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CaseNo: SVRIVAC202031, Plaintiff: SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH INC, State: CA California, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>SVRIVAC202031, CourtName: IF THE ABOVE-ENTITLED MATTER SETTLES COUNSEL ARE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE COURT BY CONTACTING THE, Avant, Svr, Cir, Motion, Rico, Complaint, Dismiss, Allege, California, Opposition, Conspiracy, Rmw, App, Limitations, Admits, Standing, Supp, Paragraph, Fails, Original Complaint, Design, Civil, Trade Secrets, Money, Silicon Valley Research, Customers, Competition, Wire Fraud, Cadence, Act, Allegation, Support, Predicate Acts, Unfair Competition, Violation, Stolen Property, Route, Strike Pursuant, Texas Bar, Penal Code, Racketeering, Integrated Circuits, Basis Denies, Commonwealth Equity Trust , ContentID: 120250208

Case Documents
1   WUU REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
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2   WUU REPLY BRIEF TO PLTTF OPP
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3   WUU MOTION TO DISMISS
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4   STIP TO DEF ANSWER
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7   DEF REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
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8   DEF MOTION TO DISMISS
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9   DEF ANSWER TO COMPLAINT
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10 2001-12-14 STATEMENT AND PROPOSED ORDER
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11 2001-12-14 PLTFF OPP TO WUU MOTION TO DISMISS
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12 2001-12-14 NOTICE OF JOINDER OF DEF
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13 2001-12-14 AVANT REPLY IN SUPPORT
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14 2001-12-14 AVANT JOINDER IN WUU REPLY
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15 2001-12-14 AVANT 3RD MOTION IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
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16 2001-12-12 CLERK NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF CASE
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17 2001-11-30 PLTFF OPP TO AVANT MOTION TO DISMISS
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18 2001-11-30 DEF CORRECTED MOTION TO DISMISS
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19 2001-09-10 COMPLAINT
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Total Documents: 19 documents , 187 pages
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1 . WUU REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE

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3 . WUU MOTION TO DISMISS

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4 . STIP TO DEF ANSWER

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STIPULATION
DEFENDANT
COUNSEL
EXTENSION
STATE BAR
MYERS LLP
FACTS
SIGNATURES
DARIN
SNYDER
EMBARCADERO
BATTERY STREET
FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO
CALIFORNIA
ATTORNEYS
COMPLAINT
ALTER
DEADLINE
COURT ORDER
LAW FIRM
FACTS SET
DECLARATION
SWORN
WITNESS
PLAINTIFF SILICON VALLEY
SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH
PARTIES
FUTURE PRODUCTION


      1  DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
                 DARIN W. SNYDER (STATE BAR NO. 136003)
      2  O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
                 Embarcadero Center West
      3  275 Battery Street, 26th Floor
                 San Francisco, California  94111-3305
      4  (415) 984-8700

      5  Attorneys for Defendant
                 AVANT! CORPORATION
      6
      7                                         UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

      8                                       NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

      9
     10  SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,                         )          Case No.: C01-20759 RMW
                 a California corporation,                      )
     11                                                         )          STIPULATION TO EXTEND
                               Plaintiff,                       )          TIME FOR AVANT!
     12                                                         )          CORPORATION TO ANSWER
                        v.                                      )          COUNTS THREE AND SEVEN
     13                                                         )          OF COMPLAINT
                 AVANT!, INC., formerly ARCSYS,                 )
     14  INC., a Delaware corporation; GERALD                   )
                 HSU, an individual; MITSURU IGUSA, an  )                  Dept:  Hon. Ronald M.
     15  individual; ERIC CHENG, an individual;                 )          Courtroom  6
                 and STEPHEN WUU, an individual;                )
     16                                                         )
                                Defendants.                     )
     17  ___________________________________)
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                                                                                  STIPULATION TO
                                                                                 AVANT! TO ANSWER
                                                                                             Case

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  • DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
  • DARIN W. SNYDER
  • Embarcadero Center West
  • 275 Battery Street, 26th Floor
  • San Francisco, California 94111-3305
  • Attorneys for Defendant
  • Corporation, through their counsel, stipulate to an extension of time for Avant!
  • counts three and seven of SVR's Complaint.
  • This extension will not alter
  • the date of any event or deadline already fixed by Court order.
  • and associated with the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP,
  • the facts set forth in this
  • declaration are personally known to me.
  • If called and sworn as a witness,
  • signatures on the above Stipulation entered into between Plaintiff Silicon Valley Research,
  • Counsel for both parties have read and signed the 10 Stipulation.
  • 11 signatures on it for future production,

  • 7 . DEF REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE
    JUDICIAL NOTICE
    LEGISLATION
    REQUEST
    BILL
    LEGISLATIVE SESSION
    LAW
    AMENDMENTS
    STATUTE
    GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
    STATE BAR
    COMMITTEE
    SAN FRANCISCO
    ATTORNEYS
    DEFENDANT
    AVANT
    DOCUMENTS PURSUANT
    FEDERAL RULES
    EVIDENCE
    ENROLLED BILL MEMORANDUM
    SENATOR GEORGE
    ZENOVICH
    COMMITTEE STATEMENT
    SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE
    INTENT
    SPONSOR
    WILLIAM
    MEINHOLD
    PAC
    
    
    
          1  DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
                     DARIN W. SNYDER (STATE BAR NO. 136003)
          2  O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
                     Embarcadero Center West
          3  275 Battery Street, 26th Floor
                     San Francisco, California  94111-3305
          4  (415) 984-8700
    
          5  Attorneys for Defendant
                     AVANT! CORPORATION
          6
          7                                                   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
          8                                                 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
          9
         10  SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,                                   )       Case No.:
                     a California corporation,                                )
         11                                                                   )       AVANT!
                                             Plaintiff,                       )       REQUEST FOR
         12                                                                   )       OF MATERIALS
                                   v.                                         )       SUPPORT OF MOTION
         13                                                                   )       FOR FAILURE TO
                     AVANT!, INC., formerly ARCSYS,                           )       PURSUANT TO
         14  INC., a Delaware corporation; GERALD HSU, )                              CIVIL PROCEDURE
                     an individual; MITSURU IGUSA, an                         )       MOTION TO STRIKE
         15  individual; ERIC CHENG, an individual; and  )                            TO FEDERAL RULE
                     STEPHEN WUU, an individual;                              )       PROCEDURE 12(f)
         16                                                                   )
                                              Defendants.                     )       Date:
         17  ______________________________________)                                  Time:
                                                                                      Dept:  Hon.
         18                                                                           Courtroom  6
    
