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SynOptics Communications Inc. has waged a legal battle against Asante Technologies Inc., claiming patent infringement of its network management software and seeking three times the cost of alleged damages.
SynOptics, based in Santa Clara, claims that several of its former employees, now working at Asante Technologies, San Jose, Calif., have implemented SynOptics' software code into Asante products.
The code in question is used in SynOptics' flagship software called Optivity--network management...