Would you mind providing some background to that story? It seems obdev is based in Vienna, Austria. What request was there? And why would they need to battle it

Would you mind providing some background to that story? It seems obdev is based in Vienna, Austria. What request was there? And why would they need to battle it (rather than toss it into a paper bin)? It doesn't seem like there would be any legal channel for the NSA to compel them to do anything.