Enhanced Security Research, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Decided: June 14, 2011
• Docket: 2010-1436
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ENHANCED SECURITY RESEARCH, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. AND 3COM CORPORATION, Defendants-Appellees,

AND

CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. AND CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES INC., Defendants-Appellees,

FORTINET, INC., Defendant-Appellee,

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, NOKIA CORPORATION, AND NOKIA INC., Defendants-Appellees,

SONICWALL, INC., Defendant-Appellee,

SOURCEFIRE, INC., Defendant-Appellee, AND

JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC., Defendant-Appellee. ____________________

2010-1436, -1437 ______________________

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Nos. 09-CV-0390 and 09-CV-0871, Judge Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

SARA A. POULOS, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for plaintiff- appellant. With her on the brief were MARTIN R. LUECK, COLE M. FAUVER, JULIA DAYTON KLEIN and BRENDA L. JOLY.

DARYL L. JOSEFFER, King & Spalding LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for all defendants-appellees, except Juniper Networks, Inc. With him on the brief for defendants-appellees Nokia Corporation and Nokia, Inc. were ROBERT F. PERRY and ALEXAS D. SKUCAS, of New York, New York. On the brief for defendants-appellees Cisco Systems, Inc. and 3Com Corporation were HENRY B. GUTMAN and NOAH LEIBOWITZ, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, of New York, New York; and JEFFREY E. OSTROW, of Palo Alto, California. On the brief for defendants-appellees Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. and Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. were EDWARD J. DEFRANCO and JAMES M. GLASS, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, of New York, New York. On the brief for defendant-appellee Fortinet, Inc. was STEFANI E. SHANBERG, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, of Palo Alto, California. On the brief for defendant-appellee International Business Machines Corporation were HOLMES J. HAWKINS III, NATASHA H. MOFFITT, and CHARLES A. PANNELL III, King & Spalding LLP, of Atlanta, Georgia. On the brief for defendant- appellee SonicWALL, Inc. were COLBY B. SPRINGER and KENNETH B. WILSON, Carr & Ferrell LLP, of Menlo Park, California. On the brief for defendant-appellee Sourcefire, Inc. were ALEXANDER J. HADJIS, Morris & Foerster LLP, of Washington, DC; and MICHAEL E. ANDERSON, of McLean, Virginia. Of counsel was PETER J. DAVIS, Morrison & Foerster LLP, of Washington, DC.

JONATHAN S. KAGAN, Irell & Manella, LLP, of Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee, Juniper Networks, Inc. With him on the brief were MORGAN CHU; DAVID C. MCPHIE and REBECCA CLIFFORD, of Newport Beach, California. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and BRYSON, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 14, 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk