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Cisco’s attempts to sue patent trolls over ‘shakedowns’ go bust


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Cisco Patent Troll Suit
It seems that Cisco's (CSCO) efforts to hit back at patent trolls have hit a potentially fatal roadblock. Although the networking equipment vendor last year decided to go on offense against firms that buy patents in bulk and sue other companies for infringement despite not making any products of their own, the Wall Street Journal reports that a federal court has shot down one of Cisco's first major attempts to go after an alleged patent troll. According to the Journal, U.S. District Judge James F. Holderman this week "that the aggressive licensing strategy used by [patent holding firm] Innovatio IP Ventures LLC against Cisco customers is protected by the U.S. Constitution."

 

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