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Mears Technologies, Inc. v. Finisar Corporation, No. 16-1485 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 11, 2017)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 16-1485
Also Docketed
No. 16-1503 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
January 11, 2017
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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 MEARS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

FINISAR CORPORATION,

Defendant-Cross-Appellant

2016-1485, 2016-1503

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in No. 2:13-cv-00376-JRG, Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap.

JUDGMENT

GEORGE C. SUMMERFIELD, JR., Stadheim & Grear, Ltd., Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by KYLE L. HARVEY, ROBERT M. SPALDING, CHRISTOPHER H. ST. PETER, ROLF STADHEIM.

DAVID C. RADULESCU, Radulescu LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendant-cross-appellant. Also represented by ROBIN M. DAVIS, MARIA GRANOVSKY, ETAI LAHAV, TIGRAN VARDANIAN.

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

PER CURIAM (DYK, TARANTO, and HUGHES, Circuit

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT January 11, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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