NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. ______________________ 2013-1495 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in No. 12-CV-0369, Judge Richard A. Schell. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MATTHEW D. POWERS, Tensegrity Law Group, LLP, of Redwood Shores, California, argued for plaintiff-appellee.

With him on the brief were WILLIAM P. NELSON and AARON M. NATHAN. Of counsel on the brief were PHILIP W. MARSH, JAMES C. OTTESON, DAVID A. CAINE and MICHAEL D.K. NGUYEN, Agility IP Law, LLP, of Menlo Park, California.

DOUGLAS H. HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, Ropes & Gray LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellant.

With him on the brief were JAMES R. MYERS and HENRY HUANG. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, MOORE, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 10, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court