Demartini
Demartini v. Microsoft Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DANTE DEMARTINI, et al., Case No. 22-cv-08991-JSC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Re: Dkt. No. 350 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff recreational video game players filed this action to enjoin a proposed merger between Microsoft Corporation and Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Dkt. No. 84 ¶ 1.1) After overcoming various hurdles, including a separate preliminary injunction action brought by the Federal Trade Commission, see FTC v. Microsoft Corp. (Case No. 3:23-cv-02880-JSC), and foreign regulatory actions, the merger closed on October 13, 2023. Now pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prohibit Microsoft from further harming Activision’s “ability to compete as an independent company” pending a final decision on the case’s merits. (Dkt. No. 350 at 3.) After carefully considering the arguments…