Synopsys, Inc. v. Sunlune Corporation

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 7 SYNOPSYS, INC., Case No. 24-cv-00220-BLF

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR TRO AND ORDER TO

9 v. SHOW CAUSE WHY A PRELIMINARY

INJUNCTION SHOULD NOT ISSUE

10 SUNLUNE CORPORATION, [Re: ECF 10] 11 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc. filed this suit against Defendant Sunlune Corporation on January 14 11, 2024, asserting claims for violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and 15 breach of contract. See Compl., ECF 1. Synopsys develops electronic design automation 16 (“EDA”) software for use in the design, testing, and manufacture of microchips and electronic 17 systems. Sunlune, a chip design company, obtained a license to certain Synopsys EDA software. 18 Synopsys asserts that Sunlune thereafter began using counterfeit license keys to pirate more and 19 different copies of Synopsys EDA software than authorized under the license. 20 On January 19, 2024,…