December 21, 2016
Software company Synopsys won its request for a permanent injunction against ATopTech over command set elements when a California federal judge issued a ruling Monday that ordered ATopTech to stop selling and producing certain products.
October 25, 2016
A California federal judge declined Monday to gut a $30 million intellectual property jury verdict via a finding of equitable estoppel in a fight between two Silicon Valley companies that make software used to design computer chips, Synopsys Inc. and ATopTech Inc.
March 10, 2016
A California federal jury on Thursday concluded that ATopTech Inc. owes $30.4 million in damages to rival electronic design automation software maker Synopsys Inc. for infringing its copyrights related to software for analyzing digital circuits.
March 04, 2016
ATopTech Inc. urged a California federal court Thursday to toss its rival electronic design automation software maker Synopsys Inc.'s copyright infringement claims, saying Synopsys has not shown enough evidence in its trial for a reasonable jury to conclude that ATopTech stole its software or caused it to lose money.
November 19, 2015
Software maker Synopsys Inc. can't dodge rival ATopTech Inc.'s counterclaims alleging it sought to stifle competition by limiting use of its software to develop new products in the product's license, a California federal judge said Wednesday.
November 13, 2015
Synopsys Inc. urged the California federal judge overseeing its patent suit against rival ATopTech Inc. on Friday to toss counterclaims that Synopsys' electronic design software license harms competition, arguing that ATopTech and others have gained a foothold in the market.
September 18, 2015
Electronic design automation software maker Synopsys Inc. won't get a chance to amend its complaint in a patent infringement suit against rival ATopTech Inc., after a California federal judge ruled Thursday it had waited too long to seek the changes.
August 15, 2014
Two circuit design rivals agreed in California federal court on Thursday to end a fight over whether Dickstein Shapiro LLP should be disqualified from their patent litigation, settling for an ethical walling off of one of the firm's partners.
August 04, 2014
Synopsys Inc. pushed back Friday against rival ATopTech Inc.'s opposition to the disqualification of Dickstein Shapiro LLC from a patent infringement suit in California federal court, four months after a previous firm was also barred from representing ATopTech, saying it has standing to disqualify the firm.
July 28, 2014
ATopTech Inc. on Friday hit back against Synopsys Inc.'s bid to disqualify Dickstein Shapiro LLP from representing the company in a patent infringement suit, saying Synopsys lacks standing because it hasn't shown it qualifies as a "client or former client" of a Dickstein attorney.