Tell us about your biggest trial win from January 2016 to July 2017 and how you achieved the result for your client.
We defended Arista Networks against Cisco’s claims that Arista copied more than 500 commands to configure network switches. This case raised the question of whether and to what extent functional computer commands merit copyright protection. A federal jury found that Arista owed no damages arising from Cisco’s claims of copyright infringement, and any infringement of Cisco’s components was excused by scènes à faire.