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                           SF1:445865.2                                                            IN
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
  • San Francisco, California 94111-3305
  • Attorneys for Defendant
  • AVANT!
  • take judicial notice of the following documents pursuant to Rule 201 of the Federal Rules
  • of Evidence:
  • Attached to this Request for Judicial Notice as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of the
  • Enrolled Bill Memorandum to Governor Ronald Reagan for S.B. 1068 during the 1972
  • Legislative Session, dated August 11, 1972.
  • in the current version of the statute.
  • 12 letter from Senator George N. Zenovich to Governor Ronald Reagan urging the Governor
  • This bill was eventually enacted into law,
  • 15 amendments to section 496 of the California Penal Code which are still contained in the
  • 19 S.B. 1068 author's committee statement to the Senate Policy Committee on Judiciary
  • commentary as to the intent of S.B. 1068 during the 1972 Legislative Session by the bill's
  • sponsor, William T. Meinhold.
  • Legislation, 4 PAC.

  • 8 . DEF MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CIR
    RICO
    DEFENDANT
    ALLEGE
    COURT
    AVANT
    APP
    CALIFORNIA
    CONSPIRACY
    STANDING
    SUPP
    FAILS
    PLAINTIFF
    MONEY
    MOTION
    WIRE FRAUD
    PREDICATE ACTS
    COMPETITION
    PENAL CODE
    RACKETEERING
    ATTORNEYS
    COMMONWEALTH EQUITY TRUST
    SUPERIOR COURT
    STOLEN PROPERTY
    COMPLAINT
    VIOLATION
    EQUITABLE RELIEF
    ENTERPRISE
    ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE
    
    
    
          1  DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
                     DARIN W. SNYDER (STATE BAR NO. 136003)
          2  O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
                     Embarcadero Center West
          3  275 Battery Street, 26th Floor
                     San Francisco, California  94111-3305
          4  (415) 984-8700
    
          5  Attorneys for Defendant
                     AVANT! CORPORATION
          6
          7                                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
          8                                           NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
          9
         10  SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,                              )       Case No.: C01-20759 RMW
                     a California corporation,                           )
         11                                                              )       AVANT! CORPORATION'S
                                       Plaintiff,                        )       OF MOTION, MOTION, AND
         12                                                              )       MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT
                                v.                                       )       MOTION TO DISMISS FOR
         13                                                              )       FAILURE TO STATE A
                     AVANT!, INC., formerly ARCSYS,                      )       PURSUANT TO FEDERAL
         14  INC., a Delaware corporation; GERALD HSU, )                         CIVIL PROCEDURE
                     an individual; MITSURU IGUSA, an                    )       MOTION TO STRIKE
         15  individual; ERIC CHENG, an individual; and  )                       TO FEDERAL RULE OF
                     STEPHEN WUU, an individual;                         )       PROCEDURE 12(f)
         16                                                              )
                                        Defendants.                      )       Date:
         17  ______________________________________ )                            Time:
                                                                                 Dept:  Hon. Ronald M.
         18                                                                      Courtroom  6
    
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                                                                                      AVANT!'S NTC, MTN
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Defendant
  • AVANT!
  • NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION
  • COMPETITION
  • SVR Fails to Allege Standing to Assert a RICO Claim
  • Provision of RICO
  • Did Not Obtain SVR's Money or Property
  • Aizuss v. Commonwealth Equity Trust,
  • F. Supp.
  • App.
  • F.2d 696 (9th Cir.
  • Bank of the West v. Superior Court,
  • 16 Bush v. California Conservation Corps,
  • Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act,
  • United States Courthouse, 280 South First Street, San Jose, California, Defendant Avant!
  • counts one, two, four, five and six of SVR's complaint pursuant to Fed.
  • and/or striking the mail and wire fraud claims (¶¶ 78.
  • c and d) as predicate acts under 10 count six pursuant to Fed.
  • Although SVR concedes that "Avant!
  • 25 concealment of stolen property; tortious interference; conspiracy
  • 10 concealment of stolen property in violation of California Penal Code section 496.
  • 17 to, or have a special relationship, with plaintiff.
  • Only plaintiffs with certain types of injuries have standing to bring RICO
  • 27 racketeering enterprise separate and distinct from the defendant.
  • 19 equitable relief,
  • WITH PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE.

  • 9 . DEF ANSWER TO COMPLAINT

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    COMPLAINT
    ADMITS
    PARAGRAPH
    ALLEGATION
    ROUTE
    DESIGN
    BASIS DENIES
    CALIFORNIA
    SVR
    DEFENDANTS
    CONSPIRACY
    COMPETITION
    MARKET
    CADENCE
    TRUTH
    ALLEGATION THEREIN
    SILICON CHIPS
    SOURCE CODE
    KNOWLEDGE SUFFICIENT
    TRADE SECRETS
    STATE BAR
    UNFAIR COMPETITION
    STOLEN PROPERTY
    PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE
    INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
    CONCEALMENT
    INTERFERENCE
    FALSE ADVERTISING
    RICO
    
    
    
          1  DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
                     DARIN W. SNYDER (STATE BAR NO. 136003)
          2  JOSHUA D. KUSSMAN (STATE BAR NO. 197753)
                     O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
          3  Embarcadero Center West
                     275 Battery Street, 26th Floor
          4  San Francisco, California  94111-3305
                     (415) 984-8700
          5   Attorneys for Defendant
          6  AVANT! CORPORATION
    
          7                                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
          8                                                NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
          9
         10   SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,     )                                       Case No.:
         11  a California corporation,                                        )
                                                                              )          DEFENDANT
         12                                 Plaintiff,                        )          CORPORATION'S
                                                                              )          COMPLAINT FOR
         13                          v.                                       )          COMPETITION;
                                                                              )          AND
         14  AVANT! CORPORATION.                                              )          PROPERTY;
                     a Delaware Corporation, f/k/a                            )          PROSPECTIVE
         15  ARCSYS, INC., and ARC SYSTEMS, INC.,  )                                     ADVANTAGE;
                     GERALD HSU, an individual;                               )          FALSE
         16   MITSURU ("MITCH") IGUSA, an individual; )                                  COMPETITION
                     CHIH-LIANG ("ERIC") CHENG, an                            )          RICO (18
         17  individual;                                                      )
                     TZYH-LIH ("STEPHEN") WUU, an                             )          [JURY TRIAL
         18  individual;
    
