Motorola Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics Corporation

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This ease is before us on the plaintiffs unopposed petition for leave to take an interlocutory appeal, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), from an order that the district judge has certified for an immediate appeal. We grant the petition for reasons explained below; and because the petition and the’ response, together with the district judge’s opinion explaining her order and the record in the district court, provide an ample basis for deciding the appeal, we dispense with further briefing and with oral argument.

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