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`Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc. ("Synopsys"), through its counsel, states and alleges as follows:
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`NATURE OF THE ACTION
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`This case arises out ofDefendant ATopTech Inc.'s ("ATopTech") copying and
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`theft of Synopsys' proprietary and confidential information, breaches of contractual obligations to
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`Synopsys and infringement ofSynopsys' intellectual property.
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`Synopsys is a leader in the electronic design automation ("EDA'') and
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`semiconductor intellectual property industry. It develops, manufactures, sells and licenses
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`products and services that enable designers to create, model and verify complex integrated circuit
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`designs from concept to silicon. Since 1986, engineers around the world have used Synopsys
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`technology to design and create billions of integrated circuits and systems.
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`ATopTech describes itself as an EDA company that develops tools for the physical
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`design of integrated circuits at 65 nanometers and below including its Aprisa "place and route"
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`tool and Apogee "floor planning" tool. A Top Tech claims to have offices in the United States,
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`India, Japan and Taiwan.
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`Synopsys and a company Synopsys acquired-Extreme DA Corporation
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`("Extreme DA")--licensed certain technology to ATopTech under two royalty-free license
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`agreements: (i) a Connections Program License Agreement ("CPLA") and (ii) a license
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`agreement relating to a method for parametric on chip variation ("POCV License"). A Top Tech
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`agreed to maintain the confidentiality ofSynopsys' and Extreme DA's proprietary information
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`and also agreed, among other things, not to reverse engineer or copy any software or other
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`materials provided under the license agreements. Under the POCV License, ATopTech further
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`agreed to certain communications and marketing obligations, and agreed to keep records of all of
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`its customers that receive ATopTech's products in which the licensed POCV method is available
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`and to provide Synopsys and Extreme DA with the names of such customers.
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`In November 2012, based on concerns that ATopTech was not in compliance with
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`these license agreements and had improperly copied Synopsys proprietary information, Synopsys
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`exercised its right to verify ATopTech's compliance with the license agreements.
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`Synopsys spent several months attempting to work with ATopTech on a voluntary
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`COMPLAINT
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`production allowing ATopTech to establish compliance with the agreements and demonstrate that
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`it did not steal or copy Synopsys' proprietary information and software. Synopsys even offered
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`ATopTech the opportunity to provide any information under a non-disclosure agreement that
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`would restrict access to Synopsys' outside counsel and independent experts.
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`Instead of taking advantage of this opportunity, ATopTech engaged in a
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`systematic effort to frustrate and obstruct Synopsys' attempt to verify ATopTech's contractual
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`compliance and ensure that Synopsys' intellectual property rights were not being infringed.
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`Synopsys has also discovered that ATopTech improperly accessed and downloaded certain
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`proprietary materials from Synopsys' secure customer support website, SolvNet.
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`8.
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`As a result, Synopsys has no alternative but to seek judicial relief. ATopTech's
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`EDA products Aprisa and Apogee infringe Synopsys' patents and copyrights, misappropriate
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`Synopsys' trade secrets and unfairly compete with and trade on Synopsys' industry leading EDA
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`tools. Moreover, ATopTech improperly accessed, downloaded and used proprietary materials
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`from Synopsys' secure customer support website to unfairly compete with Synopsys.
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`Accordingly, Synopsys brings this suit for federal copyright infringement, federal patent
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`infringement, trade secret misappropriation, violations of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse
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`Act ("CF AA") and California Computer Data Access and Fraud Act ("CDAF A"), unfair
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`competition, misappropriation, breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good
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`faith and fair dealing.
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`THE PARTIES
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`Synopsys is a corporation organized under Delaware law with its principal place of
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`business in Santa Clara County at 700 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, California 94043.
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`On information and belief, ATop Tech is a corporation organized under Delaware
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`law with its principal place ofbusiness in Santa Clara County at 2111 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara,
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`California 95054. ATopTech also claims to have offices in India, Japan and Taiwan.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`This action arises in part under the United States Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101,
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`et seq., the patent laws of the United States, 35 U.S.C. § 100, et seq. and the Computer Fraud and
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`under 18 U.S.C. § 1030(g) and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338.
