Cisco Systems victorious in multimillion dollar patent dispute

Cisco Systems has won a patent dispute that reversed a $64 million judgment against the San Jose-based networking giant. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit stated that Cisco was not liable for directly infringing on a patent held by Commil USA LLC for WiFi technology, according to Reuters. The suit spent eight years in litigation and included a stop at the U.S. Supreme Court in May, where the case was sent back to the Federal Circuit. The Recorder initially reported the judgment…