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US: Arista countersues Cisco for Antitrust

By  |  January 25, 2016

Two days before a ruling in a patent infringement case between the companies, Arista Networks is suing Cisco Systems for what it alleges are antitrust violations.

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    Arista today filed a counterclaim to Cisco’s 13-month-old copyright infringement suit in the US District Court, Northern District of California, for antitrust and unfair competition. Arista alleges Cisco conducts a “bait and switch” with its command line interface in which it claims it is an industry standard and then attempts to penalize competitors for emulating it.

    Arista also claims Cisco raises the price of its SmartNET service and support contracts for customers who deploy competitive networking equipment alongside their Cisco infrastructure.

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