EXTR 8-K 11-8-11




UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported):

November 4, 2011


EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
000-25711
 
77-0430270
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3585 Monroe Street
Santa Clara, California 95051

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(408) 579-2800
 
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Item 8.01.
Other Events.
On November 4, 2011 after a five-day patent infringement trial in which Enterasys Networks alleged that the Company infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,195,181 (“'181 patent”), a jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, determined that none of the Company's products in the lawsuit infringed the Enterasys '181 patent. Due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of the matter at this time.






SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 8, 2011

EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ DIANE HONDA
 
 
Diane Honda
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary