Mark Chandler's Articles
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Executive PlatformProtecting Innovation: ITC Declines to Suspend Ruling; Orders Remain In Effect
The International Trade Commission yesterday sent a strong message to Arista that its “corporate culture of copying”, as the ITC has put it, must stop. By rejecting Arista’s efforts to delay
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Protecting Innovation: Presidential Review Period Expires in ‘945 Investigation
We learned this morning that the U.S. Trade Representative and the White House have rejected Arista’s “trade policy” pleas, and refused to stop the ITC’s limited exclusion and cease and
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Protecting Innovation: ITC Enforcement Action Initial Determination
We received word today that an ITC judge has issued a decision that Arista’s redesigned products do not continue to use the Cisco “SysDB” patented technology, which Arista was found
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Update: U.S. Patent and Trade Office Reviews
Update (6/01/2017): We disagree with the Patent Office decision regarding the ‘668 patent, particularly since the ITC rejected Arista’s validity challenges and found the patent both valid and infringed. We
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Enough is Enough – Change Must Begin Now
Beginning last week, many organizations around the globe found themselves responding to infected computers in their environments that were hit with new malicious ransomware called “WannaCry.” Most other organizations reacted
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Protecting Innovation: Commission Upholds Judge’s Ruling in ITC ‘945 Investigation
This afternoon the International Trade Commission ruled that Arista switches infringe two additional Cisco patents, covering addressable memory and control plane policing, which are core technologies in network switching. By confirming Administrative Law Judge McNamara’s Initial Determination, the
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Executive PlatformProtecting Innovation: Update on ITC Enforcement Action
UPDATE (April 7, 2017): The U.S. CBP agency today decided to allow importation of Arista’s redesigned products into the U.S. while the ITC enforcement proceedings for case ‘944 are underway.
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Legal Services Funding Supports Integrity of our Legal System
Our market economy, which produces goods and services and jobs for billions around the world, is built on the foundation of a strong commercial law system – a foundation that
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Cisco Supports Tech Effort to Help Hate Crime Victims
Recently I had the chance to see how smart technology, applied to vexing social problems, can help provide solutions and build a better world. Working with the American Bar Association’s
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Protecting Innovation: CBP Revokes Approval of Arista Redesign
Late yesterday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency revoked its November 2016 finding that Arista’s supposedly “redesigned” products don’t infringe a key Cisco patent. You can read CBP’s
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