A judge ruled that Cisco Systems infringed on four patents held by threat intelligence vendor Centripetal Networks. The judge awarded actual damages of $785.8 million but multiplied that by a factor of 2.5 because Cisco’s infringement had been “willful and egregious” The judge also imposed a 10% royalty on sales of the accused Cisco products “and their successors” for three years, followed by 5% for another three years. Cisco has vowed to appeal the ruling before the Federal Circuit Court.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/ciscos-26-billion-network-security-patent-infringement-a-15145