Cisco Claims Win In Arista Complaint Ruling

An International Trade Commission administrative law judge on Tuesday made an initial determination that Arista Networks infringed in three out of five Cisco Systems Inc. patents, part of a Cisco complaint against Arista filed in December 2014. The judge cleared two of Arista's software features out of four in question, Arista said in a statement. "We strongly believe that we have not infringed any of the patents ... and look forward to the final determination" in June, the Santa Clara, Calif., company said. In a blog post on Cisco's website, Cisco's top lawyer, Mark Chandler, said "Arista can no longer support claims ... that they created products 'from a clean sheet of paper.'" Arista shares rose 0.2% in late trading Tuesday after ending the regular session down 2.7%. Shares of Cisco rose 0.1% after ending the session down 2.7% as well.

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