Huawei pulls products following Cisco suit

Chinese equipment giant Huawei Technologies has reportedly pulled its routers and switches from the U.S. market as a result of Cisco’s suit against the company for intellectual property piracy.

Published reports indicate that Huawei and its Plano, Texas, distribution subsidiary, Futurewei Technologies, removed its Quidway switches and routers from its U.S. Web site and is recalling the products it sold in the U.S. The move appears to be a victory for Cisco, which filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas last month claiming that Huawei unlawfully copied and misappropriated software, copied documentation and other copyrighted materials, and infringed numerous Cisco patents.

Huawei did not comment on the reports of the U.S. product recall.

Cisco says the claims outlined in its complaint have not been addressed by Huawei's removal of its products from the U.S. "We would expect that a favorable outcome in the U.S. would have implications worldwide," a company spokesperson says.

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Chinese equipment giant Huawei Technologies has reportedly pulled its routers and switches from the U.S. market as a result of Cisco’s suit against the company for intellectual property piracy.

Published reports indicate that Huawei and its Plano, Texas, distribution subsidiary, Futurewei Technologies, removed its Quidway switches and routers from its U.S. Web site and is recalling the products it sold in the U.S. The move appears to be a victory for Cisco, which filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas last month claiming that Huawei unlawfully copied and misappropriated software, copied documentation and other copyrighted materials, and infringed numerous Cisco patents.

Huawei did not comment on the reports of the U.S. product recall.

Cisco says the claims outlined in its complaint have not been addressed by Huawei's removal of its products from the U.S. "We would expect that a favorable outcome in the U.S. would have implications worldwide," a company spokesperson says.

Cisco filed a motion on Feb. 4 in order to preserve evidence that may be relevant to Cisco's claims and to prohibit Huawei from removing potentially relevant evidence from the U.S.

Huawei had emerged as a significant low-cost competitor to Cisco, more so overseas than in the U.S. The companies routers and switches are sold to service providers and enterprises, and appeal to users familiar with the way Cisco products operate.