SHERMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. V. OXFORD INSTRUMENTS, PLC, No. 12-1218 (Fed. Cir. 2012)

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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ SHERMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. and ARTHUR SHERMAN, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OXFORD INSTRUMENTS, PLC and OXFORD INSTRUMENTS AMERICA, INC., Defendants-Appellees, and ASM INTERNATIONAL, N.V. and ASM AMERICA, INC., Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ 2012-1218 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in Case No. 11-CV-0827, Judge Charles R. Breyer. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ROBERT J. YORIO, Carr & Ferrell LLP, of Menlo Park, California, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. HENRY C. BUNSOW, Bunsow, De Mory, Smith & Allison LLP, of San Francisco, California, argued for defendants-appellees, ASM International, N.V., et al. With him on the brief were BRIAN A.E. SMITH and ROBIN K. CURTIS. JOSEPH J. MUELLER, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, for defendantsappellees Oxford Instruments, PLC, et al. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and SCHALL, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT November 20, 2012 Date /s/ Jan Horbaly Jan Horbaly Clerk

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