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Intellectual Property

Dec. 9, 2014

Cisco files IP suits against networking rival Arista

The fierce business competition between computer networking market leader Cisco Systems Inc. and Arista Networks Inc. took a legal twist Friday after Cisco filed patent and copyright infringement lawsuits against its upstart rival.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The fierce business competition between computer networking market leader Cisco Systems Inc. and Arista Networks Inc. took a legal twist Friday after Cisco filed patent and copyright infringement lawsuits against its upstart rival.


Cisco alleges in its patent complaint that several models of Arista networking switches illegally use features from 14 Cisco patents. Cisco also claims in its copyright compla...

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