The Research Foundation of State University of New York and Sigrity Filed Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Ansoft/ANSYS
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Sigrity, Inc., known for its power integrity and signal integrity
software solutions for integrated circuits, IC packages and printed
circuit boards, announced today that it filed a lawsuit with The
Research Foundation of State University of New York against Ansoft
Corp. and ANSYS, Inc. for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,504,423
("the '423 patent"), titled "Method for Modeling Interactions in
Multilayered Electronic Packaging Structures." The Research Foundation
is the owner and Sigrity is the exclusive licensee of the '423 patent.
The suit, pending in United States District Court in Albany New York,
was filed on July 21, 2008 against Ansoft and alleges that Ansoft's
products, including its SIwave product, infringe the '423 patent. An
amended complaint adding ANSYS as a defendant was filed on August 5,
2008 as a result of ANSYS's acquisition of Ansoft, which was effective
July 31, 2008.
About Sigrity
Sigrity, Inc., a privately held U.S. company incorporated in 1998,
delivers advanced software solutions for package physical design and
for analyzing power and signal integrity in chips, packages and
printed circuit boards. Sigrity's patented electrical analysis
methodologies run orders of magnitude faster than general-purpose
electromagnetic tools. More than 170 leading companies in the
semiconductor, computer, graphics, communications and networking
industries use Sigrity products to achieve high performance and reduce
time to market. Sigrity is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with
R&D, sales and support offices worldwide. For more information about
Sigrity, please visit: http://www.sigrity.com.
Sigrity and the Sigrity are trademarks of Sigrity, Inc. All other
brands, product names and marks are the property of their respective
owners.
Sigrity, Inc.
Leslie Landers, 408-260-9344 ext. 148
leslie@sigrity.com
or
ThinkBold Corporate Communications for Sigrity
Sarah Miller, 231-264-8636
sarah@thinkbold.com
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