On Jan. 31, 2024, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia awarded our client, Centripetal Networks Inc., $151.5 million in damages, finding that Palo Alto Networks next generation firewalls infringed all four of the Centripetal patents at issue. Centripetal first filed suit against Palo Alto over the patents in 2021.

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Paul J. Andre

Managing Partner, Silicon Valley Office and Head of Intellectual Property, US, Silicon Valley

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Lisa Kobialka

Managing Partner, Disputes, US, Silicon Valley

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James Hannah

Partner, Silicon Valley

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Christina M. Finn

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Dana Anderson

Associate, Silicon Valley

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Violaine Brunet

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Zehra Jafri

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Aakash Jariwala

Senior Associate, Silicon Valley

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