Arista Favored in ITC Initial Determination on Four out of Six Patents
December 09 2016 - 6:30PM
Business Wire
Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) today announced that Administrative
Law Judge (ALJ) McNamara has issued an Initial Determination (ID)
in International Trade Commission (ITC) Investigation No.
337-TA-945. Cisco’s original complaint alleged that Arista’s
products infringed six patents – U.S. Patent Nos. 6,377,577,
7,023,853, 7,061,875, 7,460,492, 7,224,668 and 8,051,211. The ALJ
found no violation with respect to four of these patents, including
the ‘853, ‘875, ‘492 and ‘211, while finding a violation with
respect to the ‘577 and ‘668 patents.
“We appreciate the tireless work of the ALJ in this preliminary
decision and are pleased that she found in our favor on four of the
asserted patents,” said Marc Taxay, Senior Vice President, General
Counsel of Arista Networks. “We do, however, strongly believe that
our products do not infringe any of the patents under investigation
and look forward to presenting our case to the full
Commission.”
Arista intends to request a review of the full Commission of the
ALJ’s findings. If granted, the full Commission is expected to
issue a final determination on this matter in April 2017. While
still subject to review, Arista intends to fully address the
infringement findings with design-arounds for its products.
Notably, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has instituted inter
partes reviews to determine the validity of all of the claims of
the ‘577 and ‘668 patents that the ALJ found Arista to infringe.
The PTAB will issue its decisions on or before June 11, 2017.
About Arista Networks
Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver
software-driven cloud networking solutions for large data center
storage and computing environments. Arista’s award-winning
platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10 to 100 gigabits per
second, redefine scalability, agility and resilience. Arista has
shipped more than ten million cloud networking ports worldwide with
CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system.
Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding member of the
25/50GbE consortium. Arista Networks products are available
worldwide directly and through partners.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to, statements regarding the
effectiveness of alternative product implementations to address the
alleged infringement of certain Cisco patents as well as our
ability to continue to provide products to our customers. All
statements other than statements of historical fact are statements
that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Forward looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual performance or results to differ materially from those
expressed in the forward looking statements including: the ability
of Arista to import products or related components, the ability of
Arista to develop alternative design implementations that are
determined to be non-infringing the asserted patents, if contested
in the ITC or U.S. Customs, and the ability to obtain favorable
determinations by the ITC or U.S. Customs that such alternative
product implementations are not covered by the ITC remedial orders,
as well as other risks stated in our filings with the SEC available
on Arista's website at www.arista.com and the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov. Arista disclaims any obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur
or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were
made.
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Arista NetworksMedia ContactAmanda Jaramillo,
408-547-5798Corporate Communicationsamanda@arista.comorInvestor
Contacts:Chuck Elliott, 408-547-5549Product and Investor
Advocacychuck@arista.com
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