         19                                  Defendants.
                     ______________________________________
         20
         21
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         23                     Defendant Avant! Corporation, by and through its attorneys, answers
         24  47 and claims four and seven of Silicon Valley Research, Inc.'s Original Complaint For
         25  Unfair Competition; Receipt, Sale And Concealment Of Stolen Property; Interference
         26  With Prospective Economic Advantage; Conspiracy; False Advertising And Unfair
         27  Competition (Lanham Act); RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1962 (a), (c) & (d)) as follows:
         28
    
                                                                                               AVANT!'S
                                                                        1                              
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
  • AVANT!
  • 24 47 and claims four and seven of Silicon Valley Research, Inc.'s Original Complaint For
  • 25 Unfair Competition; Receipt, Sale And Concealment Of Stolen Property; Interference
  • 26 With Prospective Economic Advantage; Conspiracy; False Advertising And Unfair
  • the design and manufacture of integrated circuits contained on silicon chips.
  • "place and route" design software in the Electronic Design Automation market.
  • admits that place and route software allows the automation of the decisions on 10 how to
  • denies each and every allegation in paragraph 2 of the
  • 14 Chih-Liang Cheng have been sued in civil court by Cadence Design Systems,
  • denies each and every remaining allegation in paragraph 3 of the
  • 22 Defendants to redress the economic harm that SVR alleges it suffered at the hands of the
  • Defendants' unfair competition, tortious interference, receipt and concealment of stolen
  • goods, conspiracy, false advertising, and RICO conspiracy.
  • 14 basis denies each and every allegation therein.
  • 17 form a belief as to the truth of the allegations in paragraph 12 of the Complaint.
  • 19 194 Vista Del Monte, Los Gatos, California.
  • 14 information or knowledge sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the remaining
  • where he had access to certain Cadence place-and-route product source code.
  • in creating software products using stolen trade secrets and computer code.

  • 10 . STATEMENT AND PROPOSED ORDER

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    HSU
    SVR
    CHENG
    PARTIES
    MANAGEMENT
    COMPETITOR
    DISCOVERY
    DISPUTE RESOLUTION
    STIPULATION
    IGUSA
    WUU
    COURT
    GERALD HSU
    DAMAGES
    DEFENDANT
    COUNSEL
    PERSONAL SERVICE
    DISTRIBUTING
    DESIGN
    VIOLATIONS
    ACT
    ATTORNEYS
    MATTER
    UNSUCCESSFUL
    INTENDS
    PLAINTIFF
    JOINDER
    MAGISTRATE JUDGE
    PROVIDER
    
    
    
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          8                                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
          9                                                 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
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         11  SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,                                   )               Case No.:
                     a California corporation,                                )
         12                                                                   )               JOINT
                                             Plaintiff,                       )               STATEMENT
         13                                                                   )               ORDER
                                  v.                                          )
         14                                                                   )               Date: 
                     AVANT!, INC., formerly ARCSYS,                           )               Time: 
         15  INC., a Delaware corporation; GERALD HSU, )                                      Dept: 
                     an individual; MITSURU IGUSA, an                         )               Courtroom
         16  individual; ERIC CHENG, an individual; and  )
                     STEPHEN WUU, an individual;                              )
         17                                                                   )
                                             Defendants.                      )
         18  ______________________________________)
         19
         20                       Plaintiff Silicon Valley Research, Inc. ("SVR") and defendants Avant!
         21  ("Avant!"), Igusa, Cheng and Wuu (the "Parties") jointly submit this Case Management
         22  Statement and Proposed Order in connection with the Case Management Conference scheduled to
         23  be held at 10:30 a.m. on December 14, 2001, and request the Court to adopt it as its Case
         24  Management Order in this case.
         25                                                     DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE
         26                       1.         A brief description of the events underlying the action:
         27                                  SVR and Avant! compete in the Electronic Design Automation
         28  developing and distributing automated software tools used in the design of sophisticated
                                                                                                  JOINT
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    SNIPPETS:
  • 21, Igusa, Cheng and Wuu (the "Parties") jointly submit this Case Management
  • 22 Statement and Proposed Order in connection with the Case Management Conference scheduled to
  • 28 developing and distributing automated software tools used in the design of sophisticated
  • against Avant!, Gerald Hsu, Eric Cheng, Stephen Wuu and Mitch Igusa alleging that Avant!
  • misappropriated the trade secrets of another competitor, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 5, and
  • SVR and thereby injured SVR.
  • the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq.
  • and violations of the Lanham Act,
  • SVR seeks an accounting; monetary 10 damages, trebled; punitive and exemplary damages; costs
  • 18 service have been made but so far have been unsuccessful.
  • SVR intends to discuss the service
  • 19 issue with Mr. Hsu's counsel and continue efforts to serve Mr. Hsu.
  • SVR proposes to continue to attempt personal service
  • 26 substituted service on Gerald Hsu.
  • for the joinder of Gerald Hsu when he is served.
  • Magistrate Judge for [court or jury] trial:
  • Magistrate Judge for trial.
  • 14 provider or schedule.
  • duration or subject matter for various kinds of discovery;
  • 11 brochure entitled "Dispute Resolution Procedures in the Northern District of California,"
  • associated with the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, counsel for defendant Avant!
  • signatures on the above Stipulation entered into between Plaintiff Silicon Valley Research,
  • Counsel for both parties have read and signed the Stipulation.

