The 2019 CLAY Awards: Intellectual Property

Kirkland's successful representation of Cisco Systems, Inc., led by partners Adam Alper, Michael De Vries and Sarah Piepmeier, in its long-running IP battle against Arista Networks, Inc., is discussed.

"From a whiteboard in a conference room in San Francisco, Kirkland & Ellis LLP lawyers representing technology giant Cisco Systems Inc. in 2014 designed a massive, multi-year campaign to defend Cisco's patents from incursions by rival Arista Networks Inc."