A team at Keker, Van Nest & Peters succeeded in narrowing claims against California electronic design automation software company Real Intent in a copyright infringement and breach-of-contract case filed by competitor Synopsys.

On Aug. 26, a San Jose federal court granted summary judgment in favor of Real Intent on fair use but rejected Real Intent's motion for summary judgment on Synopsys' breach-of-contract claim. A jury awarded damages of $550,000 to Synopsys on its breach-of-contract claim on Tuesday.

Real Intent was represented by Keker attorneys Bob Van Nest, Reid Mullen, Ryan Wong, Cody Gray, Kristin Hucek, Bilal Malik, Victor Chiu, Catherine Porto, Elizabeth Heckmann and Theresa Dawson.