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Stryker v. Zimmer, No. 13-1668 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 23, 2015)

Denied
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 13-1668
Decided
March 23, 2015
Judge
Per curiam
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
2 pages

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

STRYKER CORPORATION, STRYKER PUERTO

RICO, LTD., STRYKER SALES CORPORATION,

Plaintiffs-Appellees

v.

ZIMMER, INC., ZIMMER SURGICAL, INC.,

Defendants-Appellants

ZIMMER ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PRODUCTS,

Defendant

2013-1668

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan in No. 10-CV-1223, Judge Robert J. Jonker.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

Before PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, LOURIE, DYK, MOORE, O’MALLEY, REYNA, WALLACH, TARANTO, CHEN,

and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.

P C .

ER URIAM

O R D E R

22 STRYKER CORPORATION v. ZIMMER, INC.

Appellees Stryker Corporation, Stryker Puerto Rico, Ltd., and Stryker Sales Corporation filed a petition for rehearing en banc. A response to the petition was invited by the court and filed by appellants Zimmer, Inc. and Zimmer Surgical, Inc. Leave to file a reply was granted, and a reply was filed by the appellees. The petition was initially referred to the panel that heard the appeal. In a separate order issued today, the panel withdrew the opinion and replaced it with a revised opinion.

The petition, response, reply, and revised opinion were referred to the circuit judges who are in regular active service.

Upon consideration thereof, IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) The petition for rehearing en banc is denied. (2) The mandate of the court will issue March 30, 2015.

FOR THE COURT

March 23, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole

Date Daniel E. O’Toole

Clerk of Court

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