*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v.

CRF, INC., DBA CRF HEALTH, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2016-2281 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in No. 2:15-cv-00918- NBF, Judge Nora Barry Fischer.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ E DWARD P OPLAWSKI , Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, argued for plaintiff- appellant. Also represented by O LIVIA M. K IM ; A DAM W ILLIAM B URROWBRIDGE , Washington, DC.

J OHN C. T HOMAS , III, Beck & Thomas, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by R ICHARD T. T ING .

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T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (P ROST , Chief Judge, B RYSON and W ALLACH , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT March 17, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court