Modern Font Applications LLC v. Alaska Airlines, No. 21-1838 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 29, 2022)

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Modern Font Applications LLC seeks an interlocutory appeal to challenge an order of the United States District Court for the District of Utah, which affirmed a magistrate judge’s decision deeming MFA’s in-house counsel a “ com- petitive decisionmaker” and maintaining Alaska Airlines, Inc.’s A ttorneys’ Eyes Only designations as to its source code. Mod. Font Applications v. Alaska Airlines, No. 19-cv- 00561, 2021 WL 364189, at *1 (D. Utah Feb. 3, 2021) (“Magistrate Decision”), aff’d sub nom. Mod. Font Applica- tions LLC v. Alaska Airlines Inc.