  • 11 . PLTFF OPP TO WUU MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    LIMITATIONS
    MOTION
    DISMISS
    PLAINTIFF
    OPPOSITION
    RMW
    SVR
    ACT
    CALIFORNIA
    COMPLAINT
    AVANT
    CIVIL
    CIR
    TRADE SECRETS
    PURSUANT
    CRIMINALS
    FRCP
    STRIKE PURSUANT
    LIMITATIONS PERIOD
    LANHAM ACT
    REASONABLENESS
    SVR MJN
    TEXAS BAR
    SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH
    TRANSPORTATION
    RICO
    SECURITIES FRAUD
    CONSPIRACY
    FALSE STATEMENTS
    
     1    NEEDHAM, DAVIS, KIRWAN & YOUNG, LLP
          CRAIG D. NEEDHAM (State Bar No. 52010)
     2    1960 The Alameda, Suite 200
          San Jose, CA  95126-1493
     3    (408) 244-4570; (408) 244-3294 (Fax)
          craign@lrsm.com
     4    GEORGE & DONALDSON, L.L.P.
     5    DAVID H. DONALDSON, JR. (Texas Bar No. 05969700)
          PETER D. KENNEDY (Texas Bar No. 11296650)
     6    PAUL SKEITH (Texas Bar No. 24008045)
          114 W. 7th Street, Suite 1100
     7    Austin, TX  78701
          (512) 495-1400; (512) 499-0094 (Fax)
     8    dhdonald@gdf.com
          pkennedy@gdf.com
     9    pskeith@gdf.com
    
    10    Attorneys for Plaintiff
          SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.
    11
    
    12                                 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    13                               NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    14                                             SAN JOSE DIVISION
    15
    
    16     SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,                   ) Case No.: C01-20759 RMW
                    a California Corporation,               )
    17                                                      ) PLAINTIFF SILICON VALLEY
                                     Plaintiff,             ) RESEARCH, INC.'S OPPOSITION
    18                                                      ) TO DEFENDANT STEPHEN WUU'S
                            v.                              ) MOTION TO DISMISS PURSUANT
    19                                                      ) TO FRCP 9(b) AND 12(b)(6) AND TO
           AVANT! CORPORATION,                              ) STRIKE PURSUANT TO FRCP 12(f)
    20              a Delaware Corporation, f/k/a           ) AND BRIEF IN SUPPORT
                    ARCSYS, INC.                            )
    21              and ARC SYSTEMS, INC.,                  )
           GERALD HSU, an individual;                       ) Date:  December 14, 2001
    22     MITSURU ("MITCH") IGUSA, an                      ) Time:  9:00 a.m
           individual;                                           Dept.:  Hon. Ronald M. Whyte
                                                            )
    23     CHIH-LIANG ("ERIC") CHENG, an                         Courtroom 6
           individual;                                      )
    24     TZYH-LIH ("STEPHEN") WUU, an                     )
           individual,                                      )
    25                                                      )
                                     Defendants.            )
    26
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • PETER D. KENNEDY (Texas Bar No. 11296650)
  • PLAINTIFF SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT STEPHEN WUU'S MOTION TO
  • FRCP 9AND 12AND TO STRIKE PURSUANT TO FRCP 12
  • Section 340.3 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.................................
  • Under Both California and Federal Law
  • SVR's Claims Accrued Within the Limitations Period
  • Rule in RICO actions
  • SVR'S OPPOSITION TO WUU'S MOTION TO DISMISS ­ Page ii Case No.: C01-20759 RMW
  • Trade Secrets in Interstate Commerce are Proper
  • Securities Fraud with Sufficient Particularity
  • THE COURT SHOULD NOT DISMISS SVR's LANHAM ACT CLAIMS
  • V. SVR HAS STANDING TO BRING STATE LAW CLAIMS TO
  • F.2d 184 (7th Cir.
  • 19 Cadence Design Sys., Inc. v. Avant!
  • Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to FRCP 12and to Strike Pursuant to FRCP 12.
  • 11 damages caused by the Defendants' illegal acts, including sales SVR lost when SVR's
  • Complaint ¶¶ 2, 16.
  • 27 conspiracy to steal trade secrets, two counts of theft of trade secrets, and securities
  • 25 and advance the right to "restitution" for "losses" inflicted by criminals.
  • ("the reasonableness issue was for the factfinder, rather than 10 for the judge to decide as
  • SVR MJN, Ex.

  • 12 . NOTICE OF JOINDER OF DEF

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MOTION
    STRIKE
    STATE BAR
    DEFENDANT AVANT
    COMPLAINT PURSUANT
    CIV
    DISMISS
    DANIEL
    BOOKIN
    DARIN
    SNYDER
    MAXWELL
    MYERS LLP
    EMBARCADERO
    SAN FRANCISCO
    CALIFORNIA
    ATTORNEYS
    CORPORATION JOINS
    INCORPORATES
    MEMORANDUM
    SUPPORT
    PLAINTIFF
    
    
    
          1  DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
                     DARIN W. SNYDER (STATE BAR NO. 136003)
          2  K.C. MAXWELL (STATE BAR NO. 214701)
                     O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
          3  Embarcadero Center West
                     275 Battery Street, 26th Floor
          4  San Francisco, California  94111-3305
                     (415) 984-8700
          5   Attorneys for Defendant
          6  AVANT! CORPORATION
    
          7                                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
          8                                           NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
          9
         10   SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,     )                                   Case No.:
         11  a California corporation,                                   )
                                                                         )           NOTICE OF JOINDER
         12                            Plaintiff,                        )           JOINDER OF
                                                                         )           CORPORATION IN
         13                     v.                                       )           STEPHEN WUU'S
                                                                         )           DISMISS AND MOTION
         14  AVANT! CORPORATION.                                         )
                     a Delaware Corporation, f/k/a                       )
         15  ARCSYS, INC., and ARC SYSTEMS, INC.,  )                                Date:  December 14,
                     GERALD HSU, an individual;                          )          Time: 9:00 a.m.
         16   MITSURU ("MITCH") IGUSA, an individual;)                              Judge: Hon. Ronald
                     CHIH-LIANG ("ERIC") CHENG, an                       )          Courtroom: 6
         17  individual;                                                 )
                     TZYH-LIH ("STEPHEN") WUU, an                        )
         18  individual;
    
         19                             Defendants.
                     ______________________________________
         20
         21
         22                     Please take notice that defendant Avant! Corporation hereby moves to
         23  SVR's complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), and to
         24  strike SVR's complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f).  As grounds for this motion,
         25  defendant Avant! Corporation joins in and incorporates by reference Defendant Stephen
         26  Wuu's Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike, as well as Defendant Stephen Wuu's
         27  Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike in the above-entitled
         28  case.  Defendant Avant! Corporation has previously moved to dismiss and to strike
    
                                                                                               NOTICE
                                                                   1                                   
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
  • DARIN W. SNYDER
  • K.C. MAXWELL
  • O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
  • Embarcadero Center West
  • San Francisco, California 94111-3305
  • Attorneys for Defendant
  • R. Civ.
  • 24 strike SVR's complaint pursuant to Fed.
  • Corporation joins in and incorporates by reference Defendant Stephen
  • 26 Wuu's Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike, as well as Defendant Stephen Wuu's
  • 27 Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike in the above-entitled
  • Defendant Avant!
  • plaintiff SVR's complaint.

