Cisco Systems plans to appeal a $1.9 billion ruling that alleges the networking giant infringed four patents owned by Centripetal Networks Inc.Centripetal said it developed a network protection system only to see Cisco integrate the inventions into its own networks after meetings and presentations by Centripetal officials, Bloomberg reports.A judge's ruling found:Cisco owes Centripetal $755.8 million for past use of the inventions. That figure was increased by two-and-a-half times after finding that Cisco’s infringement was “willful and egregious.” Cisco was also ordered to pay a 10% royalty on sales of some of its products for the next three years, and then 5% in royalties for three years after that. Cisco said it will appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which specializes in patent law, Bloomberg reports.
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Cisco Plans to Appeal $1.9 Billion Cybersecurity Judgment
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Joe Panettieri
Joe Panettieri is co-founder & editorial director of MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E, the two leading news & analysis sites for managed service providers in the cybersecurity market.
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