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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SYNOPSYS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.,

Defendant.

 /

No. C-04-3923 MMC

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

TO DEFENDANT MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION AND ITS COUNSEL OF

RECORD: 

You, your officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and those in active

concert or participation with you or them, are hereby RESTRAINED AND ENJOINED,

pending this Court’s final determination of the ownership of United States Patent Nos.

6,453,446 and 6,725,438 (the “Patents”), from:

1. Taking any steps with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) to

destroy, abandon, suspend, limit, or disclaim the Patents or any part thereof;

2. Seeking reexamination of the Patents;

 3. Failing or refusing to pay the administrative or maintenance fees for the Patents;

and

4. Corresponding with, including sending or receiving correspondence from, the

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PTO regarding the Patents, without providing a copy of such correspondence within five

days to Synopsys.

The above preliminary injunction is effective immediately. No undertaking is

required.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 1, 2005 MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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