ITC Issues Split Determination in Arista/Cisco Patent Dispute -- Update
June 24 2016 - 11:52AM
Dow Jones News
By Josh Beckerman
Networking products company Arista Networks Inc., which has been
in a patent dispute with Cisco Systems Inc., said the International
Trade Commission issued a limited exclusion order and
cease-and-desist order against it concerning two features.
The ITC ruled in Arista's favor on two other features, finding
that they don't infringe Cisco's patents.
In February, an ITC administrative law judge ruled in favor of
Arista on two of four features, a ruling that was subject to the
final determination announced Thursday.
"Arista respects the commission's decision and intends to fully
comply with the orders," the company said.
Arista previously released a version of its software with
"design-arounds that it believes address the ITC's findings." The
company will seek regulatory approval for these design-arounds.
Cisco said in a blog post that Arista has tried to "evade
transparent review of the claimed design around."
Any exclusion order may be blocked by President Barack Obama or
overruled by an appeals court.
Cisco, the biggest maker of networking gear, accused Arista of
violating its patents and copyrights in December 2014 in federal
court as well as at the ITC. Some of the allegations involve the
method used to type commands to program Cisco hardware -- known as
the command line interface, or CLI -- that is used by Arista and
some other competitors.
Arista shares recently fell 5.9% to $69.47, while Cisco dropped
3.3% to $28.25. The stock declines come amid a broader market
selloff following Britain's surprise vote to leave the European
Union.
Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 24, 2016 11:37 ET (15:37 GMT)
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