American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC, Neapco Drivelines LLC

United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

NEAPCO HOLDINGS LLC, NEAPCO DRIVELINES
LLC,
Defendants-Appellees
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2018-1763
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
District of Delaware in No. 1:15-cv-01168-LPS, Chief Judge
Leonard P. Stark.
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ON PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING
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J
AMES RICHARD NUTTALL, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP,
Chicago, IL, filed a combined petition for panel rehearing
and rehearing en banc for plaintiff-appellant. Also repre-
sented by JOHN LLOYD ABRAMIC, KATHERINE H. JOHNSON,
ROBERT KAPPERS; CHRISTOPHER ALAN SUAREZ, Washing-
ton, DC.

J.
MICHAEL HUGET, Honigman LLP, Ann Arbor, MI,
filed a response to the petition for defendants-appellees.
Also represented by S
ARAH E. WAIDELICH; DENNIS J.
ABDELNOUR, Chicago, IL.
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MATTHEW ZAPADKA, Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC, Wash-
ington, DC, for amici curiae Jonathan Barnett, Richard A.
Epstein, Christopher Michael Holman, Daryl Lim, Adam
Mossoff, Kristen J. Osenga, Michael Risch, Ted M. Sichel-
man, Brenda M. Simon, Jonathan Stroud, David O. Taylor,
Saurabh Vishnubhakat. Also represented by SCOTT A. M.
CHAMBERS, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC, Washington,
DC.

MARK J. ABATE, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY,
for amicus curiae Intellectual Property Owners Associa-
tion. Also represented by A
LEXANDRA D. VALENTI; HENRY
S. HADAD, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ;
KEVIN H. RHODES, 3M Innovative Properties Company, St.
Paul, MN.

J
EREMY COOPER DOERRE, Tillman Wright PLLC,
Charlotte, NC, as amicus curiae, pro se.

A
ARON BARKOFF, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.,
Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae Biotechnology Innovation
Organization. Also represented by C
HRISTOPHER SINGER;
MELISSA A. BRAND, HANSJORG SAUER, Biotechnology Inno-
vation Organization, Washington, DC.

R
OBERT P. TAYLOR, Rpt Legal Strategies PC, San
Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae Alliance of U.S. Startups
and Inventors for Jobs.

J
OHN THOMAS BATTAGLIA, Alexandria, VA, for amicus
curiae Paul R. Michel.

Before D
YK, MOORE, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
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O R D E R
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
The Petition for Panel Rehearing is granted to the ex-
tent that the previous precedential opinion and judgment
issued October 3, 2019, are withdrawn and replaced with
the modified precedential opinion and judgment accompa-
nying this order.

FOR THE COURT

July 31, 2020 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court

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