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RSA Prevails In Arbitration Against Cylink
Here's an article on the RSA-Cylink arbitration from
the business wire.
--Bob Baldwin
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RSA Prevails In Arbitration Against Cylink
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 1995--An Arbitration Panel
recently ruled that Cylink does not have a license to RSA patented technology,
that RSA's software licensing practices do not breach any agreement with Cylink
or its wholly owned subsidiary Caro-Kann and that RSA now has the exclusive
right to license the RSA patent.
In a Sept. 6, 1995 ruling, an Arbitration Panel, formed by agreement of the
parties, and after nearly a month of testimony, ruled in favor of RSA on every
significant issue. The Panel held that neither Cylink nor Caro-Kann had a
license to practice RSA patented technology. Cylink admittedly incorporates this
technology in its Secure X.25 product line, without any license to do so.
The Panel also found that RSA's software licensing practices did not materially
breach any of Cylink's rights. The Panel did not rule that anyone, (specifically
including RSA and its software customers) infringed any existing patent rights
of anyone - including Cylink.
As a result of the Panel's ruling, RSA now has the exclusive right to license
the patented RSA technology. According to Jim Bidzos, the President of RSA, `RSA
will continue to conduct its software business in exactly the same way that it
has for the past ten years.
`In addition, RSA anticipates that licenses to the RSA Patent will now be much
more readily available, because they now can now be granted without Cylink
interference. RSA has all of the intellectual property rights which it needs to
license its software. RSA will vigorously defend against any claim to the
contrary.`
A recent Cylink press release on the Ruling of the Arbitration Panel is wildly
inaccurate. The same Robert Fougner (Cylink's General Counsel) who is cited in
the Cylink press release has repeatedly made express representations to third
parties that the Stanford Patents do not cover, and are not infringed by, the
manufacture, use or sale of products incorporating RSA's TIPEM software
developer's toolkit.
As noted by Mr. Bidzos: `Cylink lost every single significant issue in the
Arbitration. Their press release was simply an attempt to cover up what has been
a crushing defeat.`
Questions regarding the Arbitration Panel Ruling or RSA licenses should be
directed to Kurt Stammberger, RSA Technology Marketing Manager, or Paul Livesay,
RSA Director of Legal Affairs.
CONTACT: RSA
Kurt Stammberger, 415/595-8782
[email protected]