Court Opinion

ID: 813220
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2012-12-06 21:09:23+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:03:28.122859
License: Public Domain

Case: 12-1548    Document: 75     Page: 1   Filed: 12/06/2012

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                __________________________

              APPLE INC. AND
  NEXT SOFTWARE, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS
           NEXT COMPUTER, INC.),
             Plaintiffs-Appellants,

                             v.
  MOTOROLA, INC. (NOW KNOWN AS MOTOROLA
  SOLUTIONS, INC.) AND MOTOROLA MOBILITY,
                     INC.,
          Defendants-Cross Appellants,
                __________________________

                     2012-1548, -1549
                __________________________

     Appeals from the United States District Court for the
 Northern District of Illinois in case no. 11-CV-8540, Judge
 Richard A. Posner.
                __________________________

                      ON MOTION
                __________________________

                        ORDER

     Apple Inc. and NeXT Software, Inc. (Plaintiffs-
 Appellants) move for the court to set the briefing schedule
 for amici curiae. Motorola, Inc. and Motorola Mobility,
Case: 12-1548      Document: 75      Page: 2   Filed: 12/06/2012

 APPLE INC. V. MOTOROLA, INC.                                2

 Inc. (Defendants-Cross Appellants) oppose. Plaintiffs-
 Appellants respond. BSA/The Software Alliance move for
 an extension of time to file their amicus brief.

       Upon consideration thereof,

       IT IS ORDERED THAT:

      (1) Plaintiff-Appellant’s motion is granted to the lim-
 ited extent that any amici curiae brief must be filed no
 later than seven days after the date of filing of the cross-
 appellants’ opening brief.
       (2) BSA/The Software Alliance’s motion is denied.
                                       FOR THE COURT

                                       /s/ Jan Horbaly
                                       Jan Horbaly
                                       Clerk
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