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Intellectual Property,
Contracts

Nov. 6, 2024

After $550K jury verdict, attorneys tussle over 'nominal' damages claim

Real Intent's defense team from Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP lauded the verdict as a "sweeping victory." Attorneys for plaintiff Synopsys dispute that characterization.

A San Jose federal jury awarded $550,000 in contract damages to Synopsys Inc., a leading semiconductor software company, finding that a former licensee and competitor, Real Intent Inc., was unjustly enriched.

The lawsuit claimed that Real Intent copied commands of the licensed software dating back to 2015.

Synopsys sued Real Intent in 2020 for infringement and contract breach, accusing its competitor of licensing its software "for the sole purposes of developing, tes...

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