July 21, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Radware (radware.com), a provider of application switching solutions, said on Tuesday that it has filed suit against F5 Networks (f5networks.com), a provider of application management products.
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The suit was filed in US District Court in New Jersey for infringement of US Patent No. 6,718,359, issued to Radware in April of this year. The patent covers technology, deployed in Radware’s flagship product WSD, that determines network proximity and its use in load balancing decisions.
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Radware argues that the manufacture, use and sale of F5′s 3-DNS product and Big-IP product infringe on this patent. The company is seeking monetary damages and permanent injunctive relief.
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“Since inception, Radware has been focused on investment in research and development and has continued to demonstrate its leadership and innovation in the application switching space,” says Roy Zisapel, president and CEO of Radware. “Unfortunately, we learned that in order to protect our intellectual property and our investment in research and development we must, in certain cases, resort to legal action.”
