BRIEF-US ITC: Verizon Comm filed patent suit against Cablevision Systems

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission says Verizon Communications has filed a patent infringement suit against Cablevision Systems Corp over certain digital set-top boxes. (Diane Bartz; Company news desk in Washington; [phone], [e-mail]) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.