NEW COMM WIRELESS SERVICES v. SPRINTCOM, INC.

Nos. 01-2541, 01-2603.

287 F.3d 1 (2002)

NEW COMM WIRELESS SERVICES, INC., d/b/a Movistar, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SPRINTCOM, INC., and Sprint Spectrum LP, Defendants, Appellants. Centennial Puerto Rico License Corp., Intervenor, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miguel J. Rodríguez Marxuach, with whom Fernando J. Gierbolini was on brief, for defendants-appellants.

Antonio L. Roig-Lorenzo, with whom Edgardo Rodríguez-Quilichini and O'Neill & Borges were on brief, for intervenor-appellant.

Eycko O. Lugo-Rivera, with whom Carlos Berreteaga was on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

These interlocutory appeals implicate the brave new world of wireless communications. In the underlying action, the district court sided with plaintiff-appellee New Comm Wireless Services ("Movistar") and issued a preliminary injunction against two related companies, SprintCom and Sprint Spectrum (collectively, "Sprint"). After clearing a path through the technological thicket, we reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

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