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Reports that an executive and some employees of Avant! Corporation have been charged with stealing source code from Cadence Design Systems Incorporated. Response of Avant! on the allegations; Year in jail faced by the dependants if convicted; Information on the evidence collected.

Reports that Cadence Design Systems Incorporated threatened legal action against users of placement-and-routing products from Avant! Corporation. Avant!'s product banned by the court; Integrated circuit (IC) design system developed by Avant!; Avant!'s comments on the injunction.

Reports on developments in the legal dispute between Cadence Design System Inc. and Avant! Corp. in September 1996. Cadence's petition for a preliminary injunction against Avant!'s ArcCell and ArcCell-XO placement-and-routing tools; Cadence's claim to have obtained fresh evidence of source-code theft; 1994 agreement signed between Cadence and Avant! president Gerry Hsu.

Reports on Cadence Design Systems's lawsuit against Cooper and Chyan Technology (CCT) for selling an allegedly unauthorized translator. Issue over interface between CCT's Craftsman router and Cadence's Virtuoso IC layout tools; CCT president and chief executive officer Jack Harding's response to the suit; Background on the case.

Reports on the Avant! Corp.'s filing of its response to Cadence Design Systems Inc.'s motion to halt the sale of Avant!'s ArcCell and ArcCell-XO products. Background on the motion filed by Cadence; Avant!'s cross-examination of Cadence witnesses in preparation for the September 10 hearing; Cadence's reaction to Avant!'s response; Conflicting experts consulted.

Reports on the legal battle between Avant! Corp. and Cadence Design Systems. Cadence's filing of a brief which seeks an injunction against sales of Avant's ArcCell and ArcCell-XO integrated circuit layout products; Avant! chief executive officer Gerald Hsu's letter to customers; Avant!'s insistence that it has never misused Cadence code.

Deals with the lawsuit filed by law firm Milberg Weiss against Cadence Design Systems Inc. for alleged illegal payments made by Cadence to former OrCAD executives. Details on the lawsuit; Statement issued by Darren Robbins, an attorney at Milberg Weiss; Executives of OrCAD named in the lawsuit.

Reports that CrossCheck Technology Inc. has sued Cadence Design Systems Inc. charging breach of contract. Allegations that Cadence misappropriated confidential information.

Discusses the effects of the treat of Cadence Design Systems Inc. to the users of Avant! products in Japan. Termination of Technology Modelling Associates (TMA) from `Platinum Partner' connection program of Cadence; Prediction of Avant! user on the future of its product; Japanese executives reaction to Joseph Costello of Cadence's comments.

Reports on Cadence Design Systems Incorporated filed appeal against a federal ruling that denied its request for a preliminary injunction against Avant! Corporation. Cadence representative's comments on the injunction.

Reports on a federal court ruling upholding Cadence Design Systems' lawsuit against Avant! Corp. on charges of copying its source code. Affirmation of evidence proving Avant!'s guilt; Court's denial of Cadence's request to bar sales of Avant!'s Aquarius line of integrated circuit place-and-route products; Background on the case.

Reports on the settlement of Cadence Design Systems Inc.'s lawsuit filed against Cooper & Chyan Technology Inc. Case background; Lawsuit's allegations; Terms of the settlement agreement.

Reports on the delay in a hearing on the lawsuit filed by Cadence Design Systems Inc. against Cooper and Chyan Technology (CCT) until September 12, 1996. Cadence's allegations that CCT violated provisions of the Cadence Connections program.

Presents the results of an Internet survey on engineers' reactions to the Cadence-Avant! lawsuit. Belief in the American legal system's general capability of rendering justice in technically complex lawsuits; Cadence's September 11, 1996 request for an injunction to prevent further sales of Avant! products that are alleged to contain Cadence technology.

Reports on the document by Avant! Corp. setting a defense strategy against claims of software theft leveled by Cadence Design Systems Inc. Features of the document; Background on the lawsuit by Cadence; Details of the arguments by Cadence.

Reports on the response filed by Avant! Corp. to an earlier motion by Cadence Design Systems Inc. for an injunction against the sale of ArtCell and ArCell-XO,, two Avant! products. Cadence's claim that independent expert witnesses found massive copying of Cadence source code in Avant! products.

Reports on the counterclaim filed by Avant! Corp. against Cadence Design Systems Inc. in the US District Court in San Jose, California.

Reports on Synopsys Inc.'s settlement of a lawsuit filed against Cadence Design Systems Inc. Pact for an integration design flow; Synopsys' claims against Cadence; Terms of the agreement.

Reports on Cadence Design Systems Inc.'s filing of a motion for a permanent injunction against the sale of !Avant Corp.'s ArcCell and ArcCell-XO.