  • 13 . AVANT REPLY IN SUPPORT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COURT
    FACTS
    EXHIBITS
    EVIDENCE
    CIR
    STATE BAR
    DISPUTE
    PROPER
    SVR
    COMPLAINT
    AVANT
    PROCEEDING
    REQUEST
    EVID
    FORMER EXPERT
    TRANSCRIPT
    MATERIALS
    MOTION
    FACTUAL STATEMENTS
    SUPPORT
    SAN
    DEFENDANT
    PRIOR
    SALES
    DISMISS
    ASSERTION
    SUBMITTED EXHIBITS
    IMPROPER PURPOSE
    OAM
    
    
    
          1  DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
                     DARIN W. SNYDER (STATE BAR NO. 136003)
          2  K.C. MAXWELL (STATE BAR NO. 214701)
                     O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
          3  Embarcadero Center West
                     275 Battery Street, 26th Floor
          4  San Francisco, California  94111-3305
                     (415) 984-8700
          5   Attorneys for Defendant
          6  AVANT! CORPORATION
    
          7
          8                                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
          9                                           NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
         10   SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,     )                                  Case No.: C01-20759
         11  a California corporation,                                   )
                                                                         )          AVANT! CORPORATION'S
         12                            Plaintiff,                        )          OPPOSITION TO
                                                                         )          RESEARCH INC.'S
         13                     v.                                       )          JUDICIAL NOTICE
                                                                         )
         14  AVANT!, CORPORATION, formerly                               )
                     ARCSYS, INC., a Delaware corporation;               )
         15  GERALD HSU, an individual; MITSURU                          )          Date:  December 14,
                     IGUSA, an individual; ERIC CHENG, an                )          Time:  9:00 a.m.
         16  individual; and STEPHEN WUU, an                             )          Dept:  Hon. Ronald
                     individual;                                         )          Courtroom  6
         17                                                              )
                                        Defendants.                      )
         18  ______________________________________
    
         19
         20
         21
         22                            The Court should deny SVR's request for judicial notice of the
         23  Avant!'s former expert witness and of copies of hearing transcripts from a prior unrelated
         24  proceeding.  These materials, exhibits 6-9 to SVR's request for judicial notice ("Exhibits
         25  6-9"), are irrelevant to the Court's determination of the motion at issue.  Additionally a
         26  court may only take judicial notice of facts "not subject to reasonable dispute."  Fed. R.
         27  Evid. 201.  The factual statements contained in Exhibits 6-9 are subject to reasonable
         28  dispute and thus not properly subject to judicial notice.  Avant! does not oppose SVR's
                                                                                       AVANT!'S
                                                                                                       
                                                                   1                                   
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
  • Attorneys for Defendant
  • AVANT!
  • 23 Avant!'s former expert witness and of copies of hearing transcripts from a prior unrelated
  • exhibits 6-9 to SVR's request for judicial notice ("Exhibits
  • R. 27 Evid.
  • The factual statements contained in Exhibits 6-9 are subject to reasonable
  • 28 dispute and thus not properly subject to judicial notice.
  • request that the Court take judicial notice of exhibits 1-5 of its request for judicial
  • SVR asks this Court to accept the transcript of a different proceeding and the
  • report of Avant!'s former expert as conclusive evidence that Avant!
  • 12 Opposition to Avant!'s Motion to Dismiss at 5.
  • Contrary to SVR's assertion,
  • 14 conduct formed the basis for Avant!'s sales and market share.
  • In any event, these facts
  • 18 in the complaint are presumed to be true.
  • SVR has submitted Exhibits 6-9 for the improper purpose of
  • (OAM.
  • the Court should decline to judicially notice these materials.
  • 26 See Trans-Sterling, Inc. v. Bible, 804 F.2d 525, 528 (9th Cir.
  • from an unrelated state court proceeding and are not proper subjects for judicial notice in
  • M/V American Queen v. San Diego Marine Constr.
  • 16 in other cases to supply facts essential to support an outcome in the present case").

  • 14 . AVANT JOINDER IN WUU REPLY

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANT
    MOTION
    AVANT
    SUPPORT
    DISMISS
    PURSUANT
    STRIKE
    DANIEL
    BOOKIN
    DARIN
    SNYDER
    MAXWELL
    MYERS LLP
    EMBARCADERO
    SAN FRANCISCO
    CALIFORNIA
    ATTORNEYS
    INCORPORATES
    FILING
    
    
    
          1  DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
                     DARIN W. SNYDER (STATE BAR NO. 136003)
          2  K.C. MAXWELL (STATE BAR NO. 214701)
                     O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
          3  Embarcadero Center West
                     275 Battery Street, 26th Floor
          4  San Francisco, California  94111-3305
                     (415) 984-8700
          5   Attorneys for Defendant
          6  AVANT! CORPORATION
    
          7
          8                                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
          9                                                NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
         10
         11          SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,                           )          Case No.:
                     a California corporation,                                )
         12                                                                   )          NOTICE OF
                                            Plaintiff,                        )          JOINDER OF
         13                                                                   )          AVANT!
                                     v.                                       )          DEFENDANT
         14                                                                   )          REPLY IN
                     AVANT!, CORPORATION, formerly                            )          TO DISMISS AND
         15          ARCSYS, INC., a Delaware corporation;                    )          STRIKE
                     GERALD HSU, an individual; MITSURU                       )
         16          IGUSA, an individual; ERIC CHENG, an                     )
                     individual; and STEPHEN WUU, an                          )
         17          individual;                                              )          Date: 
                                                                              )          Time:  9:00
         18                                  Defendants.                      )          Dept:  Hon.
                     ______________________________________                              Courtroom  6
         19
         20
    
         21
         22
         23
         24                     Please take notice that defendant Avant! Corporation hereby joins in and
         25  incorporates by reference Defendant Stephen Wuu's Reply Brief in Support Of His
         26  Motion To Dismiss Pursuant to F.R.C.P. 9(b) and 12(b)(6) And To Strike Pursuant To
         27  F.R.C.P. 12(f) in the above-entitled case.  Defendant Avant! Corporation is concurrently
         28
    
                                                                                                   
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
  • DARIN W. SNYDER
  • K.C. MAXWELL
  • O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
  • Embarcadero Center West
  • San Francisco, California 94111-3305
  • Attorneys for Defendant
  • 25 incorporates by reference Defendant Stephen Wuu's Reply Brief in Support Of His
  • 26 Motion To Dismiss Pursuant to F.R.C.P.
  • Defendant Avant!
  • filing its own Reply In Support Of Motion To Dismiss And Motion To Strike.

