Centripetal Networks, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

  1. December 13, 2023

    The Biggest Patent Rulings Of 2023

    Over the past year, the Federal Circuit has suspended one of its own judges, Delaware's chief federal judge has told the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate attorneys practicing in his court, and the Federal Circuit vacated a huge infringement verdict. Here's what you need to know about these cases and other major decisions in 2023.

  2. December 11, 2023

    Cisco Clears IP Suit After Axed $2.7B Judgment, Recusal Row

    A Virginia federal judge on Monday cleared Cisco of claims that it infringed a small cybersecurity company's software patents after the previous judge's stock conflict sank the startup's initial $2.75 billion win in the long-running legal war.

  3. October 13, 2023

    Finjan's Fed. Circ. Patent Revival Extends To 2nd Case

    A California federal judge's decision to invalidate claims of Finjan LLC patents can no longer stand, as the judge had relied on a related ruling that has since been vacated, the Federal Circuit said Friday.

  4. July 18, 2023

    7 Trials To Watch In The Second Half Of 2023

    Former President Donald Trump and fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried are among the high-profile criminal defendants who could face juries in the second half of 2023, which will also feature bellwether trials over tainted water and allegedly harmful weed killer.

  5. June 15, 2023

    IP Forecast: It's Deja Vu In $2.75B Cisco Patent Row

    A small Virginia cybersecurity company will once again be making the case that Cisco is selling routers that infringe its software patents after a stock conflict sank the startup's $2.75 billion win. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

  6. June 13, 2023

    Cisco Faces 'Document Dump' Accusations In Patent Feud

    A small cybersecurity startup says that Cisco shouldn't be allowed to add certain material to the record in a patent fight they have been litigating, arguing it would be a "quintessential document dump."

  7. May 30, 2023

    Ahead Of Rematch, Cisco Rips Startup's Cybersecurity Tech

    Cisco has told a Virginia federal judge that a small cybersecurity startup "turned to patent litigation as its main revenue source" after repeatedly failing to secure outside investors, the latest development in the Silicon Valley giant's battle against a "rhetorically clever, but legally flawed" patent case.

  8. May 23, 2023

    PTAB Nixes Patent Tied To Scrapped $2.75B Cisco Loss

    A handful of Silicon Valley tech companies persuaded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel on Tuesday to wipe out three claims in a patent owned by a small cybersecurity startup and asserted against Cisco to land a $2.75 billion judgment, which has since been rejected by the courts on unrelated issues connected to a now-deceased federal judge's stock profile.

  9. January 31, 2023

    Judge Won't Pause Cisco Patent Fight For PTAB Review

    The federal judge in Virginia who was reassigned a small cybersecurity company's billion-dollar patent lawsuit against Cisco has refused to wait on delivering a new ruling, despite an ongoing challenge over the legal validity of one of the patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

  10. January 23, 2023

    Cisco Foe Fights Stay Bid Amid Latest Stock Conflict

    A cybersecurity company that lost its $2.75 billion victory against tech giant Cisco because of a stock purchase made by the wife of a late federal judge told the new judge overseeing the case on Monday not to wait out a ruling from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board — citing new revelations from the stock portfolio of one of the patent judges on the board.

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