NetApp and Oracle/Sun to Dismiss Patent Litigation

NetApp announced that both parties have agreed to dismiss their pending patent litigation, which began in 2007 between Sun Microsystems and NetApp. Oracle and NetApp seek to have the lawsuits dismissed without prejudice. The terms of the agreement are confidential.  
 
“For more than a decade, Oracle and NetApp have shared a common vision focused on  providing solutions that reduce IT cost and complexity for thousands of customers worldwide,” said Tom Georgens, president and CEO of NetApp. “Moving forward, we will continue to collaborate with Oracle to deliver solutions that help our mutual customers gain greater flexibility and efficiency in their IT infrastructures.”

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• More on NetApp/Sun ZFS Litigation

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Also from Sun:

• NetApp Patent Lawsuit Against ZFS Open Source Technology

And an older comment from David Hitz, NetApp’s founder and Executive VP:

• NetApp Sues Sun for ZFS Patent Infringement
  

And finally:

• Unsuccessful Effort to Settle Patent Lawsuit Between Sun and NetApp on ZFS
  On the blog of Sun’s general counsel