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Timebase PTY Ltd. v. the Thomson Corp., No. 12-1082 (Fed. Cir. June 19, 2012)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 12-1082
Decided
June 19, 2012
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

TIMEBASE PTY LTD.,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

THE THOMSON CORPORATION,

WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION, and WEST

SERVICES, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.

2012-1082

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota in Case No. 07-CV-1687, Judge Joan N. Ericksen.

JUDGMENT

JOSEPH N. HOSTENY, Niro, Haller & Niro, of Chicago, Illinois, argrued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were ARTHUR A. GASEY and ROBERT A. CONLEY.

DAVID J.F. GROSS, Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were CALVIN L. LITSEY, MARY V. SOOTER and KEVIN P. WAGNER.

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

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and WALLACH, Circuit

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT June 19, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk

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Timebase PTY Ltd. v. the Thomson Corp., No. 12-1082 (Fed. Cir. June 19, 2012).

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