NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ MARTIN GARDNER REIFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant-Cross Appellant. ____________________ 2010-1334,-1391,-1392 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in Case No. 98-CV-0266, Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MARTIN G. REIFFIN, of Danville, California, argued for plaintiff-appellant. On the brief was JOSEPH L. SPIEGEL, Spiegel Brown Fichera & Acard, of Poughkeepsie, New York.

TODD M. SIEGEL, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, of Portland, Oregon, argued for defendant-cross appellant.

With him on the brief was JOHN D. VANDENBERG. Of counsel on the brief were ERIC L. WESENBERG, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, of Menlo Park, California and STEPHEN P. MCGRATH, Microsoft Corporation, of Redmond, Washington. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and MOORE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 24, 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk