Countersuit Follows US Patent & Trademark Office Decision To Reexamine
All Four Patents Asserted by Motorola Against Aruba
SUNNYVALE, Calif., September 17, 2008 - Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:
ARUN), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions,
today announced that it has filed a patent infringement countersuit
against Motorola, Symbol, and Wireless Valley. The countersuit concerns
Motorola's (and its subsidiaries') infringement of two Aruba patents
related to managing wireless computer networks and network security. The
first asserted patent was assumed by Aruba in March 2008 as part of its
acquisition of AirWave Wireless, Inc., while the second asserted patent
was issued to Aruba in May 2008. Aruba is seeking a permanent injunction
against use of its patented technologies, as well as monetary damages
for infringing use.
"We asserted our patents following an unsuccessful attempt to negotiate
a license," said Keerti Melkote, Aruba's co-founder and chief technology
officer. "We simply cannot stand by while Motorola, and its Symbol and
Wireless Valley subsidiaries, continue to violate our intellectual
property. We will defend our intellectual property in court and we
fully expect to win in that forum, just as we have in the market."
Aruba's countersuit follows on the heels of a decision by the United
States Patent and Trademark Office to reexamine all four patents that
Motorola - through its Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley
subsidiaries - is asserting against Aruba in a lawsuit filed in the
Federal district court in Delaware. The Patent Office has found that the
prior art submitted by Aruba raises a substantial new question about the
patentability of the claims of all four of Motorola's patents.
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About Aruba Networks
People move. Networks must follow. Aruba securely delivers networks to
users, wherever they work or roam. Our mobility solutions enable the
Follow-Me Enterprise that moves in lock-step with users:
* Adaptive 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks optimize themselves to ensure
that users are always within reach of mission-critical information;
* Identity-based security assigns access policies to users, enforcing
those policies whenever and wherever a network is accessed;
* Remote access solutions and fixed mobile convergence ensure
uninterrupted access to applications as users move;
* Multi-vendor network management provides a single point of control
while managing both legacy and new wireless networks from Aruba and its
competitors.
The cost, convenience, and security benefits of our secure mobility
solutions are fundamentally changing how and where we work. Listed on
the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale,
California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle
East, and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more, visit Aruba at
http://www.arubanetworks.com [1].