HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS V ZIMMER INC, No. 10-1162 (Fed. Cir. 2010)

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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ 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. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ 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. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (BRYSON, Judges). DYK, and MOORE, Circuit AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT October 13, 2010 Date /s/ Jan Horbaly Jan Horbaly Clerk

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