Editing MathWorks (section)

==Corporate affairs==
===Intellectual property and competition===
In 1999, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against MathWorks and [[Wind River Systems]] alleging that an agreement between them violated [[antitrust]] laws. The agreement in question stipulated that the two companies agreed to stop competing in the field of dynamic control system design software, with MathWorks alone selling Wind River's MATRIXx Software and that Wind River would stop all research and development and sales in that field. Both companies eventually settled with the Department of Justice and agreed to sell the MATRIXx software to a third party.  MathWorks had total sales of $200 million in 2001, with dynamic control system design software accounting for half of those sales.<ref>{{cite news|title=Press release: Justice Department Reaches Settlement with The MathWorks Inc.|url=https://www.justice.gov/archive/atr/public/press_releases/2002/200164.htm|work=US Department of Justice|date=August 15, 2002}}</ref>

MathWorks's Simulink software was found to have infringed 3 patents from [[National Instruments]] related to data flow diagrams in 2003, a decision which was confirmed by a court of appeal in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=Federal Circuit Affirms Decision For National Instruments In Patent Suit Vs. Mathworks|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/2115/federal-circuit-affirms-decision-for-national-instruments-in-patent-suit-vs-mathworks|work=Law360|date=September 7, 2004|language=en}}</ref>

In 2011, MathWorks sued [[AccelerEyes]] for copyright infringement in one court, and patent and trademark infringement in another. AccelerEyes accepted [[consent decree]]s in both cases before the trials began.<ref>{{cite news|title=MathWorks wins copyright and patent infringement cases|url=http://www.jonesday.com/experiencepractices/ExperienceDetail.aspx?experienceid=29028|access-date=16 September 2017|work=Jones Day}}</ref>

In 2012, the European Commission opened an [[antitrust]] investigation into MathWorks after competitors alleged that MathWorks refused to grant licenses to its intellectual property that would allow people to create software with [[interoperability]] with its products.<ref>{{cite news|title=Commission opens interoperability proceedings against MathWorks|url=http://kwm.com/en/uk/knowledge/insights/commission-opens-interoperability-proceedings-against-mathworks-20120302|work=King & Wood Mallesons|date=2012|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Opening of Proceedings|url=http://ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/cases/dec_docs/39840/39840_1005_4.pdf|publisher=European Commission|date=29 February 2012}}</ref> The case was closed in 2014 without filing any charge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Closing of Proceedings |url=http://ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/cases/dec_docs/39840/39840_1248_3.pdf|publisher=European Commission|quote=''The Commission decided, as a result of the formal investigation, to close the antitrust proceedings initiated on 29 February 2012 against MathWorks in case AT.39840.''|date=2 September 2014}}</ref>

===Logo===
The logo represents the first vibrational mode of a thin L-shaped membrane, clamped at the edges, and governed by the [[wave equation]], which was the subject of Moler's thesis.<ref name=MolerIEEE/>

===Community===
The company annually sponsors a number of student engineering competitions, including [[EcoCAR]], an advanced vehicle technology competition created by the [[United States Department of Energy]] (DOE) and [[General Motors]] (GM).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lulka|first1=Jess|title=EcoCAR3 and MathWorks Partner for Advanced Vehicle Technology|url=http://www.digitaleng.news/de/ecocar-3-and-mathworks-partner-for-advanced-vehicle-technology/|access-date=17 July 2017|work=Digital Engineering|date=14 October 2015}}</ref> MathWorks sponsored the mathematics exhibit at London's [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Booth|first1=Nick|title=MathWorks - the proof is in the Science Museum|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/450409914/MathWorks-the-proof-is-in-the-Science-Museum|access-date=17 July 2017|work=Computer Weekly|issue=22 December 2016}}</ref>

In the coding community, MathWorks hosts MATLAB Central, an online exchange where users ask and answer questions and share code. MATLAB Central currently houses around than 145,000 questions in its MATLAB Answers database.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Waterman|first1=Pamela J.|title=Mainstreaming Math Tools for Engineers|url=http://www.digitaleng.news/de/mainstreaming-math-tools/|access-date=17 July 2017|work=Digital Engineering|date=1 June 2015}}</ref> The company actively supports numerous academic institutions to advance [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] education (primarily through the use of MathWorks products), including giving funding to MIT Open Courseware and MITx.<ref>{{cite news|title=MathWorks supports MIT with $2M funding|url=http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20140321/METROWEST01/140329985/mathworks-supports-mit-with-2m-funding|access-date=17 July 2017|work=Worcester Business Journal Online|date=21 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MathWorks Sponsors Boston STEM Week|url=http://www.digitaleng.news/de/mathworks-sponsors-boston-stem-week/|access-date=17 July 2017|work=Digital Engineering|date=10 October 2016}}</ref>