Case Name: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, a Taiwanese corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LSI CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation and Agere Systems LLC, Defendants-Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-20
Citations: 565 F. App'x 602
Docket Number: No. 13-16070
Parties: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, a Taiwanese corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LSI CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation and Agere Systems LLC, Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 565
Pages: 602–602

Head Matter:
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, a Taiwanese corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LSI CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation and Agere Systems LLC, Defendants-Appellants.
No. 13-16070.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 13, 2014.
Filed March 20, 2014.
Steven Baik, Reed Smith, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Scott D. Baker, Esquire, James A. Daire, Esquire, Paul David Fogel, William Ross Overend, Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Matthew Christian Holohan, Esquire, David E. Sipiora, Townsend & Townsend & Crew, LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendants-Appellants.
Before: FARRIS, REINHARDT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
LSI has appealed from the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction to Realtek that enjoined LSI from enforcing a potential exclusion order that the International Trade Commission might issue in a then-ongoing proceeding before that body. The district court stated that the injunction would go into effect only if the ITC granted an exclusion order, but if the ITC found "no section 337 violation . this preliminary injunction will become moot." The ITC recently found that there was "no section 337 violation" by Realtek and terminated its investigation. Dkt. # 53. By its own terms, the preliminary injunction became inoperative when the ITC did not find a Section 337 violation. Both parties argue that the appeal is not moot as LSI may still appeal the ITC's decision to the Federal Circuit. We need not consider that question as the preliminary injunction itself is no longer operative by virtue of the initial decision of the ITC that there was no Section 337 violation. The appeal is DISMISSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.