  • 15 . AVANT 3RD MOTION IN SUPPORT OF MOTION

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MOTION
    COURT
    SAN
    CALIFORNIA
    DEFENDANT
    AVANT
    MATTER
    PURSUANT
    CIV
    SAN FRANCISCO
    ATTORNEYS
    THEREAFTER
    COURTROOM
    UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
    SOUTH FIRST STREET
    SAN JOSE
    HEREBY
    ORDER DISMISSING
    COMPLAINT PURSUANT
    STRIKING
    WIRE FRAUD CLAIMS
    PREDICATE ACTS
    AGREEMENT
    PARTIES
    PLEADINGS
    PREVIOUSLY-FILED MEMORANDUM
    AUTHORITIES
    RELEVANT MATERIALS
    EVIDENCE
    
    
    
          1  DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
                     DARIN W. SNYDER (STATE BAR NO. 136003)
          2  K.C. MAXWELL (STATE BAR NO. 214701)
                     O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
          3  Embarcadero Center West
                     275 Battery Street, 26th Floor
          4  San Francisco, California  94111-3305
                     (415) 984-8700
          5   Attorneys for Defendant
          6  AVANT! CORPORATION
    
          7                                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
          8                                           NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
          9
         10   SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,     )                              Case No.: C01-20759 RMW
         11  a California corporation,                                  )
                                                                        )       AVANT! CORPORATION'S
         12                            Plaintiff,                       )       NOTICE OF MOTION IN
                                                                        )       OF MOTION TO DISMISS FOR
         13                     v.                                      )       FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM
                                                                        )       PURSUANT TO FEDERAL
         14  AVANT!, INC., formerly ARCSYS,                             )       CIVIL PROCEDURE
                     INC., a Delaware corporation; GERALD HSU, )                MOTION TO STRIKE
         15  an individual; MITSURU IGUSA, an                           )       TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL
                     individual; ERIC CHENG, an individual; and  )              PROCEDURE 12(f)
         16  STEPHEN WUU, an individual;                                )
                                                                        )       Date:  December 14, 2001
         17                             Defendants.                     )       Time:  9:00 a.m.
                     ______________________________________)                    Dept:  Hon. Ronald M.
         18                                                                     Courtroom  6
    
         19
    
         20
         21
         22
         23
         24
         25
         26
         27
         28
                                                                                             AVANT!'S
                                                                                                    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
  • San Francisco, California 94111-3305
  • Attorneys for Defendant
  • soon thereafter as the matter may be heard in the above-entitled Court located at
  • Courtroom 6, United States Courthouse, 280 South First Street, San Jose, California,
  • Defendant Avant!
  • Corporation will and hereby does move this Court for an
  • order dismissing counts one, two, four, five and six of SVR's complaint pursuant to Fed.
  • and/or striking the mail and wire fraud claims (¶¶ 78.
  • c and d) as 10 predicate acts under count six pursuant to Fed.
  • R. Civ.
  • This motion was
  • 12 agreement of the of the parties.
  • 13 Motion, the pleadings on file in this matter, the previously-filed Memorandum of Points
  • 14 and Authorities and such other relevant materials and evidence as may be presented to the

  • 16 . CLERK NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF CASE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PARTIES
    COURTROOM
    SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH
    AVANT
    PREVIOUSLY SET
    HONORABLE JUDGE RICHARD
    JUDGE RICHARD SEEBORG
    HONORABLE JUDGE RONALD
    WHYTE
    FLOOR
    COURTHOUSE
    SOUTH FIRST STREET
    SAN JOSE
    CALIFORNIA
    MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
    COURTROOM DEPUTY
    MATTER
    CALENDAR
    
     1
    
     2
    
     3
     4
    
     5
     6
    
     7                                  IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
     8                               FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
     9                                                            *E-FILED - 10/22/01*
    10    SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC., a
          California Corporation,                                 NO. C-01-20759-RMW
    11                    Plaintiff,                              CLERK'S NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF
    12                                                            CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
                  v.
    13    AVANT! CORPORATION, et al.,
    14                    Defendant.
    15
    16
    
    17           PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Case Management Conference in the above-entitled matter
    
    18 which was previously set for December 12, 2001 before the Honorable Judge Richard Seeborg, has
    19 continued to December 14, 2001 @ 10:30 a.m., before the Honorable Judge Ronald M. Whyte.  Parties
    20 are to appear in courtroom #6, 4th floor of the U.S. Courthouse, 280 South First Street, San
    21 California.  Parties are to submit a Joint Case Management Statement on December 7, 2001.
    22           If the above-entitled matter settles counsel are required to notify the Court by
    
    23 Courtroom Deputy at (408) 535-5375, so as to take this matter off calendar.
    24
    
    25 DATED:  October 22, 2001
    26                                                            BY: /s/ Jackie Vierra
                                                                           JACKIE VIERRA
    27                                                                      Courtroom Deputy for
                                                                        Honorable Ronald M. Whyte
    28
    
    
    
     1
    
     2
    
     3
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • 13 AVANT!
  • 18 which was previously set for December 12, 2001 before the Honorable Judge Richard Seeborg,
  • 19 continued to December 14, 2001 @ 10:30 a.m., before the Honorable Judge Ronald M. Whyte.
  • 20 are to appear in courtroom #6, 4th floor of the U.S. Courthouse, 280 South First Street,
  • 21 California.
  • Parties are to submit a Joint Case Management Statement on December 7,
  • 23 Courtroom Deputy at 535-5375, so as to take this matter off calendar.

