Litigation
Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Arista Networks, Inc.
settled5:14-cv-05343
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- Filed
- 2014-12-05
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Summary
Cisco asserted the '597 patent, among approximately 12 Cisco patents, against Arista in the Northern District of California over Arista switches. The case had docket activity through 2018 and was resolved by the Cisco-Arista global settlement announced in August 2018; no final judgment on the '597 patent was located. The Stanford NPE database renders the case number as 4:14-cv-05343.
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