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US: Judge pauses Arista antitrust case against Cisco

By  |  August 25, 2016

A federal judge has put on hold an antitrust case filed by Arista Networks Inc against rival Cisco Systems Inc, saying that Arista has not shown a delay would allow Cisco to perpetuate its “monopoly power” over consumers and competitors.

US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman in San Jose, California on Tuesday granted a request by Cisco, represented by Desmarais and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, to stay the case for four months, until a trial in Cisco’s copyright and patent infringement suit against Arista, set for November, is complete.

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