Cisco accuses Huawei of misstating findings of 10-year-old litigation

11.10.2012

Chandler then listed verbatim excerpts from the Neutral Expert's Final Source Code Report, dated June 15, 2004, which explicitly state that Huawei accessed, copied, compromised and misappropriated Cisco source code. The violation goes beyond the Cisco EIGRP routing protocol code Huawei admitted using and said it had removed prior to the Neutral Expert's review, Chandler blogs.

"None of these source code strings involved Cisco's proprietary EIGRP routing protocol that Huawei had publicly admitted to using in their products and had said they had removed prior to the Neutral Expert's review; rather, they are all related to 'core' parts of the routing code."

Huawei said it is having its legal team review the Chandler blog.

Chandler said Cisco chose to act this week after Huawei ignored an to waive its confidentiality provisions and set the record straight after Ding's remarks. He made the same offer this week in his blog.

"We urge Huawei to publish the full Neutral Expert's Final Report in order to clarify what actually happened in the litigation, overcome any confusion and demonstrate their purported transparent business practices and respect for intellectual property rights," Chandler states. "In the meantime, we will continue to be diligent in protecting our intellectual property."