Case: 18-1763 Document: 132 Page: 1 Filed: 07/31/2020
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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JAMES 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 SARAH E. WAIDELICH; DENNIS J.
ABDELNOUR, Chicago, IL.
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LLC
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 ALEXANDRA D. VALENTI; HENRY
S. HADAD, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ;
KEVIN H. RHODES, 3M Innovative Properties Company, St.
Paul, MN.
JEREMY COOPER DOERRE, Tillman Wright PLLC,
Charlotte, NC, as amicus curiae, pro se.
AARON BARKOFF, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.,
Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae Biotechnology Innovation
Organization. Also represented by CHRISTOPHER SINGER;
MELISSA A. BRAND, HANSJORG SAUER, Biotechnology Inno-
vation Organization, Washington, DC.
ROBERT P. TAYLOR, Rpt Legal Strategies PC, San
Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae Alliance of U.S. Startups
and Inventors for Jobs.
JOHN THOMAS BATTAGLIA, Alexandria, VA, for amicus
curiae Paul R. Michel.
Before DYK, MOORE, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
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AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING v. NEAPCO HOLDINGS 3
LLC
ORDER
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