Cadence Design (A)
This case covers the legal and ethical issues associated with intellectual property and represents one of the most notorious cases in Silicon Valley history. In a three- to four-page paper, answer the case questions 1-4 and 6 on page 497.
Cadence Design (B) (page 528)
Read part B, and in a two-page paper, answer question 1 on page 530.
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** For Keller School of Management, ENTR Entrepreneurship: New Venture
Part A
https://devry.vitalsource.com/books/9781118518052/id/L12-1-11
Bygrave, William D. Entrepreneurship, 2nd Edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. VitalBook file. Bookshelf.
1.What is your opinion of the behavior of the following actors:
a. Joe Costello
b. Gerry Hsu
c. Former Cadence employees that went over to Avant!
d. Customers and potential customers of Cadence and Avant!
e. Avant!'s auditors
f. Avant!'s lawyers
g. The prosecutors
2.What is the responsibility of the venture capitalist(s) who funded ArcSys (Avant!)?
3.What is the responsibility of the underwriter who handled ArcSys/Avant!'s IPO?
4.Evaluate Avant!'s board of directors.
6.Should there be a corporate death penalty as Dan Gillmor proposed?
Part Bhttps://devry.vitalsource.com/books/9781118518052/id/Ex13-1
Bygrave, William D. Entrepreneurship, 2nd Edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. VitalBook file. Bookshelf.
1.What could Cadence have done to better protect its intellectual property?