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

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 By the instant order, the Court expresses no opinion as to the propriety of any

particular request for production set forth in the proposed subpoena and does not intend to

preclude any appropriate objection thereto. 

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.

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No. C-04-3923 MMC

ORDER GRANTING SYNOPSYS’S

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO REOPEN

LIMITED DISCOVERY; VACATING

HEARING

(Docket No. 1162)

Before the Court is plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s (“Synopsys”) motion, filed September

22, 2006, to reopen discovery for the limited purpose of permitting Synopsys to serve on

Mentor Graphics, Inc. (“Mentor”) the subpoena for documents attached as Exhibit 7 to the

Declaration of Chris Scott Graham (“Mentor subpoena”). By serving the Mentor subpoena,

Synopsys states it wishes to ascertain whether Magma violated the Court’s December 1,

2005 preliminary injunction by assisting Mentor in filing requests for reexamination of the

’446 and ’438 patents. Magma has filed a statement of nonopposition to the motion to

reopen discovery, without waiving its right to object to any subpoena issued to Mentor.1

Having considered the papers submitted in support of and in response to the motion, the

Court finds the matter appropriate for resolution without oral argument, see Civil L.R.

7-1(b), and hereby VACATES the October 27, 2006 hearing.

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For good cause shown, Synopsys’s motion is hereby GRANTED. 

This order terminates Docket No. 1162.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 6, 2006 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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