Mentor Graphics Wins Injunction In Patent Suit With Synopsys

(RTTNews) - Mentor Graphics Corp. (MENT) announced that an Oregon Federal District Court has issued an injunction in favor of Mentor Graphics. The injunction prohibits Synopsys, Inc (SNPS) from making, using, selling, offering to sell, licensing or leasing in the United States any emulators or software that incorporate Mentor Graphics' patented emulation technology covered by U.S. Patent No. 6,240,376.

The injunction also prohibits Synopsys from importing into the United States any emulators that incorporate Mentor's patented technology, and from selling or leasing infringing emulators outside of the United States for use by persons inside the United States. In addition, the court confirmed the prior award to Mentor of more than $36 million for lost profits resulting from past infringement by Synopsys.

Separately, Synopsys announced that it will continue to sell, ship and support its high-performance ZeBu Server emulation systems worldwide, and that it has released a new version of ZeBu Server software that does not include the two features previously found to infringe on a Mentor Graphics Corporation patent. The release also includes technology for up to 3X faster compile performance and Unified Debug with the market-leading Verdi solution.