A U.S. federal court ruled Monday (June 13) that China’s ZTE Corp. is liable for its employees using an unauthorized key code to access and use software marketed by high-frequency EDA vendor AWR Corp.

Relying on data AWR gathered through a “phone home” feature of its software, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California found that ZTE employees had accepted AWR’s click-through license agreement. The court also rejected ZTE’s claim that it was not bound by that agreement.  

In a landmark case, AWR last year filed compaint against ZTE and its U.S. affiliate, alleging that ZTE installed and used unauthorized versions of AWR's EDA software.
A hearing on AWR’s remaining claims and on damages is set to begin Aug. 9.

By: DocMemory
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