NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASS'N v. MOTOROLA, INC.

Nos. 822, 824, Dockets 96-7975, 96-7983 (CON) and 96-9123 (XAP).

105 F.3d 841 (1997)

The NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION and NBA Properties, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. MOTOROLA, INC. doing business as SportsTrax, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems, Inc. doing business as Stats, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Mishkin, The National Basketball Association and NBA Properties, Inc., New York City (Kathryn L. Barrett, Richard W. Buchanan, of counsel; Roger L. Zissu, Mark D. Engelmann, Raphael Winick, Weiss Dawid Fross Zelnick & Lehrman, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Herbert F. Schwartz, Fish & Neave, New York City (Patricia A. Martone, Vincent N. Palladino, of counsel; Roger H. Dusberger, Motorola, Inc., of counsel), for Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Andrew L. Deutsch, Piper & Marbury, New York City (Edward F. Maluf, of counsel; Paul M. Levy, Alan D. Leib, Deutsch Levy & Engel Chartered, Chicago, IL, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Bruce P. Keller, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City (Lorin L. Reisner, of counsel), for Amici Curiae National Football League, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball and National Hockey League.

Floyd Abrams, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for Amicus Curiae Interactive Services Association.

George Freeman, The New York Times Company, New York City, for Amicus Curiae The New York Times Company.

Susan E. Weiner, National Broadcasting Company, Inc., New York City (Michael K. Kellogg, Austin C. Schlick, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, Washington, DC, of counsel), for Amicus Curiae National Broadcasting Company, Inc.

Lee A. Freeman, Jr., Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, Chicago, IL (Jerrold E. Salzman, Chris C. Gair, of counsel), for Amicus Curiae Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, WINTER, and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Motorola, Inc. and Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems ("STATS") appeal from a permanent injunction entered by Judge Preska. The injunction concerns a handheld pager sold by Motorola and marketed under the name "SportsTrax," which displays updated information of professional basketball games in progress. The injunction prohibits appellants, absent authorization from the National Basketball Association and NBA Properties, Inc. (collectively...

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