
    Ole K. NILSSEN, Plaintiff, and Geo Foundation, Ltd., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellee, and Costco Wholesale Corp., Defendant-Appellee, and Menard, Inc., Ace Hardware Corp., Truserv Corporation, and Home Depot, Inc., Defendants, and Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and IKEA Illinois, LLC, DefendantAppellee.
    No. 2010-1139.
    United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
    Nov. 10, 2011.
    Leland W. Hutchinson, Jr., Freeborn & Peters, LLP, of Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief was Jonathan Hill.
    Anthony J. Fitzpatrick, Duane Morris, LLP, of Boston, MA, argued for all defendants-appellees. With him on the brief was Christopher S. Kroon for Costco Wholesale Corporation. Also on the brief were Gary W. Smith, Posternak Blank-stein & Lund, LLP, of Boston, MA, for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Kimball R. Anderson, and Kathleen B. Barry, Winston & Strawn, LLP, of Chicago, IL, for Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc., and Bureden J. Warren, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, of Washington, DC, for IKEA, Illinois, LLC. Of counsel was Margaret M. Duncan, for IKEA, Illinois, LLC.
    LOURIE, LINN, and PROST, Circuit Judges.
   JUDGMENT

PER CURIAM.

This Cause having been heard and considered, it is Ordered and Adjudged:

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.  