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Avant! Corporation (Cadence Design Systems case)COMP-AVANT competitor
🇺🇸 US
aka Avant! Corporation (Cadence Design Systems case), Avant!, Avant Corporation
Last updated: 2026-07-03
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0exclusive CVEs
—years active
About this actor
EDA software firm founded by ex-Cadence engineers; convicted 2001 in Santa Clara County (CA) of stealing Cadence place-and-route source code. $195M criminal restitution + $265M civil settlement; acquired by Synopsys 2002. Largest US trade-secret criminal case of the 1990s.
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Profile
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