security</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Security_appliance" title="Security appliance">Security appliances</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Web_application_security" class="mw-redirect" title="Web application security">Web application security</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Mobile_security" title="Mobile security">Mobile security</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Cloud_security" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloud security">Cloud security</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Security_management" title="Security management">Security management</a> <br /> Infinity Architecture</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>2.17 billion</span> (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$908 million (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$816 million (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$5.90 billion (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$3.26 billion (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,805 (December 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ZoneAlarm" title="ZoneAlarm">ZoneAlarm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://checkpoint.com">checkpoint<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.</b> is an American-Israeli multinational provider of software and combined hardware and software products for <a href="/wiki/IT_security" class="mw-redirect" title="IT security">IT security</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Network_security" title="Network security">network security</a>, <a href="/wiki/Endpoint_security" title="Endpoint security">endpoint security</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cloud_security" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloud security">cloud security</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mobile_security" title="Mobile security">mobile security</a>, <a href="/wiki/Data_security" title="Data security">data security</a> and <a href="/wiki/Security_management" title="Security management">security management</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Check_Point&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Check Point was established in <a href="/wiki/Ramat_Gan" title="Ramat Gan">Ramat Gan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> in 1993, by <a href="/wiki/Gil_Shwed" title="Gil Shwed">Gil Shwed</a> (<a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> as of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Check_Point&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>), Marius Nacht (Chairman as of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Check_Point&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>) and <a href="/wiki/Shlomo_Kramer" title="Shlomo Kramer">Shlomo Kramer</a> (who left Check Point in 2003).<sup id="cite_ref-Profile_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Profile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shwed had the initial idea for the company's core technology known as <a href="/wiki/Stateful_inspection" class="mw-redirect" title="Stateful inspection">stateful inspection</a>, which became the foundation for the company's first product, FireWall-1; soon afterwards they also developed one of the world's first <a href="/wiki/Virtual_private_network" title="Virtual private network">VPN</a> products, <a href="/wiki/VPN-1" class="mw-redirect" title="VPN-1">VPN-1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mayor_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mayor-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shwed developed the idea while serving in the <a href="/wiki/Unit_8200" title="Unit 8200">Unit 8200</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a>, where he worked on securing classified networks.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initial funding of <a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>250,000 was provided by <a href="/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> fund BRM Group.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1994 Check Point signed an <a href="/wiki/OEM" class="mw-redirect" title="OEM">OEM</a> agreement with <a href="/wiki/Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Mayor_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mayor-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by a distribution agreement with <a href="/wiki/Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">HP</a> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-Release_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Release-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, the U.S. head office was established in <a href="/wiki/Redwood_City,_California" title="Redwood City, California">Redwood City, California</a>. </p><p>By February 1996, the company was named worldwide <a href="/wiki/Firewall_(computing)" title="Firewall (computing)">firewall</a> market leader by <a href="/wiki/International_Data_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="International Data Corporation">IDC</a>, with a market share of 40 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-Release2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Release2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1996 Check Point raised $67 million from its <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a> on <a href="/wiki/NASDAQ" class="mw-redirect" title="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Breznitz_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breznitz-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, Check Point established a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Nokia" title="Nokia">Nokia</a>, which bundled Check Point's Software with Nokia's computer <a href="/wiki/Security_appliance" title="Security appliance">Network Security Appliances</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Breznitz_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breznitz-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, a <a href="/wiki/Class-action_lawsuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Class-action lawsuit">class-action lawsuit</a> was filed against Check Point over violation of the <a href="/wiki/Securities_Exchange_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Securities Exchange Act">Securities Exchange Act</a> by failing to disclose major financial information.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 August 2003 Check Point opened its branch in India's capital, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> (with the legal name Check Point Software Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.). Eyal Desheh was the first director appointed in India. </p><p>During the first decade of the 21st century Check Point started acquiring other <a href="/wiki/IT_security" class="mw-redirect" title="IT security">IT security</a> companies, including Nokia's network security business unit in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-checkpoint.com_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-checkpoint.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, the company discovered malware, which it named "AdultSwine", that was found programmed into around 60 apps on the <a href="/wiki/Google_Play_Store" class="mw-redirect" title="Google Play Store">Google Play Store</a>, primarily those aimed at children. The bug would display pornographic ads that, when clicked on, would instruct victims to download more malicious software in an attempt to steal <a href="/wiki/Personal_data" title="Personal data">personal data</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It's estimated that between 3 and 7 million users may have been infected.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, researchers at Check Point found a security breach in <a href="/wiki/Xiaomi" title="Xiaomi">Xiaomi</a> phone apps.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The security flaw was reported preinstalled.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the years many employees who worked at Check Point have left to start their own software companies. These include <a href="/wiki/Shlomo_Kramer" title="Shlomo Kramer">Shlomo Kramer</a>, who started <a href="/wiki/Imperva" title="Imperva">Imperva</a>; Nir Zuk, who founded <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto_Networks" title="Palo Alto Networks">Palo Alto Networks</a>; Ruvi Kitov and Reuven Harrison of <a href="/wiki/Tufin" title="Tufin">Tufin</a>; Yonadav Leitersdorf, who founded <a href="/wiki/Indeni_(company)" title="Indeni (company)">Indeni</a>; and Avi Shua, who founded <a href="/w/index.php?title=Orca_Security(company)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orca Security(company) (page does not exist)">Orca Security</a>. </p><p>In December 2024, Gil Shwed moved to become Executive Chairman of the Board of Check Point. Nadav Zafrir joined Check Point as the new Chief Executive Officer. <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critics">Critics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Check_Point&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Critics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of December 2023, Check Point Software continues to operate in Russia, selling its cybersecurity products in the country. Despite the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the company has maintained its office in Moscow and has faced criticism for its decision to remain active in Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="SofaWare_legal_battle">SofaWare legal battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Check_Point&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: SofaWare legal battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SofaWare Technologies was founded in 1999, as a cooperation between Check Point and SofaWare's founders, Adi Ruppin and Etay Bogner, with the purpose of extending Check Point from the enterprise market to the small business, consumer and branch office market. SofaWare's co-founder Adi Ruppin said that his company wanted to make the technology simple to use and affordable, and to lift the burden of security management from end users while adding some features.<sup id="cite_ref-interview_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001 SofaWare began selling firewall appliances under the SofaWare S-Box brand;<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2002 the company started selling the Safe@Office and Safe@Home line of security appliances, under the Check Point brand.<sup id="cite_ref-interview_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the fourth quarter of 2002 sales of SofaWare's Safe@Office firewall/VPN appliances had increased greatly, and SofaWare held the #1 revenue position in the worldwide firewall/VPN sub-$490 appliance market, with a 38% revenue market share.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Relations between Check Point and the SofaWare founders went sour after the company acquisition in 2002. 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In 2006 the <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a> District Court Judge ruled that Bogner SofaWare could sue Check Point by proxy for $5.1 million in alleged damage to SofaWare.<sup id="cite_ref-Arbel_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arbel-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bogner claimed that Check Point, which owned 60% of Sofaware, had behaved belligerently, and withheld money due for use of SofaWare technology and products<sup id="cite_ref-Arbel_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arbel-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Check Point appealed the ruling, but lost.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009 the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Supreme Court">Israeli Supreme Court</a> ruled that a group of founders of SofaWare, which includes Bogner, had <a href="/wiki/Veto" title="Veto">veto</a> power over any decision of SofaWare. The court ruled that the three founders could exercise their veto power only as a group and by majority rule. </p><p>In 2011 Check Point settled all litigation relating to SofaWare. 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