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`This Court has supplemental subject matter jurisdiction over the pendent state law
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`and common law claims under 28 U.S.C. § 1367 because these claims are so related to Synopsys'
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`claims under federal law that they form part of the same case or controversy and derive from a
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`common nucleus of operative fact.
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over ATopTech because its principle place of
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`business is within the State of California and this judicial district, and because it has conducted
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`and does conduct business within the State of California and this judicial district.
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`Venue in this district is appropriate under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391 and 1400 because the
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`events giving rise to the dispute occurred in this district.
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`INTRADISTRICT ASSIGNMENT
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`This is an intellectual property action and is assigned on a district-wide basis under
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`Civil L.R. 3-2(c) and General Order No. 44.
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`FACTUAL BACKGROUND
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`Synopsys' PrimeTime and GoldTime Products and Associated Intellectual Property
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`As a world leader in EDA, Synopsys is helping the electronics market accelerate
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`innovation in all aspects of semiconductor design. Synopsys provides a complete front-to-back
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`design and test environment, software-level to silicon-level verification, design reuse technology,
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`field-programmable gate array solutions and professional services to help its customers get their
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`silicon working quickly and accurately. These technology-leading solutions help give Synopsys
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`customers a competitive edge in quickly bringing the best products to market while reducing
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`costs and schedule risk. Since 1986, engineers around the world have used Synopsys technology
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`to design and create billions of integrated circuits and systems.
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`To address the important issue of timing in integrated circuit design, Synopsys
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`spent years investing in and developing PrimeTime, its proprietary static timing analysis tool that
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`computes the expected timing of a digital circuit without requiring simulation. Prime Time is a
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`successful product and is widely used in industry for gate-level static timing analysis.
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`The Prime Time software includes hundreds of Synopsys-proprietary input formats
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`and output formats. The compilation ofPrimeTime's input formats (sometimes referred to as a
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`"command set") are proprietary to Synopsys and are not part of any open format or standard.
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`These proprietary input formats are used within larger "scripts" that are executed by Prime Time.
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`Prime Time provides feedback to the user using output formats. Synopsys' engineers and
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`software developers expended significant creativity, time and effort in developing the individual
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`input formats and output formats, as well as the compilation of input formats and output formats.
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`PrimeTime also supports a set of open source commands (referred to as "Synopsys
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`developers to create products that intemperate with PrimeTime or other SDC-compliant EDA
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`tools. Synopsys makes SDC available under a free, open source license.
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`In addition to developing PrimeTime, Synopsys also invested substantial time,
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`effort and money to protect its intellectual property and add technology and engineering talent to
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`advance Synopsys' timing analysis solutions. In June of2011, Synopsys filed suit in the District
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`ofDelaware against Extreme DA for improperly copying portions of the PrimeTime software into
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`Extreme DA's static timing analysis tool, GoldTime. In October 2011, Synopsys acquired
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`Extreme DA, including GoldTime, and confirmed that a significant portion of the Prime Time
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`software had been copied into GoldTime.
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`Synopsys' proprietary information, including its trade secrets at issue in this case,
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`which has been copied and misappropriated by ATopTech, relates to Synopsys' PrimeTime,
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`GoldTime and IC Compiler products. Such information includes Synopsys' proprietary input and
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`output formats, scripts and technical product documentation, which generally are not publicly
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`known, and derive value from being secret. Synopsys takes substantial steps to protect and
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`is only disclosed to Synopsys customers, business partners or others pursuant to strict
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`confidentiality obligations. For example, user manuals and other documentation contain
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`confidential and proprietary information that are Synopsys' property, that Synopsys furnishes the
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`software and documentation under a license agreement and that such software and documentation
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`may only be used or copied in accordance with the license terms. The end user license agreement
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`(EULA) to which customers further are bound precludes disclosure ofSynopsys confidential and
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`proprietary information, including limiting access with respect to "employees and contractors on
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`a 'need to know' basis."
