NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ 2011-1637 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in No. 06-CV-0476, Chief Judge Gregory M. Sleet. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOEL M. FREED, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were NATALIA V. BLINKOVA and ROSE S.

WHELAN. Of counsel on the brief was RONALD J. PABIS, Weil Gotshal Manges, LLP, of Washington, DC.

DAN L. BAGATELL, Perkins Coie, LLP, of Phoenix, Arizona, argued for the defendant-appellee. Of counsel on the brief were DEAN G. DUNLAVEY, Latham & Watkins, LLP, of Costa Mesa, California, and MARK A. FLAGEL, Los Angeles, California. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, O’MALLEY, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

August 14, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk