NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

DEERE & COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

DUROC LLC, FKA BUSH HOG, LLC, ALAMO GROUP, INC., BUSH HOG, INC., GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING INCORPORATED, Defendants-Appellees ______________________

2014-1403 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in No. 3:09-cv-00095-CRW-TJS, Senior Judge Charles R. Wolle. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

RODERICK R. MCKELVIE, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by Robert Jason Fowler, Jay I. Alexander, Stephen Pierce Anthony.

SCOTT W. HEJNY, McKool Smith, P.C., Dallas, TX, argued for defendants-appellees Alamo Group, Inc., and Bush Hog, Inc. Also represented by PHILLIP AURENTZ; JOEL LANCE THOLLANDER, Austin, TX.

CRAIG C. MARTIN, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for defendant-appellee Duroc LLC. Also repre- sented by DAVID JIMENEZ-EKMAN, SARA TONNIES HORTON, MICHAEL ANTHONY SCODRO, STEVEN R. TRYBUS.

SCOTT R. BROWN, Hovey Williams LLP, Overland Park, KS, argued for defendant-appellee Great Plains Manufacturing Incorporated. Also represented by MATTHEW B. WALTERS. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, PLAGER, and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 26, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter Marksteiner Clerk of Court