SYNOPSYS, INC. v. LEE

No. 1:14cv674 (JCC/IDD).

SYNOPSYS, INC., Plaintiff, v. MICHELLE K. LEE, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, serving in the Acting Capacity as Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

October 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Synopsys, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by David Bartholomew Smith , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

Michelle K. Lee, Defendant, represented by David Moskowitz , US Attorney's Office.

United States Patent and Trademark Office, Defendant, represented by David Moskowitz , US Attorney's Office.

SAS Institute, Inc., Amicus, represented by Tara Lynn Renee Zurawski , Jones Day.

Mentor Graphics Corporation, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Bradley Charles Wright , Banner & Witcoff Ltd..


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES C. CACHERIS, District Judge.

Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc. ("Synopsys") filed this declaratory judgment action pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") against Defendants Michelle K. Lee, the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO"), serving in her acting capacity as Director of the USPTO ("the Director...

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