  • 17 . PLTFF OPP TO AVANT MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    SVR
    MOTION
    PLAINTIFF
    DISMISS
    OPPOSITION
    RMW
    CIVIL
    SUPPORT
    COMPLAINT
    DEFENDANT
    COURT
    FEDERAL RULE
    RICO
    CUSTOMERS
    CIR
    SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH
    STRIKE PURSUANT
    CONSPIRACY
    LOST PROFITS
    UNFAIR COMPETITION
    CIVIL PROCEDURE
    ALLEGATIONS
    MTD
    TRADE SECRETS
    TEXAS BAR
    VIOLATION
    COMPUTER CODE
    ILLEGAL PRODUCTS
    WIRE FRAUD
    
     1    NEEDHAM, DAVIS, KIRWAN & YOUNG, LLP
          CRAIG D. NEEDHAM (State Bar No. 52010)
     2    1960 The Alameda, Suite 210
          San Jose, CA  95126
     3    (408) 244-2166; (408) 244-7815 (Fax)
          cneedham@kdnylaw.com
     4    GEORGE & DONALDSON, L.L.P.
     5    DAVID H. DONALDSON, JR. (Texas Bar No. 05969700)
          PETER D. KENNEDY (Texas Bar No. 11296650)
     6    PAUL SKEITH (Texas Bar No. 24008045)
          114 W. 7th Street, Suite 1100
     7    Austin, TX  78701
          (512) 495-1400; (512) 499-0094 (Fax)
     8    dhdonald@gdf.com
          pkennedy@gdf.com
     9    pskeith@gdf.com
    
    10    Attorneys for Plaintiff
          SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.
    11
    
    12                                 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    13                               NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    14                                             SAN JOSE DIVISION
    15
    
    16     SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,                   ) Case No.: C01-20759 RMW
                    a California Corporation,               )
    17                                                      ) PLAINTIFF SILICON VALLEY
                                     Plaintiff,             ) RESEARCH, INC.'S OPPOSITION
    18                                                      ) TO AVANT! CORPORATION'S
                            v.                              ) (CORRECTED) MOTION TO
    19                                                      ) DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE
           AVANT! CORPORATION,                              ) A CLAIM PURSUANT TO FEDERAL
    20              a Delaware Corporation, f/k/a           ) RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
                    ARCSYS, INC.                            ) 12(b)6 AND MOTION TO STRIKE
    21              and ARC SYSTEMS, INC.,                  ) PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF
           GERALD HSU, an individual;                       ) CIVIL PROCEDURE 12(f) AND
    22     MITSURU ("MITCH") IGUSA, an                      ) BRIEF IN SUPPORT
           individual;                                      )
    23     CHIH-LIANG ("ERIC") CHENG, an
           individual;                                      ) Date:  November 30, 2001
    24     TZYH-LIH ("STEPHEN") WUU, an                     ) Time:  9:00 a.m.
           individual,                                      ) Dept.:  Hon. Ronald M. Whyte
    25                                                      ) Courtroom 6
                                     Defendants.            )
    26
    
    27
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • PETER D. KENNEDY (Texas Bar No. 11296650)
  • SVR'S OPPOSITION TO AVANT!'S MOTION TO DISMISS ­ Page i Case No.:
  • PLAINTIFF SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.'S OPPOSITION TO AVANT!
  • CIVIL PROCEDURE 126 AND MOTION TO STRIKE PURSUANT TO
  • FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 12
  • 11 II. SVR HAS STATED A CLAIM FOR BOTH STATUTORY UNFAIR
  • AND COMMON LAW UNFAIR COMPETITION
  • 26 VI. SVR HAS A VALID RICO CLAIM UNDER
  • SVR'S OPPOSITION TO AVANT!'S MOTION TO DISMISS ­ Page ii Case No.: C01-20759 RMW
  • Bank of the West v. Superior Court of Contra Costa County,
  • F.3d 1211 (9th Cir.
  • grounds are set forth in the following Brief in Support.
  • 15 prospective customers bought Avant!'s illegal products rather than SVR's products.
  • 17 also asks the Court to strike the mail and wire fraud allegations contained within the
  • Complaint ¶¶ 2, 16; Avant!
  • MTD at 1.
  • 16 computer code, and he used that stolen code to create a database for the place and route
  • Defendant Mitsuru Igusa quit his job at
  • 23 criminal conspiracy to commit those offenses.
  • 26 conspiracy to steal trade secrets, two counts of theft of trade secrets, and securities
  • and concealment of stolen computer code and Avant!'s profits from its sale of illegal
  • 28 1 SVR concedes it may have `overpled' by also seeking its own lost profits under the UPBA,
  • statute's unambiguous language that "any person who has been injured by a violation ...

  • 18 . DEF CORRECTED MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CIR
    RICO
    DEFENDANT
    ALLEGE
    COURT
    AVANT
    APP
    CALIFORNIA
    CONSPIRACY
    STANDING
    SUPP
    FAILS
    PLAINTIFF
    MONEY
    MOTION
    WIRE FRAUD
    PREDICATE ACTS
    COMPETITION
    PENAL CODE
    RACKETEERING
    ATTORNEYS
    COMMONWEALTH EQUITY TRUST
    SUPERIOR COURT
    STOLEN PROPERTY
    COMPLAINT
    VIOLATION
    EQUITABLE RELIEF
    ENTERPRISE
    ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE
    
    
    
          1  DANIEL H. BOOKIN (STATE BAR NO. 78996)
                     DARIN W. SNYDER (STATE BAR NO. 136003)
          2  O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
                     Embarcadero Center West
          3  275 Battery Street, 26th Floor
                     San Francisco, California  94111-3305
          4  (415) 984-8700
    
