Million-dollar fine for violating several cybersecurity patents
The judge, Henry Coke Morgan, of the State of Virginia, rules against the multinational Cisco, blaming it for infringing up to four security patents, owned by the security provider Centripetal Networks. These patents are related to encrypted traffic and packet filtering.
Consequently, as cited in the official statement issued by Centripetal Networks, Cisco will have to pay it a sum of money that can reach up to 1,900 million dollars..
References:
- 05/10/2020 cases.justia.com Sentencia: Civil Action No. 2:18cv94
- 06/10/2020 centripetal.ai Centripetal Networks Awarded $2.6 to $3.2 billion in Patent Damages for Cisco’s Willful Patent Infringement
- 05/10/2020 bloomberg.com Cisco Told to Pay $1.9 Billion in Security-Patent Trial Loss
- 09/10/2020 muycomputero.com Cisco tendrá que pagar 1.900 millones por un caso de violación de patentes de seguridad
- 09/10/2020 databreachtoday.com Cisco's $2.6 Billion Network Security Patent Infringement