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ESN, LLC. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 10-1185 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 8, 2010)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 10-1185
Decided
October 8, 2010
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
2 pages
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

ESN, LLC,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. and

CISCO-LINKSYS, LLC,

Defendants-Appellees.

2010-1185

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in No. 08-CV-0020, Judge David J. Folsom.

JUDGMENT

PETER J. MCANDREWS, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., of Chicago, Illinois, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were GEORGE P. MCANDREWS, HEATHER ANNE BJELLA and GERALD C. WILLIS, JR.

CHARLES K. VERHOEVEN, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivanm, LLP of San Francisco, California, argued for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were VICTORIA F. MAROULIS and KEVIN A. SMITH.

2THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, DYK, AND PROST,

Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT October 8, 2010 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk

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