NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant

v.

ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Appellee ______________________

2017-2384 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2016- 00309. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOHN C. O'QUINN, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by CALVIN ALEXANDER SHANK, JASON M. WILCOX.

MATTHEW D. POWERS, Tensegrity Law Group, LLP, Redwood City, CA argued for appellee. Also represented by WILLIAM P. NELSON; LAUREN ANN DEGNAN, CHRISTOPHER DRYER, MICHAEL J. MCKEON, RALPH ADAM PHILLIPS, ANDREW L. SCHRADER, Fish & Richardson, PC, Washington, DC; STEVEN KATZ, Boston, MA. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, SCHALL and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 14, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court