Legal Opinion
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. v. Avant! Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1997No. 97-15571PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, District Judge:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (“Cadence”) brought suit against Avant! Corporation (“Avant!”) (pronounced Ah VAN tee) for copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets. Cadence appealed the district court’s partial denial of its motion for preliminary injunction. Cadence asserts that the district court erred (1) by failing to enjoin Avant! from using copyrighted computer code after the district court found that Cadence was likely to succeed on the merits of its copyright claim and (2) by failing to enjoin Avant! from selling modified software products…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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