Cisco Systems said yesterday that it had agreed to dismiss its patent infringement lawsuit against the 3Com Corporation and Huawei, a Chinese maker of computer networking equipment. Cisco sued Huawei in Federal District Court in Texas in January 2003, claiming that the company had infringed numerous Cisco patents and illegally copied some software code and documentation. 3Com, with which Huawei has a joint venture, intervened in the lawsuit last year. In the suit, Cisco sought unspecified damages and a court order to stop Huawei from selling the products that Cisco claims infringe its patents. Last September, the parties announced an agreement to suspend the lawsuit pending a review, which concluded in yesterday's dismissal. Laurie J. Flynn (NYT)