Editing Magma Design Automation (section)

===Patent Dispute===
Magma was involved in a legal dispute with Synopsys beginning in September 2004, when Synopsys sued Magma for allegedly infringing two patents.<ref>”Synopsys sues Magma for patent infringement,” EE Times, September 17, 2004 [http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1268353]</ref> Claims and counter-claims accelerated, resulting in separate court cases in California and Delaware, and a number of disputed patents. On March 29, 2007, Magma and Synopsys announced the companies had agreed to settle all pending litigation between them. As part of the settlement Magma made a $12.5 million payment to Synopsys and each company cross-licensed four previously disputed patents to the other.<ref>[http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1165714 ”Patent resolution removes cloud over Magma,” EE Times, March 30, 2007]</ref>