AirTight Networks Sues Aerohive Networks for Patent Infringement

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AirTight^® Networks has today filed suit (CV-13-0383) against Aerohive Networks alleging that Aerohive has willfully infringed AirTight's U.S. Patent, No. 7,339,914, which issued March 04, 2008, by making, using and selling wireless network products including Aerohive's Hive Access Points (Hive APs). AirTight alleges that Aerohive has willfully infringed the '914 patent for at least several years, and has also induced and continues to induce infringement by Aerohive's customers as they continue to use the infringing Hive APs. AirTight's patent covers its highly effective rogue detection technique, commercially called Marker Packets™, which facilitates fast, accurate, and reliable detection of in-network rogue access points.

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In 2009, Aerohive and AirTight entered into a partnership agreement that was intended to give Aerohive's customers access to AirTight's patented and highly acclaimed wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS). However, AirTight alleges that Aerohive instead misappropriated AirTight's patented technology and incorporated it into its own products including Hive AP's.

AirTight is seeking  damages for Aerohive's past infringement, as well as an injunction against continuing infringement by Aerohive and its customers. AirTight is also seeking enhanced damages and attorneys' fees because Aerohive's infringement has been willful, done with full knowledge of AirTight patents and technology.

AirTight further alleges that Aerohive has not taken the necessary steps to avoid ongoing infringement by itself or its customers, and instead continues to support ongoing infringement. AirTight thus alleges that the patent infringement, which it brought to the attention of Aerohive, is still ongoing.

AirTight continues to pursue a leadership strategy in the intellectual property and patent arena and invests enormous resources in R&D to invent and build its unique products. AirTight's innovations are implemented in AirTight Wi-Fi Access and Wireless Intrusion Prevention products for the benefit of its customers. Patents are AirTight's way of ensuring that the technologies that AirTight develops are not copied by others and sold to their customers.

About AirTight WIPS and Secure Wi-Fi
AirTight has been a long-time market leader in wireless security and is now a leading innovator in the exploding market for cloud-managed Wi-Fi. AirTight WIPS™ established its industry leadership position by delivering, for the first time, the key elements of an effective wireless intrusion prevention system:

• detecting and correctly classifying wireless threats – to catch all threats, while minimizing false alarms
• preventing (multiple, simultaneous) wireless threats – while continuing to scan for new ones
• accurately locating the wireless threats on a floor map – so they can be removed

AirTight holds multiple patents that cover technologies useful for implementing these functionalities, which are fundamental to wireless intrusion prevention. These patented capabilities are included in AirTight's products such as AirTight WIPS™, AirTight Cloud Services™, and AirTight Wi-Fi™.

About AirTight Networks
AirTight Networks is a global provider of secure Wi-Fi solutions that combine its patented and industry-leading wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS) technology with the next generation cloud-managed, controller-less Wi-Fi architecture. This unified approach allows enterprises for the first time to benefit from Wi-Fi access while concurrently protecting their networks 24/7 from wireless threats at no additional cost. AirTight's customers include global enterprises across virtually all industries and range from those who overlay AirTight WIPS™ on top of other WLAN solutions, to those who leverage the AirTight Cloud Services™ to rollout and manage AirTight Wi-Fi™, WIPS, and regulatory compliance (e.g., PCI) across tens of thousands of locations from a single console. AirTight owns the seminal patents for wireless intrusion prevention technology with 29 U.S. and international patents granted, and more than 20 additional patents pending. For more information, please visit: www.airtightnetworks.com.

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