          5  Attorneys for Defendant
                     AVANT! CORPORATION
          6
          7                                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
          8                                           NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
          9
         10  SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,                              )       Case No.: C01-20759 RMW
                     a California corporation,                           )
         11                                                              )       CORRECTED AVANT!
                                       Plaintiff,                        )       CORPORATION'S NOTICE OF
         12                                                              )       MOTION, MOTION, AND
                                v.                                       )       MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT
         13                                                              )       MOTION TO DISMISS FOR
                     AVANT!, INC., formerly ARCSYS,                      )       FAILURE TO STATE A
         14  INC., a Delaware corporation; GERALD HSU, )                         PURSUANT TO FEDERAL
                     an individual; MITSURU IGUSA, an                    )       CIVIL PROCEDURE
         15  individual; ERIC CHENG, an individual; and  )                       MOTION TO STRIKE
                     STEPHEN WUU, an individual;                         )       TO FEDERAL RULE OF
         16                                                              )       PROCEDURE 12(f)
                                        Defendants.                      )
         17  ______________________________________ )                            Date:  November 30,
                                                                                 Time:  9:00 a.m.
         18                                                                      Dept:  Hon. Ronald M.
                                                                                 Courtroom  6
         19
         20
         21
         22
         23
         24
         25
         26
         27
         28
                                                                                      AVANT!'S NTC, MTN
                                                                                      SUPPORT OF MOTION
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Defendant
  • AVANT!
  • NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION
  • COMPETITION
  • SVR Fails to Allege Standing to Assert a RICO Claim
  • Provision of RICO
  • Did Not Obtain SVR's Money or Property
  • Aizuss v. Commonwealth Equity Trust,
  • F. Supp.
  • App.
  • F.2d 696 (9th Cir.
  • Bank of the West v. Superior Court,
  • 16 Bush v. California Conservation Corps,
  • Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act,
  • order dismissing counts one, two, four, five and six of SVR's complaint pursuant to Fed.
  • and/or striking the mail and wire fraud claims (¶¶ 78.
  • c and d) as 10 predicate acts under count six pursuant to Fed.
  • Although SVR concedes that "Avant!
  • 25 concealment of stolen property; tortious interference; conspiracy
  • 10 concealment of stolen property in violation of California Penal Code section 496.
  • 17 to, or have a special relationship, with plaintiff.
  • Only plaintiffs with certain types of injuries have standing to bring RICO
  • 27 racketeering enterprise separate and distinct from the defendant.
  • 19 equitable relief,
  • WITH PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE.

  • 19 . COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    SVR
    ORIGINAL COMPLAINT
    DESIGN
    CADENCE
    AVANT
    TRADE SECRETS
    CUSTOMERS
    STOLEN TRADE SECRETS
    SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH
    INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
    ACTS
    CALIFORNIA
    SAN JOSE
    UNFAIR COMPETITION
    TEXAS BAR
    PLAINTIFF
    IGUSA
    CONSPIRACY
    EDA MARKETPLACE
    POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS
    REFERENCE
    ATTORNEYS
    JURISDICTION
    SOURCE CODE
    PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMERS
    CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
    ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION
    INTERFERENCE
    SECURITIES FRAUD
    
     1  LICCARDO, ROSSI, STURGES & MCNEIL
            CRAIG D. NEEDHAM (State Bar No. 52010)
     2  1960 The Alameda, Suite 200
            San Jose, CA  95126-1493
            (408) 244-4570; (408) 244-3294 (Fax)
     3  craign@lrsm.com
    
     4  GEORGE & DONALDSON, L.L.P.
            DAVID H. DONALDSON, JR. (Texas Bar No. 05969700)
     5  PETER D. KENNEDY (Texas Bar No. 11296650)
            PAUL SKEITH (Texas Bar No. 24008045)
            114 W. 7th Street, Suite 1100
     6  Austin, TX  78701
            (512) 495-1400; (512) 499-0094 (Fax)
     7  dhdonald@gdf.com
            pkennedy@gdf.com
            pskeith@gdf.com
     8   Attorneys for Plaintiff
     9  SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.
    
     10
                                        UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
     11                                NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
     12                                           SAN JOSE DIVISION
     13
                 SILICON VALLEY RESEARCH, INC.,                 )  Case No.:
     14                 a California Corporation,               )
                                                                )  ORIGINAL COMPLAINT FOR
     15                                Plaintiff,               )  UNFAIR COMPETITION;
                                                                )
                   v.                                           )  RECEIPT, SALE AND
     16                                                         )  CONCEALMENT OF STOLEN
                 AVANT! CORPORATION,                            )  PROPERTY;
     17                 a Delaware Corporation, f/k/a           )  INTERFERENCE WITH
                  ARCSYS,
                                      INC.                      )  PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC
                        and ARC SYSTEMS, INC.,                  )  ADVANTAGE;
     18          GERALD HSU, an individual;                     )  CONSPIRACY;
                 MITSURU ("MITCH") IGUSA, an                    )  FALSE ADVERTISING AND
     19          individual;                                    )  UNFAIR COMPETITION
                 CHIH-LIANG ("ERIC") CHENG, an                  )  (LANHAM ACT);
     20          individual;
                 TZYH-LIH ("STEPHEN") WUU, an                   ) RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1962(a), (c) & (d))
                 individual,                                    )
     21                                                         ) DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
                    Defendants.  )
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    SNIPPETS:
  • PETER D. KENNEDY (Texas Bar No. 11296650)
  • Original Complaint against Defendants, based upon federal question and supplemental
  • actions that damaged the Plaintiff Silicon Valley Research, Inc.,.
  • manufacture of integrated circuits contained on silicon chips.
  • In the early 1990s, SVR
  • was in second place in a small, sophisticated and lucrative Electronic Design Automation
  • 13 From 1991 through December 1998, Avant!
  • 14 engaged in a criminal conspiracy to steal and use, in devastating competition with SVR,
  • and deny its theft of those trade secrets.
  • 19 evidence to believe that Defendants committed the acts of which they have been accused.
  • U.S.C. § 1331 and jurisdiction over the Plaintiff's state law claims under 28 U.S.C
  • 24 District of California because a substantial part of the events and omissions that give
  • currently pending in the San Jose Division, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. v. Avant!
  • 22 Silicon Valley Research and the Electronic Design Automation software industry.
  • 21 by 1991 the largest company in the market was Cadence Design Systems,
  • Cadence's place3 and-route software and accompanying design products contained copyrighted
  • products based upon stolen trade secrets and copyrighted source code and selling those
  • 14 Defendants Mitsuru Igusa and Eric Cheng, both of whom stole Cadence trade secret
  • 18 deceive potential customers and the EDA industry, including SVR, Avant!
  • secrets, concealing and withholding stolen property, securities fraud, and criminal
  • and incorporated herein by reference.
  • 10 SVR because SVR's potential customers who were familiar with Cadence's software
  • Because, of Avant!'s unlawful acts and unfair competition, SVR lost
  • Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage
  • SVR's relationships with these customers and prospective customers were
  • 24 associated with a criminal enterprise as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1961.
  • enjoy in the EDA marketplace.
  • hereby seeks to recover from the Defendants, treble damages, costs, and attorneys fees.
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