Reports on the countersuit filed by Avant! Corp. against Cadence Design Systems Inc. Aim to drive Avant! out of business; Violation of antitrust laws; Comments from industry analysts.

Reports on the criminal indictments (CI) issued by the Santa Clara County Criminal Grand Jury against Avant! Corp. (AC) for allegedly conspiring to steal trade secrets from Cadence Design Systems. Prevention of the sale, licensing and copying of AC's Aquarius place and route software tools; Justification of the CI by the nature of the alleged offense.

Reports on the lawsuits filed by Mentor Graphics (MG) against Quickturn and Cadence Design Systems (CDS). Reaction to the decision of Quickturn to merge with CDS; Allegation on the breach of fiduciary duties in adopting a poison pill amendment; Speculations on the face-saving tactic of MG.

Focuses on Avant! Corp.'s growth strategies driven by the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Cadence. Mergers and acquisitions; Development of a 0.25-micron technology; Introduction of products derived from the combination of newly developed and acquired technology; Competition with Galax!.

Reports on the decision by the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a March 1997 ruling by the US District Court to allow the sale of Avant! Corp.'s ArcCell products. Details of the suit filed by Cadence Design Systems against Avant!; Speculations on the impact of the decision on Avant!'s operations.

Reports on the felony charges filed by Cadence Design Systems against Avant! Corp. for alleged conspiracy and theft of trade secrets. Avant! executives and employees as co-respondents to the suit; Arraignment of six defendants in a San Jose, California municipal court on April 18, 1997; Impact of the lawsuit on Avant!'s stock; Cadence's estimated losses due to theft of trade secrets.

Focuses on the U.S. District Court's ruling which partly granted and partly denied Cadence Design Systems' motion for a preliminary injunction order finding Avant! had copied Cadence framework source code. Likelihood of success in Cadence's case of copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets; Denial of Cadence's motion to enjoin the sale and support of Avant!'s IC place-and-route software.

Reports that Cadence Design Systems filed a civil lawsuit against Avant! Corp. Accusation that Avant! copied source code from a Cadence integrated circuit (IC) layout package; Specifics of the allegations.

Editorial. Asserts that it is not wise to dismiss anything as impossible with regards to the dispute between Cadence and Avant!. Comparison to the effort to impeach United States President Bill Clinton against the voters' wish; Claim of pundits on the settlement of the intellectual property infringement suit; Similarity to the cases of Franklin Computer and Digital Equipment.

Reports that Avant! Corp. has refiled its counterclaim against Cadence Design Systems Inc.

Reports on US District Court Judge Ronald White's decision on the lawsuit filed by Cadence Design Systems against Avant! Corp. Conflict over whether Avant!'s production of products was based on pirated information; Avant!'s products affected by the order; Significance of the ruling to Cadence Design.

Reports that a federal judge agreed to put off a trial on the civil lawsuit Cadence Design Systems Inc. filed against Avant! until the criminal charges pending against Avant! are resolved. Order for Avant! to post a bond of $5 million pending the resumption of the civil action; Denials of the legal skirmish.

Reports that the Santa Clara County District Attorney's (DA) office has accumulated 43 gigabytes of disk space on the Avant!-Cadence Design Systems source-code civil lawsuit.

Reports that Cadence Design Systems is lined up for back-to-back courtroom appearances against Avant! and Cooper & Chyan Technology.

Focuses on Avant!'s release of its memorandum opposing Cadence Design Systems' motion for preliminary injunction. Release by the Santa Ana County, California district attorney's affidavit supporting its search warrant used in the raid of Avant!; Highlights.

Reports on Avant! Corp.'s claims that experts found a complete lack of technical evidence in Cadence Design Systems' lawsuit against it. Background information on the lawsuit.

Focuses on Cadence Design Systems' filing of redacted brief on April 19, 1996, consisting of evidence gathered to substantiate its December 1995 lawsuit against Avant! Corp.

Reports that Avant! Corp. filed an amended counterclaim against Cadence Design Systems and its chief executive officer, Joseph Costello. Opposition to Costello's requested RICO dismissal; Motion to bifurcate the trial; Request to dismiss counterclaims.

Reveals that Avant! Corp. plans to file a countersuit against Cadence Design Systems. Reasons for the suit; The intention of naming Cadence President/CEO Joseph Costello as a defendant in the lawsuit; Three unidentified semiconductor manufacturers placing orders with Avant!

Reports that Cadence Design Systems Inc. took a 1Q charge against earnings as a provision for the tentative settlement of two pending lawsuits against them. Financial performance of Cadence for the first quarter of its fiscal year 1994; Effect of the class-action lawsuits from stockholders; Economic trends; Observations of Cadence president Joseph Costello.