...difference would be in the choice between New York and California law. As we explain below, both parties have argued the case on the basis of Restatement (Second) Conflict of Laws section 187. IBM has...briefs set out no difference between them, so we need not decide, and can proceed to application of the principles in Restatement (Second) Conflict of Laws section 187.
Wilton v. Seven Falls Co., 515 U.S. 277, 290 (1995).
Cf. Tempco Elec. Heater Corp. v. Omega Eng'g, Inc., 819 F.2d 746, 749 (7th Cir. 1987); Genentech, Inc. v. Eli Lilly Co., 998 F.2d 931, 937 (Fed. Cir. 1993).
II. Restatement (Second..., citing an intermediate New York appellate court decision, that New York applies section 187 of the Restatement (Second) Conflict of Laws. Bajorek...