Last week, Bell Semiconductor, LLC (Bell Semic) and Synopsys asked Delaware Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly to stay the case between them through December 19, given the parties’ work on a settlement agreement. The court granted the stay, pausing preparation for a January 2024 trial, including taking off calendar a December 20 pretrial hearing. One week earlier, Judge Connolly had ordered the parties to be prepared to discuss his recent grant of partial summary judgment of no indirect infringement—as well as potential attorney fees to be awarded to Synopsys because Bell Semic’s arguments in opposition to the motion for partial summary judgment “were so obviously devoid of merit”.