Lucent Sues Cisco

[James Glave <james () wired com>]

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...  -james () wired com 

> > 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 
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