{"id":6465,"date":"2018-09-19T11:39:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T19:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/var\/www\/html.zpesystems.com\/?p=6465"},"modified":"2022-11-10T18:12:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T18:12:50","slug":"zpe-systems-inc-announces-litigation-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zpesystems.com\/zpe-systems-inc-announces-litigation-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"ZPE Systems, Inc. Announces Litigation Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Fremont, CA, February 22, 2019<\/strong> \u2013 ZPE Systems, Inc., a California-based company that provides hardware and software products to control IT infrastructures, recently settled litigation brought against it by Avocent Corporation and Avocent Huntsville, LLC, subsidiaries of Vertiv Co. The Avocent companies have since been renamed Vertiv IT Solutions.<\/p>\n

Avocent\u2019s litigation included allegations that ZPE had infringed two patents. Prior to the settlement, ZPE obtained court orders that Avocent\u2019s patents were invalid, and that ZPE could proceed with a number of counterclaims against Avocent, including counterclaims that Avocent was in violation of Federal antitrust laws because it filed the case knowing that its patents were invalid and unenforceable.<\/p>\n

In January 2019, ZPE and Avocent settled their dispute. The terms of the settlement are confidential.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were pleased with the court\u2019s rulings, which recognized that Avocent\u2019s patents are invalid and cannot be used to prevent ZPE, or anyone else, from competing with Avocent,\u201d said ZPE CEO and co-founder, Arnaldo Zimmermann. \u201cWe are also very pleased with the settlement. ZPE can now better focus its efforts on the market.\u201d<\/p>\n

ZPE was represented in the litigation by Robert Whitman of Mishcon de Reya New York, LLP.<\/p>\n

The cases were Avocent Huntsville, LLC v. ZPE Systems, Inc., case number 3:17-cv-04319, and Avocent Corporation v. ZPE Systems, Inc., case number 3:18-cv-06556, both in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.<\/p>\n

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ZPE Systems, Inc. Announces Litigation Settlement:<\/h3>\nFremont, CA, February 22, 2019<\/strong> \u2013 ZPE Systems, Inc., a California-based company that provides hardware and software products to control IT infrastructures, recently settled litigation brought against it by Avocent Corporation and Avocent Huntsville, LLC, subsidiaries of Vertiv Co. The Avocent companies have since been renamed Vertiv IT Solutions.\n\nAvocent\u2019s litigation included allegations that ZPE had infringed two patents. Prior to the settlement, ZPE obtained court orders that Avocent\u2019s patents were invalid, and that ZPE could proceed with a number of counterclaims against Avocent, including counterclaims that Avocent was in violation of Federal antitrust laws because it filed the case knowing that its patents were invalid and unenforceable.\n\nIn January 2019, ZPE and Avocent settled their dispute. The terms of the settlement are confidential.\n\n\u201cWe were pleased with the court\u2019s rulings, which recognized that Avocent\u2019s patents are invalid and cannot be used to prevent ZPE, or anyone else, from competing with Avocent,\u201d said ZPE CEO and co-founder, Arnaldo Zimmermann. \u201cWe are also very pleased with the settlement. ZPE can now better focus its efforts on the market.\u201d\n\nZPE was represented in the litigation by Robert Whitman of Mishcon de Reya New York, LLP.\n\nThe cases were Avocent Huntsville, LLC v. ZPE Systems, Inc., case number 3:17-cv-04319, and Avocent Corporation v. ZPE Systems, Inc., case number 3:18-cv-06556, both in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.\n\n
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