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`Synopsys takes other reasonable steps to protect its proprietary and confidential
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`information by protecting its facilities, secure websites, servers, computers, networks, databases
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`and communications systems using a variety of physical and electronic security systems, such as
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`access cards, password protection systems, encrypted communications technology and vendor,
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`customer and employee non-disclosure agreements.
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`PrimeTime and GoldTime software and user documentation are original works of
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`authorship and are subject to copyright protection.
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`Synopsys owns all rights to the PrimeTime and GoldTime software and user
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`documentation, which have been registered with the United States Copyright Office:
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`U.S. Registration Nos. TX 7-261-049, TX 7-260-556, TX 7-670-937, TX 7-663-729, and TX 7-
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`664-316. True and correct copies of these registrations are attached as Exhibits 1-5.
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`Synopsys developed novel technologies and techniques related to integrated circuit
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`design, which are protected by numerous U.S. patents.
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,405,348 ('"348 Patent"), entitled "Deep sub-micron static timing
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`analysis in the presence of crosstalk" and naming Peivand Fallah-Tehrani and Shang-Woo Chyou
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`as inventors, was duly and legally issued by the USPTO on June 11, 2002. Synopsys is the
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`assignee and holder of all rights, title and interests in the '348 Patent, including without limitation
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`all rights to sue for damages for infringement thereof. A true and correct copy of the '348 Patent
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`is attached hereto as Exhibit 6.
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,507,941 ('"941 Patent"), entitled "Subgrid detailed routing" and
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`naming Hardy Kwok-Shing Leung and Raymond X. Nijssen as inventors, was duly and legally
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`issued by the USPTO on January 14, 2003. Synopsys is the owner and holder of all rights, title
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`infringement thereof. A true and correct copy of the '941 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit 7.
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,237,127 ('" 127 Patent"), entitled "Static timing analysis of
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`digital electronic circuits using non-default constraints known as exceptions" and naming Ted L.
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`Craven, Denis M. Baylor, and Yael Rindenau as inventors, was duly and legally issued by the
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`6 USPTO on May 22, 2001. Synopsys is the owner and holder of all rights, title and interests in
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,567,967 ("'967 Patent"), entitled "Method for designing large
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`rights, title and interests in the '967 Patent, including without limitation all rights to sue for
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`damages for infringement thereof. A true and correct copy of the '967 Patent is attached hereto
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`The '348 '941, '127 and '967 patents are collectively referred to herein as the
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`On June 10, 2010, A Top Tech entered into the CPLA with Extreme DA, which
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`DA assigned all rights, title and interest in the GoldTime intellectual property to Synopsys,
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`including its rights under the CPLA. Synopsys extended the CPLA three times. The CPLA
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`Under the CPLA, ATopTech gained access to copies ofGoldTime software and
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`Extreme DA had copied into GoldTime).
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`The CPLA, in all of its iterations, provided only a limited license to use GoldTime
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`On December 3, 2010, Extreme DA and ATopTech entered into the POCV
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`License granting ATopTech a limited, non-exclusive license to Extreme DA's proprietary POCV
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`technology, including U.S. Patent No. 8,407,640 ("'640 Patent"), which ATopTech used to test
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`timing effects resulting from variations that may occur to a chip during manufacture (from
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`process, voltage or temperature effects). When Synopsys acquired Extreme DA, Extreme DA
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`ATopTech Copied PrimeTime and GoldTime
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`On information and belief, while ATopTech was continuing to receive and use
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`Synopsys, ATopTech copied portions ofthe PrimeTime and GoldTime software and
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`documentation into Aprisa user documentation and software. Synopsys is in possession of a
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`small portion of Aprisa documentation-provided by ATopTech-revealing that Aprisa includes
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`proprietary PrimeTime and GoldTime input and output formats.
