MICROSOFT CORP. v. MOTOROLA, INC.

No. 12-35352.

696 F.3d 872 (2012)

MICROSOFT CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MOTOROLA, INC.; Motorola Mobility, Inc.; General Instrument Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek L. Shaffer , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Washington D.C.; Kathleen M. Sullivan , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for Appellants.

Arthur W. Harrigan, Jr. , Christopher Wion , Shane P. Cramer , Calfo Harrigan Leyh & Eakes LLP, Seattle, WA; David T. Pritikin , Constantine L. Trela, Jr. , Richard A. Cederoth , Robert N. Hochman , Nathaniel C. Love , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Carter G. Phillips , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; T. Andrew Culbert , David E. Killough , Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, attorneys for Appellee.

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

In this interlocutory appeal, Motorola appeals from the district court's preliminary injunction to enjoin Motorola temporarily from enforcing a patent injunction that it obtained against Microsoft in Germany. We review the district court's grant of a foreign anti-suit injunction under the deferential abuse-of-discretion standard, and affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The parties are involved in ongoing contract and patent...

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