Mikohn Gaming Corporation v. Acres Gaming, Inc.

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• holding that, regardless of other factors as to harms, a movant’s likelihood of success “must carry at least a fair chance of success on the merits in order to warrant interim relief’ (internal quotation omitted)
• stating that the Federal Circuit has given “dominant effect to Federal Circuit precedent insofar as it reflects considerations specific to patent issues”
• stating that \a notice of patent rights that is protected under federal law can not be held violative of state law on a different legal standard\
• stating that “a notice of patent rights that is protected under 9 federal law can not be held violative of state law on a different legal standard”
• observing that 7 the Federal Circuit “benefit[s] from the wealth of Ninth Circuit precedent” applying the 8 preliminary injunction standard
• acknowledging that a “disregard” for “incorrectness or falsity” may constitute a threshold showing of bad faith

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