District Judge Denies FTC’s Motion for Injunction vs. Microsoft/Activision Pending Appeal

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley for Northern California in San Francisco denied the FTC’s motion for an injunction enjoining Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard buy pending the outcome of the commission’s appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said her signed order Thursday (docket 3:23-cv-02880). The FTC’s motion earlier Thursday said the injunction was necessary “to preserve the status quo” while the 9th Circuit reviews Corley’s July 10 opinion denying the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction (see 2307110061). Microsoft and Activision, in an opposition filing Thursday, urged Corley to reject the FTC’s motion.