Celsis in Vitro, Inc. v. Cellzdirect, Inc.

N0'1‘E: This order is nonprecedential United States Court of AppeaIs for the FederaI Circuit CELSIS IN VITRO, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, V. CELLZDIRECT, INC. AND INVITROGEN CORPORATION, Defendants-Appellants. 2011-1337 ` Appea1 from the United States DiStrict C0urt for the Northern District of I]1inois in case no. 10-cv-4053, Senior Judge Mi1t0n I. Shadur. ON MOTION Bef0re RADER, Chief Judge, GAJA_RSA and PRoST, Circuit Judges. RADER, Chief Judge. 0 R D E R Ce1siS in Vitro, Inc. moves for an injunction pending disposition of this appea1. Ce11zDirect, Inc. and Invitro- gen Corporation oppose Ce1sis rep1ies. CELSIS IN VITRO V. CELLZDIRECT 2 Rule 8(a)(l)(C)(2) of the Federa1 Rules of Appellate Procedure authorizes this court to grant an injunction pending appeal. Similar to a motion to stay a judgment or injunction pending appeal, which is author- ized under the same rule, our determination is governed by four fact0rs, the first two of which are the most critica1: (1) whether the stay applicant had made a strong showing that he is likely to succeed on the n1erits; (2) whether the applicant will be irreparably injured absent relief; (3) whether issuance of the order will substantially injure the other parties interested in the proceeding; and (4) where the public interest lies. Hilton o. Braunskill, 481 U.S. 770, 776 (1987). - Based on the arguments in the motions papers, and without prejudicing the ultimate disposition of this case by a merits panel, we determine that Celsis has not met its burden. ` Accordingly, IT ls ORDERED THAT: The motion is denied FoR THE CoURT 1 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date J an Horb aly Clerk cc: J0rdan A. Siga1e, Esq. B.S.c0URF£llF§PpPEAL3 mg Francis M. Wikstr0m, Esq. T"E FE9ERAL ClRCUIT ser am 012n11 JAN HnRBALv CLERK