Macom Technology Solutions v. Infineon Technologies Americas, No. 17-1882 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 7, 2018)

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Plaintiffs MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. and Nitronex, LLC (collectively, “MACOM”) sought and obtained a preliminary injunction against defendant Infineon Techno logies Americas Corp. (“Infineon”) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The district court’s December 7, 2016 preliminary injunc- tion declared that Infineon’s termination of an agreement was ineffective and ordered Infineon to comply with that agreement. J.A. 50 –52 (the “Injunction”). Infineon a p- pealed the I njunction on several grounds in Case No.