Editing Macromedia (section)

===Lawsuits===
On August 22, 1997, stockholders filed a class-action lawsuit in the California Superior Court in San Francisco, accusing Macromedia of misleading stockholders on the company's product success and financial health. A similar suit had been filed a month earlier.<ref name="cnet">{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/Investors-sue-Macromedia-again/2100-1023_3-202966.html |title=Investors sue Macromedia again |publisher=[[cNet]] |date=September 4, 1997 |access-date=February 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829090341/http://news.cnet.com/Investors-sue-Macromedia-again/2100-1023_3-202966.html|archive-date=August 29, 2012|last=Festa|first=Paul}}</ref> The class-action suit was dismissed by a federal judge on May 19, 1998.<ref name="marketwatch">{{cite web |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/macromedia-shareholder-suits-dismissed-05-19-98 |title=Macromedia shareholder suits dismissed 05-19-98 |publisher=[[MarketWatch]]|date=May 19, 1998 |access-date=August 29, 2018|last=Murphy|first=Tom}}</ref>

On August 10, 2000, Adobe claimed that Macromedia violated two of its patents on tabbed palettes.<ref name="PCMag">{{cite web |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,29207,00.asp |title=Adobe Wins User Interface Suit Against Macromedia|author-link=Sebastian Rupley|first=Sebastian|last=Rupley |publisher=[[PC Magazine]] |date=May 6, 2002 |access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="PCWorld1">{{cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/adobe-wins-macromedia-patent-suit/ |title=Adobe wins Macromedia patent suit |website=[[CNet]] |date=June 3, 2002 |access-date=August 29, 2018|last=Becker|first=David}}</ref> Macromedia countered with a claim that Adobe infringed on Macromedia's patents for a draw-based editor for Web pages and a hierarchical structure editor for Web sites.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/13/macromedia_wins_4_9m/ |title=Macromedia wins $4.9m in Adobe patent suit |website=[[The Register]] |date=May 13, 2002 |access-date=August 29, 2018|author=ComputerWire}}</ref> In July 2002, Adobe and Macromedia reached an agreement that settled all claims in this series of patent suits.<ref name="PCWorld2">
{{cite web |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1008577/lawsuit.html |title=Adobe, Macromedia reach agreement in Patent lawsuit |website=[[Macworld]] |date=July 29, 2002 |access-date=August 29, 2018|last=Dalrymple|first=Jim}}</ref><ref name="Out-Law">{{cite web |url=http://www.out-law.com/page-2809 |title=Adobe and Macromedia settle patent lawsuits |publisher=Pinsent Masons |date=July 30, 2002}}</ref> Eventually, Adobe acquired Macromedia 3 years later.