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Anyone familiar with the history here and care to comment for a Wired article? I'll pass on more details as they emerge if folks are interested... [email protected] >>LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES FILES PATENT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT >>AGAINST CISCO SYSTEMS; SEEKS DAMAGES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF >> >>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1998 >>MURRAY HILL, N.J. - Lucent Technologies today filed a patent infringement >>lawsuit against Cisco Systems of San Jose, California. >> >>Filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware, the lawsuit charges Cisco with >>infringing eight patents related to data networking. The patents cover Bell >>Labs-developed technology associated with routers, frame relay network >>equipment and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) equipment. >> >>"After numerous attempts to negotiate with Cisco, we were left with no other >>recourse but to file suit," said Michael Greene, Lucent Technologies' >>president of Intellectual Property. "We license our patents to many >>companies in the industry, and our goal is to receive fair value for Bell >>Labs' discoveries and innovations - innovations that are the result of more >>than $3 billion in annual investment. We're looking to protect our >>intellectual property with the appropriate agreements and for proper >>compensation." >> >>In its suit, Lucent will be seeking damages for Cisco Systems' infringement >>of its patents and an injunction prohibiting Cisco's use of its patents in >>the future. James Glave, Senior Technology Writer Wired News http://www.wired.com (415) 276-8430
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