NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ COMPETITIVE EDGE, INC. and DAVID M. GREENSPON, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STAPLES, INC. and STAPLES THE OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST, INC., Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ 2010-1340 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in No. 08-CV-0956, Judge Virginia M. Kendall. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ROBERT N. HOCHMAN, Sidley Austin LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief was THOMAS D. REIN.

BARBARA L. MOORE, Edward Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for defendants- appellees. With her on the brief were DAVID COTTA and ANDREW T. O’CONNOR. Of counsel was DEBORAH HIGASHI DODGE. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (GAJARSA, PROST, and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 11, 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk