28 Apr Texas Jury Clears Cisco Of Chip Infringement Claims

MARSHALL, TX – A federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas returned a verdict in favor of Cisco Systems Inc., finding that Intel and, as a result, Cisco, did not infringe the ’777 patent asserted by EireOg Innovations Ltd. Following trial, the jury rejected each of the plaintiff’s infringement claims, effectively absolving Intel and Cisco of any liability or obligation to pay damages in connection with the dispute.  The jury also found that Intel was immunized from EireOG’s patent claims through a licensing agreement relationship created through RPX and other related parties.  The decision represents a complete defense victory for Intel and Cisco.

Impact Trial worked with a team of lawyers from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, on behalf of their client, Cisco Systems Inc.

Congratulations to our Impact team members Thomas S.Y. Lee, Kilian Goltra, Anthony DiLonardo, Aaron Pitera, Haixin Guo, Henry Grant, Scott Perloff, Kate Fiebke, Nova Hayes, Ashleigh Eason, Michael Yung, Jadyn Pak, Nelly Lin, Willow Yang, Justin Chauncey, John Christopher, Anthony Barko, Armand Kambourian, Ina Lim, and Mike Stovall on this win! We are all very proud of the amount of time and effort that went into this case.

The case is EireOg Innovations Ltd. v. Cisco Systems Inc., case number 2:24-cv-00224, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

The patents-in-suit are U.S. Patent Nos. 8,504,777; 9,436,626; and 9,442,870.