Legal Opinion
Standard Microsystems Corporation v. Texas Instruments Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 10, 1990No. 1441, Docket 90-7260PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, District Judge:
This appeal seeks to enforce the Anti-Injunction Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2283. In a patent-licensing dispute, the district judge enjoined the defendant-appellant from prosecuting a suit which it had instituted against plaintiff-appellee in the Texas state courts. Because we hold that this order violated the terms of the Act, the injunction is vacated.
The dispute arises out of a patent cross-licensing agreement between Standard Mi-crosystems Corp. (“SMC”), the plaintiff-ap-pellee, and Texas Instruments, Inc., (“TI”), the defendant-appellant, dated October 1, 1976 (the…
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