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“This ruling confirms what we’ve been saying all along. Magma has no ownership interest in any of the fixed timing inventions at the core of our claims in this case,” said Brian Cabrera, Synopsys general counsel. “We look forward to proceeding with the balance of the case after the court issues its ruling in the ownership phase.”

However, Magma is reporting that  the court’s decision denied Synopsys’ requests to halt the re-examination process of the ‘438 patent.

“Synopsys proposed remedies to the court that would have stood in the way of the patent office’s re-examination of the patents, but the remedy in today’s ruling permits the re-examination process to continue on its normal schedule,” said David Stanley, Magma’s corporate vice president, Corporate Affairs. “The discovery process has revealed that the patents in question are likely invalid, so Synopsys’ claims of infringement have no merit.”

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