CBP Revokes Ruling on Arista Product Redesign

Customs and Border Protection revoked its ruling that a redesign of network switches by Arista Networks kept the merchandise beyond the scope of an International Trade Commission limited exclusion order (see 1611300020), Cisco said in a Saturday blog post. Cisco, litigating over patent issues with Arista in multiple venues, sought the ruling revocation in December. The CBP notice to Cisco's lawyers on the revocation doesn't provide details. Cisco said it means "Arista has lost the authorization to import or continue selling its products in the U.S., or to import components to build those products." Arista disagreed. "CBP has not ruled that Arista’s products infringe," the company said. "Instead, CBP has expressed concern that its original ruling was incorrect, based on input provided by Cisco." Arista said it's "working to engage with CBP to respond to those arguments as soon as possible."