Synopsys, Inc. v. Siemens Industry Software Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SYNOPSYS, INC., Case No. 20-cv-04151-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER CLARIFYING NOVEMBER 12,

v. 2020 ORDER GRANTING

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

AVATAR INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, AS TO CLAIMS I AND II AND

INC., DENYING MOTION AS TO CLAIM VI

11 Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 55

13 On December 10, 2020, plaintiff Synopsys, Inc. (“Synopsys”) filed an administrative 14 motion seeking clarification of my November 12, 2020 Order in which I granted defendant Avatar 15 Integrated Systems, Inc.’s (“Avatar”) motion to dismiss as to Claims I and II of the Complaint. In 16 that Order I held that U.S. Patents Nos. 8,407,640 (“the ’640 Patent”) and 7,103,863 (“the ’863 17 Patent”) are invalid under Alice, because they are directed to abstract ideas and do not contain any 18 saving inventive concepts. Synopsys seeks an order clarifying that the November 12, 2020 Order 19 only invalidates claim 1 of the ’863 patent because my discussion in that Order focuses on claim 1 20…