NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

OLE K. NILSSEN, Plaintiff,

and

GEO FOUNDATION, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant.

v.

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellee,

and

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP., Defendant-Appellee.

and

MENARD, INC., ACE HARDWARE CORP., TRUSERV CORPORATION, AND HOME DEPOT, INC., Defendants,

and

LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

and

IKEA ILLINOIS, LLC., Defendant-Appellee,

___________________

2010-1139 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in No. 04-CV-5363, Judge Robert W. Gettleman. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

LELAND W. HUTCHINSON, JR., Freeborn & Peters, LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief was JONATHAN HILL.

ANTHONY J. FITZPATRICK, Duane Morris, LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for all defendants- appellees. With him on the brief was CHRISTOPHER S. KROON for Costco Wholesale Corporation. Also on the brief were GARY W. SMITH, Posternak Blankstein & Lund, LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; KIMBALL R. ANDERSON, and KATHLEEN B. BARRY, Winston & Strawn, LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, for Lowes’s Home Centers, Inc., and BUREDEN J. WARREN, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, of Washington, DC, for IKEA, Illinois, LLC. Of counsel was MARGARET M. DUNCAN, for IKEA, Illinois, LLC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, LINN, and PROST, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 10, 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk