       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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     LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,
              Plaintiff-Appellant,

                           v.

      MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.,
              Defendant-Appellee.
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                      2011-1637
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    Appeal from the United States District Court for the
District of Delaware in No. 06-CV-0476, Chief Judge
Gregory M. Sleet.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   JOEL M. FREED, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, of
Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him
on the brief were NATALIA V. BLINKOVA and ROSE S.
WHELAN. Of counsel on the brief was RONALD J. PABIS,
Weil Gotshal Manges, LLP, of Washington, DC.

    DAN L. BAGATELL, Perkins Coie, LLP, of Phoenix,
Arizona, argued for the defendant-appellee. Of counsel on
the brief were DEAN G. DUNLAVEY, Latham & Watkins,
LLP, of Costa Mesa, California, and MARK A. FLAGEL, Los
Angeles, California.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (PROST, O’MALLEY, and REYNA, Circuit
Judges).

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.


                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



 August 14, 2012           /s/ Jan Horbaly
   Date                       Jan Horbaly
                                  Clerk
