ITC Denies Emergency Petitions On Relief From Exclusion Order

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) denied respondent's emergency petitions to modify, suspend or rescind the ITC's limited exclusion order and cease-and-desist order pending appeal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB's) inter partes review final written decisions, which found unpatentable the claims of two patents previously held to be in violation by respondent under § 337. In re Certain Network Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-945 (ITC, June 20, 2017).

The ITC instituted its investigation of Arista Networks' devices based on a complaint filed by Cisco Systems, which alleged § 337 violations by way of infringement of six Cisco patents. The ITC found a violation of § 337 as to certain claims of two Cisco patents, and as a result issued a limited exclusion order and a cease-and-desist order regarding Arista Networks' infringing devices.