NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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 R. HARRINGTON, Neutral Tandem, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Of counsel on the brief were ELAINE J. GOLDENBERG and MATTHEW S. HELLMAN, Jenner & Block, LLP, of Washington, DC; and PAUL D. MARGOLIS and D. MATTHEW FELDHAUS, of Chicago, Illinois. Of counsel was KRISTOPHER R. KIEL, of Chicago, Illinois.

DAVID RENE’ YOHANNAN, Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees. ______________________ 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