The One Behind It All Chapter 48

For 3COM, which is obviously unable to compete with Cisco, it should be a choice to maximize its interests by joining forces with Huawei to fight against the powerful Cisco rather than abandoning this joint venture. In fact, before establishing the joint venture, 3COM conducted an investigation on all aspects of Huawei's technology and management. 3COM had a firm understanding of what kind of company Huawei was.

On March 24, Huawei submitted its defense again. This time, Huawei invited 3COM CEO Claflin to testify in court. He used his reputation to guarantee that Huawei's technology and strength are trustworthy. Outside the court, Claflin also told the US media: "Huawei's engineers are very talented. They operate the latest equipment and software in large offices. They have the most advanced robotic equipment I have ever seen. "

After the court officially opened, Huawei's early work and strategies began to be revealed in court. After both parties repeatedly presented evidence and conducted two hearings, on June 7, the court rejected Cisco's request for an order to ban the sale of Huawei products, and rejected Cisco's request to ban Huawei from using command line programs similar to Cisco's operating software. However, a limited ban was issued: Huawei stopped using the controversial router software source code, operating interface and online help files.

Such a seemingly compromise plan made both sides think they had won. According to Cisco Vice President and General Counsel Mark Chandler, such a ruling confirms the special nature of Huawei's blatant plagiarism of Cisco patents; Huawei stated that compared with the 8 categories and 21 infringement charges raised in Cisco's complaint, there are limited The injunction certainly meant victory. Cisco Vice President and General Counsel Mark Chandler declared: "This is a major victory for Cisco." Several major U.S. media also celebrated Cisco's victory with titles such as "Cisco Wins Intellectual Property Lawsuit against Huawei" .

However, the entire lawsuit is still not over. After the dispute over the private agreement is eliminated, whether the source codes of the products of both parties are similar has become the key to determining whether Huawei has infringed. Mark Chandler is confident about this: "We are looking forward to reviewing Huawei's source code for the first time."