Troy-based Altair Engineering Inc. wants a federal judge to appoint a programming expert to determine whether any computer codes link Altair's new prototype simulation software to a competitor's.
The competitor, Santa Ana, Calif.-based MSC Software Corp., is suing Altair and seven former MSC employees in U.S. District Court in Detroit, alleging theft of trade secrets in two software products Altair launched this year. No date has been scheduled for U.S. District Judge John Feikens to review the matter.
