MENTOR GRAPHICS CORP. v. EVE-USA, INC.

2015-1470, 2015-1554, 2015-1556.

851 F.3d 1275 (2017)

MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION, an Oregon Corporation, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant v. EVE-USA, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Synopsys Emulation and Verification S.A.S., Formed Under the Laws of France, Synopsys, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: March 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARK E. MILLER , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued for plaintiff-cross-appellant. Also represented by ANNE E. HUFFSMITH , LUANN LORAINE SIMMONS .

E. JOSHUA ROSENKRANZ , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendants-appellants. Also represented by DANIEL A. RUBENS , ANDREW D. SILVERMAN ; ROBERT M. LOEB , ERIC SHUMSKY , Washington, DC; INDRA NEEL CHATTERJEE , VICKI L. FEEMAN , TRAVIS JENSEN , SCOTT T. LONARDO , Menlo Park, CA; WILLIAM H. WRIGHT , Los Angeles, CA.

SEAN C. CUNNINGHAM , DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA, for amici curiae Hewlett-Packard Company, Aruba Networks, Inc., NETGEAR, Inc., Newegg Inc., Oracle America, Inc., Ruckus Wireless, Inc., Safeway Inc., SAS Institute Inc., Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Veri-Fone, Inc., VIZIO, Inc.

Before Lourie, Moore, and Chen, Circuit Judges.


The present appeal arises from litigation in the District of Oregon between Mentor Graphics Corp. ("Mentor") and Synopsys, Inc., Synopsys Emulation and Verification S.A.S., and EVE-USA, Inc. ("EVE") (collectively, "Synopsys").1 Mentor asserted several patents against Synopsys, including U.S. Patent...

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