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Chrimar Systems, Inc. v. Foundry Networks, Inc., No. 12-1641 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 4, 2013)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 12-1641
Decided
April 4, 2013
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
2 pages
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United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

CHRIMAR SYSTEMS, INC.

(doing business as CMS Technologies, Inc.),

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee.

2012-1641

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in No. 06-CV-13936, Judge Avern Cohn.

JUDGMENT

RICHARD W. HOFFMANN, Reising Ethington PC, of Troy, Michigan, argued for plaintiff-appellant. NEAL KUMAR KATYAL, Hogan Lovells US, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for the defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were FREDERICK LIU; K.T. CHERIAN and CONSTANCE F. RAMOS, of San Francisco, California. Of counsel was ELIZABETH BARCHAS PRELOGAR, of Washington, DC.

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

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, DYK, and PROST, Circuit

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 4, 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk

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