IN the UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT for the DISTRICT of DELAWARE in Re: ) Chapter 11 ) NORTEL NETWORKS INC., Et Al. ) Case No
IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE In re: ) Chapter 11 ) NORTEL NETWORKS INC., et al. ) Case No. 09-10138(KG) ) (Jointly Administered) Debtors. ) Re Dkt. No. 18210 SNMP Research International, Inc. and ) SNMP Research, Inc., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Adv. Proc. No. 11-53454(KG) ) Nortel Networks Inc., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) Re Dkt. No. 585 OPINION MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP Derek C. Abbott, Esquire Lisa M. Schweitzer, Esquire Andrew R. Remming, Esquire David H. Herrington, Esquire Tamara K. Minott, Esquire One Liberty Plaza Andrew J. Roth-Moore, Esquire New York, New York 10006 1201 North Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 - Counsel for Debtors and Debtors in Possession – COLE SCHOTZ P.C. KING & BALLOW LAW OFFICES Norman L. Pernick, Esquire Richard S. Busch, Esquire Nicholas J. Brannick, Esquire 315 Union Street, Suite 1100 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1410 Nashville, TN 37201 Wilmington, DE 19801 COLE SCHOTZ P.C. EGERTON, MCAFEE, ARMISTEAD G. David Dean, Esquire & DAVIS, P.C. 300 E. Lombard Street, Suite 1450 John L. Wood, Esq. Baltimore, MD 21202 900 S. Gay Street Knoxville, TN 37902 - Counsel for SNMP Research, Inc. and SNMP Research International, Inc. - I. INTRODUCTION1 The litigants in the adversary proceeding are plaintiffs SNMP Research International, Inc. (“SNMPRI”) and SNMP Research, Inc. (“SNMPR”) (collectively, “SNMP”) and the defendants, Nortel Networks Inc. and affiliated entities (“Nortel”). The Court held a two-day trial on May 11 and 12, 2017 (the “Trial”) to determine whether certain software was licensed for use or distribution by Nortel with respect to products after June 20, 2003.
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