U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2011

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

Enhanced Security Research, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided June 14, 2011

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

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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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, AND FORTINET, INC., Defendant-Appellee, AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, NOKIA CORPORATION, AND NOKIA INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND SONICWALL, INC., Defendant-Appellee, AND 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

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