[AusNOG] News: Email from HP re Arista vs. Cisco

Sun Jan 29 18:32:39 EST 2017

So Cisco being a bully.. who would of thunk it.

Everyone pays the cisco tax. Except Huawei

Regards,

Peter Tiggerdine

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On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Skeeve Stevens <
skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:

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> Please click here
> <http://hpepartnercommunication-ext.glb.itcs.hpe.com/ecomm/view_email.asp?eid=10159808&mid=4a075acd-2d75-406d-a16f-ad039c3301c6>if
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> *Update concerning the Cisco and Arista litigation*
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> ATTN: HPE Sales and Channel Partners
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> Dear HPE Partner,
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> As you may know, in December 2014 Cisco commenced a litigation campaign
> against our partner Arista by instituting two ITC investigations and two
> district court lawsuits related to alleged infringement of Cisco patents
> and copyrights by Arista products. Recent developments in this case are
> likely to receive media attention, so we wanted to share this communication
> with you.
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> On August 22, 2016, a limited exclusion order took effect in the first of
> the two ITC investigations (the “944 investigation”), prohibiting Arista
> from importing or selling after importation products that infringe any of
> three Cisco patents: two asserted against PVLANs and one asserted against
> the manner in which Arista’s EOS agents interact with Arista’s Sysdb. In
> response to this decision, Arista undertook an extensive redesign of EOS
> removing PVLANs and modifying the accused EOS agent-to-SysDB
> communications. In addition, Arista sought a ruling from U.S. Customs and
> Border Protection (“CBP”) that its redesigned EOS did not infringe the
> three patents at issue. On November 18, 2016, CBP issued a ruling that
> Arista’s redesigned EOS did not infringe. Accordingly, the CBP permitted
> Arista to resume importation of the redesigned products into the United
> States.
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> On Friday evening, January 13, 2017, CBP informed Arista that it was
> granting Cisco’s request to revoke CBP’s previously-issued ruling in the
> 944 Investigation. According to Arista, CBP has not ruled that Arista's
> products infringe but instead “has expressed concern that its original
> ruling was incorrect, based on input provided by Cisco.” Arista has further
> pointed out that “Arista has not yet responded to Cisco's arguments and has
> not yet had an opportunity to address any concerns [CBP] may have as a
> result of those arguments." Arista has made clear its intention to engage
> with CBP to address Cisco’s arguments and obtain approval for its
> redesigned EOS. The full text of Arista’s comments on this situation are
> available for viewing at the button below:
> Arista’s comments
> <http://s2.q4cdn.com/209832288/files/doc_downloads/Legal/2017/ITC-944-Update-January-15-2017.pdf>
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> Since the beginning of the litigation, Arista has publicly committed to
> the continued lawful supply of products to its customers, including the use
> of domestic manufacturing sources to fulfill orders. Arista remains firm in
> the commitment. HPE and Arista will work together closely to ensure that
> HPE customers are serviced without disruption.
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> We cannot thank you enough for your unwavering support. Arista continues
> to be HPE’s preferred partner for Software Defined Networking across the
> Enterprise and Service Provider segments. We strongly value the joint HPE /
> Arista partnership that was formed to deliver best of breed infrastructure
> to our joint customers, building on HPE’s position as #1 Cloud
> infrastructure vendor, and Arista’s position as the fastest growing Data
> Center Networking solutions provider. We are committed to the success and
> stability of our customers and will continue to deliver Arista’s
> programmability, automation, telemetry and reliability at scale. These are
> key elements in our vision to be the industry's leading provider of hybrid
> IT, built on the secure, next-generation, software-defined infrastructure
> that will run customers' data centers today, bridge to multi-cloud
> environments tomorrow, and power the emerging intelligent edge that will
> run campus, branch and Industrial loT applications for decades to come. All
> delivered through a world class services capability.
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> We need to continue to stay focused on our customers and partners while
> these issues are being worked. Please continue to sell confidently our
> joint HPE-Arista solutions.
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> If you have any questions regarding this litigation, please contact Dominic
> Wilde <dominic.m.wilde at hpe.com>.
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> Best,
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> *Peter Ryan *
> Chief Sales Officer,
> Enterprise Group
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> *Dominic Wilde *
> VP & GM Data Center Networking
> Data Center Infrastructure Group (DCIG)
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> * For more information concerning the Cisco and Arista litigation please
> see this page
> <http://hpepartnercommunication-ext.glb.itcs.hpe.com/ecomm/redirect.asp?tr=12008918&t=1&id=4a075acd-2d75-406d-a16f-ad039c3301c6&URL_Param=http%3a%2f%2finvestors.arista.com%2fcompany%2finvestors-relations%2fLegal-Proceedings-Schedule%2f>
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> ...Skeeve
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> *Skeeve Stevens - Founder & The Architect* - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
> Email: skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com ; Web: eintellegonetworks.com
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