Sherman & Associates, Inc. v. Oxford Instruments, PLC, No. 12-1218 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 20, 2012)

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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.

2HENRY 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 defendants-appellees Oxford Instruments, PLC, et al. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: