Patent Infringement

Protecting Innovation: Presidential Review Period Expires in ‘945 Investigation

We learned this morning that the U.S. Trade Representative and the White House have rejected Arista’s “trade policy” pleas, and refused to stop the ITC’s limited exclusion and cease and desist orders from going into effect. The orders were issued in response to Arista’s infringement of two Cisco pat…

June 21, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Protecting Innovation: ITC Enforcement Action Initial Determination

We received word today that an ITC judge has issued a decision that Arista’s redesigned products do not continue to use the Cisco “SysDB” patented technology, which Arista was found to have infringed in the ITC’s “944 Investigation”.  The judge’s order is subject to review by the full Commission, an…

December 9, 2016

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Protecting Innovation: ITC Confirms Arista Products Violate Additional Cisco Patents

Cisco has won another important ruling from the ITC in our effort to stop Arista from using our intellectual property. In the Initial Determination for the second ITC investigation (known as ‘945), the judge confirmed that Arista has infringed another two Cisco patents covering critical core network…