Cisco ordered to pay $70mln in damages to XpertUniverseMarch 23, 2013 - 13:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cisco Systems Inc must pay $70 million in damages to patent licenser XpertUniverse Inc for fraudulently obtaining technology developed by the New York company, a jury found on Friday, according to court filings. Reuters reported that the jury also found that Cisco violated two XpertUniverse patents, and awarded an additional $34,000 in damages on those claims. Cisco, the world's largest manufacturer of networking equipment, said it would appeal if the judge leaves the jury verdict intact. "We are surprised and extremely disappointed with the jury's verdict," Cisco said in an emailed statement after the verdict was delivered in a Delaware federal court. XpertUniverse claimed in the lawsuit that San Jose, California-based Cisco's "Expert on Demand" software platform was based on software that XpertUniverse developed. XpertUniverse said Cisco violated a non-disclosure agreement it had signed and filed for patents on technology developed by XpertUniverse. It said the companies had entered a relationship in which Cisco would distribute technology XpertUniverse had developed to efficiently match customers with call center experts. XpertUniverse said that the companies signed the non-disclosure agreement before it showed Cisco "every aspect of its intellectual property." Cisco approached XpertUniverse in 2004 and the companies worked together until 2007, when Cisco severed the relationship, XpertUniverse said in its lawsuit. The next year, Cisco announced it was launching "Expert on Demand." XpertUniverse filed its lawsuit in 2009. In a court filing this week, Cisco told U.S. District Judge Richard Andrews in Wilmington that "no evidence exists from which the jury could find in favor of XU on either its fraudulent concealment or patent claims." XpertUniverse attorney Charles Cantine of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP said the company was "obviously very happy" with the verdict. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. |