McData files patent suit against Brocade
NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Data storage firm McData Corp (NasdaqNM:MCDT - news) said on Thursday it has filed a patent infringement complaint against competitor Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:BRCD - news).
The McData patent at issue, No. 6,233,236, relates to a filtering and measuring traffic within a computer network switch. San Jose, California-based Brocade has been rolling out a new high-speed switch product, a key component of the data storage networks where Broomfield, Colorado-based McData dominates.
``We believe that Brocade has been selling and offering for sale products that infringe on our patent,'' said McData general counsel Thomas McGimpsey. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
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Brocade Comments on McDATA Patent Lawsuit
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (Brocade®) (Nasdaq: BRCD - news), commented today on a patent lawsuit filed yesterday by McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq: MCDT - news), alleging that certain of Brocade's products infringe upon a McDATA patent. Following an initial review of the claim, Brocade believes that these claims are ``without merit'' and intends to defend the lawsuit vigorously.
About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Brocade offers the industry's leading intelligent platform for networking storage. The world's leading systems, applications, and storage vendors have selected Brocade to provide a networking foundation for their SAN solutions. The Brocade SilkWorm® family of fabric switches and software is designed to optimize data availability and storage and server resources in the enterprise. Using Brocade solutions, companies can simplify the implementation of storage area networks, reduce the total cost of ownership of data storage environments, and improve network and application efficiency. For more information, visit the Brocade website at www.brocade.com or contact the company at info@brocade.com.
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