Federation Internationale De Football Ass'n v. Nike, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating a court should consider whether the equities justify an exception to the application of the first-to-file rule
• refusing to dismiss secondary action because first-filed action was “in its earliest stages”
• “[T]he fact that a motion requiring expedited consideration has been filed only in the infringement action, and that precious time would be lost if that motion had to be refiled in the other court, argues in favor of allowing the second-filed action to proceed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).