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Auto-Kaps, LLC v. Clorox Company, No. 17-1456 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 16, 2018)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 17-1456
Also Docketed
No. 17-1918 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
March 16, 2018
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

AUTO-KAPS, LLC,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

CLOROX COMPANY,

Defendant-Cross-Appellant

2017-1456, 2017-1918

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in No. 2:15-cv-01737-BMC, Judge Brian M. Cogan.

JUDGMENT

JEAN-MARC ZIMMERMAN, Zimmerman Law Group, Westfield, NJ, argued for plaintiff-appellant. ANDREW JAMES ISBESTER, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued for defendant-cross-appellant. Also represented by DARIUS C. SAMEROTTE; SCOTT KOLASSA, MENLO PARK, CA; FREDERICK LEE WHITMER, New York, NY.

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

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, MAYER, and LOURIE, Circuit

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT March 16, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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