Cisco Goes Offense Against Patent Trolls

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Cisco Systems Inc has decided to go on offense against patent trolls, Wall Street Journal reported. These firms (patent trolls) purchase patents in bulk and sue other companies for infringement. According to the Journal, “the networking-equipment maker has captured the attention of patent experts and lawyers across the country by filing strongly worded legal claims against two companies that buy up patents and seek to make money from them through licensing and litigation.”  

Cisco already has filed complaints against Chicago-based Innovatio IP Ventures LLC and Ottawa-based Mosaid Technologies Inc. for using ”misleading, fraudulent and unlawful” tactics. 

The Journal added what Robin Feldman, a law professor at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law and author of a recent book on patents, commented about CISCO’s lawsuit against Innovatio and Mosaied Technologies.

“Sometimes, lawsuits are about how much damage you can threaten in order to change behavior,"

"At the very least, Cisco might get that. Or it could get a sympathetic judge or jury that takes Cisco's case and runs with it."

Read the original article on WSJ for more detailed information here.

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