       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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         HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.,
              Plaintiff-Appellant,

                            v.

        ZIMMER, INC. and CENTERPULSE
               ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
   (formerly known as Sulzer Orthopedics, Inc.),
                Defendants-Appellees,

                           and

               SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.,
                  Defendant-Appellee.

                  ____________________

                       2010-1162
                 ______________________

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the
District of New Jersey in No. 05-CV-0897, Senior Judge
William H. Walls.
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                      JUDGMENT
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    GREGORY J. VOGLER, McAndrews, Held & Malloy,
Ltd., of Chicago, Illinois, argued for plaintiff-appellant.
With him on the brief were TIMOTHY J. MALLOY, PATRICIA
J. MCGRATH and CHRISTOPHER M. SCHARFF.

    DAVID K. CALLAHAN, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, of
Chicago, Illinois, argued for all defendants-appellees.
With him on the brief for Zimmer, Inc., et al. was BRYAN
S. HALE. Of counsel was BRYCE A. MAUTNER. Also on the
brief for Smith & Nephew, Inc., were GREGORY N.
STILLMAN, Hunton & Williams LLP, of Norfolk, Virginia;
RODGER L. TATE and BRADLEY T. LENNIE, of Washington,
DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (BRYSON,       DYK,   and    MOORE,   Circuit
Judges).



           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


October 13, 2010         /s/ Jan Horbaly
      Date                   Jan Horbaly
                                Clerk
