Brad Reese blog post key to Cisco lawsuit against Arista Networks

I mean, you just can't make this stuff up as Cisco states in its most current legal motion against Arista Networks:

Tallahassee, Florida:   Fri, 8/12/16 - 11:59pm    View comments
 

I mean, you just can't make this stuff up as Cisco states in its most current legal motion against Arista Networks:
 

"PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that on September 9, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., before the Hon. Beth Labson Freeman in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Plaintiff Cisco Systems, Inc. ('Cisco')..."

By the way, William M. Seifert is the famous cofounder of former Cisco competitor, Wellfleet Communications:

"Seifert's list of materials relied upon shows that he did not inspect any Arista or Cisco router or switch, nor even use any Arista software to be able to opine on its technical merits. See id., Ex. 5, Seifert Rep. at Exhibit B. Mr. Seifert opines (id. at ¶ 112) that based not on his expertise or his own technical analysis but rather based on the personal blog of an individual named Brad Reese. Ex. 5, Seifert Rep. ¶ 112 n.121 (citing http://www.bradreese.com/blog/3-18-2015.htm)...
 

"Mr. Reese describes himself as the grandson of the inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups who is on a 'mission' to 'make REESE'S the #1 global candy brand.' See http://www.bradreese.com/about-brad-reese.htm.

"Mr. Reese's blog makes irrelevant attacks on Cisco but shows no reliable basis on which to form admissible expert opinion testimony about the technical merits of Cisco versus Arista products. See, e.g., http://www.bradreese.com/blog/archive.htm (showing a history of blog postings about Cisco and a 'sex slaver,' Cisco 'certification cheats,' and the stock sales of Cisco employee family members)."
 

Related document:

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.'S MOTION TO EXCLUDE OPINION TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM M. SEIFERT

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