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Aviva Sports, Inc. v. Fingerhut Direct Marketing, No. 14-1394 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 10, 2016)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 14-1394
Decided
February 10, 2016
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

AVIVA SPORTS, INC., A MINNESOTA

CORPORATION,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

FINGERHUT DIRECT MARKETING, INC., A

DELAWARE CORPORATION, MENARD, INC., A

WISCONSIN CORPORATION, KMART

CORPORATION, A MICHIGAN CORPORATION,

Defendants-Appellants

MANLEY TOYS, LTD., DBA MANLEY TOYS, DBA

TOYQUEST, A HONG KONG, CHINA

CORPORATION,

Defendant

2014-1394

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota in No. 0:09-cv-01091-JNE-JSM, Judge Joan N. Ericksen.

JUDGMENT

2JOHN THOMAS VITT, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, argued for plaintiff-appellee. Also represented by DAVID YOUNGERT TREVOR, MICHAEL WEINBECK.

THOMAS SCHMIDT, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendants-appellants. Also represented by NEAL KUMAR KATYAL, Washington, DC.

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

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and

LOURIE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 10, 2016 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court

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