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`This copying likely is widespread. ATopTech advertises that Aprisa has
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`"excellent correlation with sign-off timing" and a "tight correlation" with Synopsys' PrimeTime
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`software. On information and belief, such correlation is not possible without copying significant
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`portions of the Prime Time software.
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`ATopTech's Unauthorized Access and Improper Downloads from SolvNet
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`ATopTech also improperly accessed and stole other Synopsys proprietary
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`documentation, by downloading such materials from Synopsys' "SolvNet" secure website
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`all SolvNet content." This means that users must only access and download materials for which
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`In 2013, Synopsys discovered that ATopTech accessed SolvNet and engaged in
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`downloading and other use of these materials was beyond the scope of its licenses with Synopsys.
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`On information and belief, ATopTech sought commercial gain and competitive
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`advantage by accessing and using Synopsys proprietary information to develop its products,
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`including ATopTech's Aprisa, which incorporate and are derived from Synopsys' confidential
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`information and trade secrets.
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`ATopTech's Refusal To Demonstrate Compliance with the License Agreements
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`Fearing that ATopTech wrongfully copied, used and disclosed portions of the
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`PrimeTime and GoldTime software, and otherwise breached the CPLA and POCV License
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`agreements, on November 28,2012, Synopsys invoked its rights to verify compliance under both
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`license agreements, and thereafter diligently worked to commence and complete the audit.
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`For months, Synopsys attempted to work with ATopTech to establish compliance
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`with the license agreements and confirm that A Top Tech did not steal or copy Synopsys'
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`proprietary information and software. Synopsys even agreed that ATopTech could provide any
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`information under a non-disclosure agreement that would restrict access to Synopsys' outside
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`counsel and independent experts. Rather than cooperating with Synopsys, ATopTech
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`On May 8, 2013-after ATopTech's continued refusal to cooperate with the
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`In this May 8th letter, and in subsequent communications, Synopsys also put
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`Synopsys' valuable intellectual property rights, including those covered by Synopsys' PrimeTime
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`Synopsys set a June 10, 2013 deadline for completion of the audit. The June 10
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`On June 17, 2013, Synopsys again gave ATopTech the opportunity to demonstrate
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`Synopsys incorporates paragraphs 1-46 as though fully set forth herein.
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`The Prime Time and GoldTime software and user documentation ("Copyrighted
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`Software") are original works of authorship and constitute copyrightable subject matter under the
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`copyright laws ofthe United States, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. The Copyrighted Software has been
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`7-261-049, TX 7-260-556, TX 7-670-937, TX 7-663-729, and TX 7-664-316. Synopsys is the
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`In compliance with copyright regulations, Synopsys filed with the Copyright
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`The effective date of the copyright registrations is the day on which an application, deposit and
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`fee have all been received in the Copyright Office. 17 U.S.C. § 410(d).
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`50.
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`As owner of the Copyrighted Software, Synopsys enjoys the exclusive right to,
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`among other things, reproduce the Copyrighted Software, prepare derivative works and distribute
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`copies of the Copyrighted Software. 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 106.
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`On information and belief, ATopTech had access to the Copyrighted Software,
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`On information and belief, ATopTech's infringement was deliberate, willful and in
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`54.
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`The infringement of Synopsys' copyrights by ATopTech harmed and will continue
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`to irreparably harm Synopsys unless restrained by this Court. Synopsys' remedy at law is not
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`adequate, by itself, to compensate for the harm inflicted and threatened by ATopTech. Thus, in
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`addition to all other remedies to which it is entitled, Synopsys is entitled to injunctive relief
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`restraining ATopTech, its officers, agents, employees and all persons acting in concert with it,
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`Synopsys is also entitled to recover from ATopTech the damages it has suffered
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`Synopsys is also entitled to recover its attorney's fees and costs of suit pursuant to
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`COUNT II- TRADE SECRET MISAPPROPRIATION
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`Synopsys incorporates paragraphs 1-56 as though fully set forth herein.
