NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

U.S. RING BINDER, L.P., Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

STAPLES THE OFFICE SUPERSTORE, LLC, WORLD WIDE STATIONERY MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CHARLES LEONARD NATIONAL, INC., and CHARLES LEONARD WESTERN, INC., Defendants-Appellees. ____________________

2010-1284, -1425 ______________________

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in case no. 08-CV-0583, Magistrate Judge Thomas C. Mummert, III. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

DAVID L. APPLEGATE, William Montgomery & John Ltd., of Chicago, Illinois, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

KEITH A. RABENBERG, Senniger Powers, LLP, of St. Louis, Missouri, argued for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief was RICHARD L. BROPHY.

______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, SCHALL, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

Dcember 10, 2010 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk