Case: 12-1548   Document: 115     Page: 1     Filed: 12/27/2012




           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

    United States Court of Appeals
        for the Federal Circuit
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      APPLE INC. AND NEXT SOFTWARE, INC.
  (FORMERLY KNOWN AS NEXT COMPUTER, INC.),
              Plaintiffs-Appellants,

                             v.
   MOTOROLA, INC. (NOW KNOWN AS MOTOROLA
   SOLUTIONS, INC.) AND MOTOROLA MOBILITY,
                      INC.,
           Defendants-Cross-Appellants.
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                     2012-1548, -1549
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     Appeals from the United States District Court for the
 Northern District of Illinois in case no. 11-CV-8540, Judge
 Richard A. Posner.
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                      ON MOTION
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                Before Linn, Circuit Judge.
                        ORDER

     Upon consideration of Verizon Communications, Inc.,
 American Association of Advertising Agencies, and Ford
 Motor Company’s motion for leave to file a brief amicus
 curiae in support of neither party,
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 APPLE INC. V. MOTOROLA, INC.                              2


       IT IS ORDERED THAT:

       The motion is granted.

                                  FOR THE COURT


                                  /s/ Jan Horbaly
                                  Jan Horbaly
                                  Clerk

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