Crossroads Systems Announces Patent Litigation Update Including Results of Markman Hearing

Crossroads Systems, Inc. CRDS, a global provider of data storage solutions, today announced an update to its patent infringement litigation against defendants Oracle, NetApp, Cisco, Quantum, Dot Hill, and Huawei. Crossroads is seeking monetary damages for infringement of U.S. patents 6,425,035, 7,051,147, 7,934,041, and 7,987,311. Yesterday, the Federal Court in the Western District of Texas entered an order in which the Court determined the meaning of 17 disputed claim terms in the patents-in-suit. The order was consistent with the Special Master's recommendation issued on February 23, 2015 and overruled the defendants' objections on almost all disputed claims terms. The Markman order also closely parallels the claim constructions in previous litigation. A Markman order is significant to a patent case because it provides clarity to a number of patent infringement and validity arguments and must be followed by a jury in deliberations. This was the fourth time the Court has reviewed the meaning of the patent claims relating to Crossroads' '972 patent portfolio. Various patents in Crossroads' '972 access controls patent portfolio have been licensed to 51 companies over 14 years. Crossroads has received over $61 million in license fees and awards over that period. In See full press release