        NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


 United States Court of Appeals
     for the Federal Circuit
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                   STRYKER SPINE,
                   Plaintiff-Appellant,

                            v.

           BIEDERMANN MOTECH GMBH
              and DEPUY SPINE, INC.,
                Defendants-Appellees.
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                       2011-1170
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    Appeal from the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia in No. 08-CV-1827, Judge Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly.
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                      JUDGMENT
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    WILLIAM L. MENTLIK, Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz
& Mentlik, LLP, of Westfield, New Jersey, argued for
plaintiff-appellant. On the brief were ROY H. WEPNER and
KEITH E. GILMAN. Of counsel was STEVEN J. ROUTH, Orrick
Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, of Washington, DC.
    LUKE L. DAUCHOT, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, of Los Angeles,
California, argued for defendants-appellees. Of counsel on
the brief were GREGORY A. CASTANIAS, Jones Day, of
Washington, DC; and CALVIN P. GRIFFITH, PATRICK J.
NORTON, and SUSAN M. GERGER, of Cleveland, Ohio. Of
counsel was BARRY E. BRETSCHNEIDER, Morrison & Foerster,
LLP, of McLean, Virginia.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and LINN, Circuit
Judges).


            AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 January 12, 2012              /s/ Jan Horbaly
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