( ESNUG 502 Item 6 ) -------------------------------------------- [04/19/12]
From: Luc Burgun <luc=user domain=eve-team got calm>
Subject: EVE CEO says prior art invalidates MENT's contested patents
Hi, John,
Thanks to you and your readers for giving EVE a forum to reinforce our
position. Here are our answers to the questions we can answer.
> For a while it appeared that EVE was prepping itself to be acquired
> by Synopsys. Do you think the renewed 2010 MENT/EVE lawsuits in the
> U.S. and in Japan have stopped this from happening?
No, EVE has never prepared itself to be acquired by Synopsys.
To clarify, there are two litigations pending, not three. EVE won
the first case in Japan in December 2010. At that time, the Japanese
customs court rejected the application made by Mentor Graphics in
the summer of 2010.
> What do you think the likely outcome will be of these renewed suits?
> Should we consider not buying a ZeBu box for fear of being drawn into
> the suits? (i.e. Is there any customer liability for using a product
> that is later found to be violating another company's patent?)
Our attorneys have limited what we can say about this. However, we
believe the lawsuits to be groundless.
> Conversely, is it possible that a judge could assign the contested
> patents to EVE, thus making it dangerous to own Veloce boxes?
Mentor owns the patents, but we have asked the judge to invalidate them
on the basis of substantial prior art.
We continue to see strong demand and adoption for ZeBu and our existing
customers believe in our ability to successfully defend ourselves against
Mentor Graphics' allegations.
After only two years, we have more than 30 design teams using ZeBu-Server
for validating very complex SoCs.
We have just closed our fiscal year with more than $60 M in bookings.
A Bientot,
- Luc Burgun, CEO and President
EVE SA Palaiseau, France
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