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`The Synopsys confidential and proprietary information alleged in this complaint
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`contains processes and information that are Synopsys trade secrets within the meaning of the
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`derives actual and potential economic value from not being generally known to the public or to
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`Synopsys made reasonable efforts under the circumstances to maintain and protect
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`On information and belief, ATopTech misappropriated Synopsys' trade secrets by
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`consent and by permitting third parties to use the trade secrets without Synopsys' authorization or
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`ATop Tech knew or had reason to know that the trade secrets were proprietary and
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`acquire it or acquired under circumstances giving rise to a duty to maintain secrecy or limit use.
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`62.
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`ATopTech's misappropriation ofSynopsys' trade secrets has caused and will
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`continue to cause Synopsys substantial injury, including, but not limited to, lost profits and the
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`diminution in value of its trade secrets. In addition, A Top Tech has been unjustly enriched by its
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`misappropriation of Synopsys' trade secrets.
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`Synopsys is entitled to recover its actual damages for ATopTech's
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`misappropriation and to recover for ATopTech's unjust enrichment resulting from the
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`Synopsys also suffered irreparable harm as a result of A TopTech' s activities and
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`ATop Tech, and its officers, agents, and employees and all persons acting in concert with them,
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`are enjoined from engaging in any further acts of misappropriation. Synopsys also is entitled to
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`injunctive relief restraining ATopTech's improper use and disclosure ofSynopsys trade secrets.
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`65.
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`On information and belief, ATopTech's misappropriation of Synopsys trade
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`secrets was and is willful and malicious, and accordingly, Synopsys is entitled to an award of
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`exemplary damages and reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses.
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`COUNT III- INFRINGEMENT OF THE '348 PATENT
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`Synopsys incorporates paragraphs 1-65 as though fully set forth herein.
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`On information and belief, ATopTech has been and currently is directly infringing
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`one or more claims of the '348 Patent by making, using, offering to sell, and selling within the
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`Exhibit 1003 - Page 12 of 171
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`On information and belief, ATopTech has been, is currently, and unless enjoined,
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`represented as a netlist in a manner that infringes the '348 Patent and by dictating by its design
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`infringement. On information and belief, ATopTech acted with specific intent to induce,
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`ATopTech's acts of'direct and indirect infringement are willful, as ATopTech
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`As a direct and proximate cause of ATopTech's infringement and willful
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`infringement of the '348 Patent, Synopsys has suffered and will continue to suffer irreparable
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`injury unless and until ATopTech's acts of infringement are enjoined and restrained by order of
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`this Court. Synopsys has no adequate remedy at law and is entitled to a preliminary and
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`permanent injunction against ATopTech and its infringing products.
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`As a direct and proximate cause of ATopTech's infringement, Synopsys suffered
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`Exhibit 1003 - Page 13 of 171
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`This case is an "exceptional" case within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 285 and
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`Synopsys is entitled to an award of attorneys fees.
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`COUNT IV- INFRINGEMENT OF THE '941 PATENT
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`Synopsys incorporates paragraphs 1-72 as though fully set forth herein.
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`On information and belief, ATopTech has been and currently is directly infringing
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`one or more claims of the '941 Patent by making, using, offering to sell, and selling within the
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`United States products that embody the inventions disclosed and claimed in the '941 patent, or by
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`importing into the United States products that embody the inventions disclosed and claimed in
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`the '941 patent. The ATopTech products that infringe the '941 patent include, but are not limited
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`grid routing that automatically extends wire location representations from one grid to another grid
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`in a manner that infringes the '941 Patent.
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`75.
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`On information and belief, ATopTech has been, is currently, and unless enjoined,
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`will continue to actively induce, encourage or contribute to the infringement of the '941 Patent.
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`Patent and nevertheless induced, encouraged or contributed to its customers' direct