Stryker Corporation, Stryker Puerto Rico, Ltd., Stryker Sales Corporation v. Zimmer, Inc., Zimmer Surgical, Inc.

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
STRYKER CORPORATION, STRYKER PUERTO
RICO, LTD., STRYKER SALES CORPORATION,
Plaintiffs-Appellees
v.
ZIMMER, INC., ZIMMER SURGICAL, INC.,
Defendants-Appellants
ZIMMER ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PRODUCTS,
Defendant
2013-1668
Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Western District of Michigan in No. 10-CV-1223, Judge
Robert J. Jonker.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
Before P ROST , Chief Judge, NEWMAN, L OURIE , D YK,
MOORE , O’MALLEY , REYNA, WALLACH , T ARANTO, CHEN,
and HUGHES , Circuit Judges.
P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R

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2 STRYKER CORPORATION v. ZIMMER, INC.
Appellees Stryker Corporation, Stryker Puerto Rico,
Ltd., and Stryker Sales Corporation filed a petition for
rehearing en banc. A response to the petition was
invited by the court and filed by appellants Zimmer,
Inc. and Zimmer Surgical, Inc. Leave to file a reply
was granted, and a reply was filed by the appellees. The
petition was initially referred to the panel that heard the
appeal. In a separate order issued today, the panel
withdrew the opinion and replaced it with a revised
opinion.
The petition, response, reply, and revised opinion
were referred to the circuit judges who are in regular
active service.
Upon consideration thereof,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The petition for rehearing en banc is denied.
(2) The mandate of the court will issue March 30, 2015.
F OR THE COURT
March 23, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Date Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court

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