NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

NEUTRAL TANDEM, INC. Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

PEERLESS NETWORK, LLC, PEERLESS NETWORK OF ILLINOIS, LLC, and JOHN BARNICLE, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________

2011-1144 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in case no. 08-CV-3402, Judge John W. Darrah. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOHN F. WARD, Ward & Olivo, of New York, New York, argued for the plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were MICHAEL G. GABRIEL; and FRANK J. CIANO, Goldberg Segalla, of White Plains, New York.

RUSSELL S. JONES, JR., Polsinelli Shughart, PC, of Kansas City, Missouri, argued for the defendants- appellees. With him on the brief was RICHARD P. STITT, of Overland Park, Kansas. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 13, 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk