Mentor Graphics Corporation v. Eve-Usa, Inc., No. 15-1470 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 16, 2017)

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The present appeal arises from litigation in the Dis- trict of Oregon between Mentor Graphics Corp. (“Mentor”) and Synopsys, Inc., Synopsys Emulation and Verification S.A.S., and EV E-USA, Inc. (“EVE”) (collectively, “Synop- sys”). 1 Mentor asserted several patents against Synopsys, including U.S. Patent Nos. 6,240,376 (“the ’376 patent”) , 6,947,882 (“the ’882 patent”) , 6,009, 531 (“the ’531 p a- tent”), and 5,649,176 (“the ’176 patent”) . Synopsys a s- serted two patents against Mentor—U.S. Patent Nos.