Free Freehand Corp. v. Adobe Systems Inc.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS

LUCY H. KOH, District Judge.

Now before the Court is Defendant Adobe Systems Inc.’s (“Adobe”) motion to dismiss Plaintiff Free FreeHand’s and Plaintiff Jabez Palmer’s (collectively “Plaintiffs”) first amended complaint. ECF No. 20. The Court held a hearing on the motion on November 8, 2011. Having considered the parties’ briefing and arguments, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Adobe’s motion for the reasons explained below.

I. Factual Background

This antitrust case arises out of Adobe’s 2005 acquisition of FreeHand, a…