       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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   ERFINDERGEMEINSCHAFT UROPEP GBR,
             Plaintiff-Appellee

                           v.

            ELI LILLY AND COMPANY,
                Defendant-Appellant
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                      2017-2603
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    Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas in No. 2:15-cv-01202-WCB,
Circuit Judge William C. Bryson.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    JOHN SCOTT MCBRIDE, Bartlit Beck Herman Pa-
lenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiff-
appellee. Also represented by ADAM MORTARA, BENJAMIN
JOHN WHITING; MEG E. FASULO, JOHN HUGHES, NOSSON
KNOBLOCH, Denver, CO.

    CHARLES E. LIPSEY, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Reston, VA, argued for defend-
ant-appellant. Also represented by JENNIFER SWAN, Palo
Alto, CA; HOWARD WARREN LEVINE, Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, MOORE and
HUGHES, Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                        ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


October 10, 2018                  /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                         Peter R. Marksteiner
                                  Clerk of Court
