PeopleSoft are teaming up in an alliance that will give PeopleSoft's electronic traffic priority over other traffic using Cisco's network hardware. To accomplish this, PeopleSoft will integrate its applications with Cisco's new CiscoAssure Policy Networking, a set of application programming interfaces for recognizing and prioritizing traffic. The two companies are also planning to cross-train their technical support staffs to handle customer service, and Cisco plans to create curriculum and teach classes at PeopleSoft University, the company's continuing education program. The original patent was awarded in 1996 to International Meta Systems, and was later sold to TechSearch.
People buy patents and they sue the big guys.
I don't think Intel will roll over. I think they'll fight it and win. The hardware claims both have 'means plus function' language, which means you have to interpret them according to what's in the patent. On that basis, I think the suit is going to fail. The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a statement last week chiding companies for their lack of candor in disclosing Year 2000 problems to their stockholders.