| No. 20-891 | |
| Title: | American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Petitioner v. Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. |
| Docketed: | January 5, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (2018-1763) |
| Decision Date: | July 31, 2020 |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 28 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2021) |
| PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 08 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 11 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. to respond filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Jan 13 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021. |
| Jan 25 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 29 2021 | Response Requested. (Due March 1, 2021) |
| Jan 29 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Alliance of U.S. Startups & Inventors for Jobs filed. |
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| Feb 04 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Chicago Patent Attorneys filed. |
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| Feb 05 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Feb 05 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of New York City Bar Association filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 31, 2021. |
| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Jeffrey A. Lefstin and Peter S. Menell filed. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Ameranth, Inc. filed. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy C. Doerre filed. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Biotechnology Innovation Organization and AUTM filed. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of United States Senator Thom Tillis, Honorable Paul R. Michel and Honorable David J. Kappos filed.(Corrected version submitted 3/12/2021) |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Houston Intellectual Property Law Association filed. |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Brief of respondents Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Apr 12 2021 | Reply of petitioner American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 14 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021. |
| May 03 2021 | The Acting Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 24 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Jun 07 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022. |
| Jun 07 2022 | Supplemental brief of respondents Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 29 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022. |
| Jun 30 2022 | Petition DENIED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| James Richard Nuttall Counsel of Record | Steptoe & Johnson LLP 227 West Monroe, Suite 4700 Chicago, IL 60606 jnuttall@steptoe.com | 312-577-1260 |
| Party name: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| J. Michael Huget Counsel of Record | Honigman LLP 315 East Eisenhower Parkway Suite 100 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 mhuget@honigman.com | 734-418-4254 |
| Party name: Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Jeremy Cooper Doerre Counsel of Record | Tillman Wright, PLLC 3440 Toringdon Way, Suite 310 Charlotte, NC 28277 jdoerre@ti-law.com | 7042484883 |
| Party name: Jeremy C. Doerre | ||
| Lester Lee Eubanks IV Counsel of Record | Eubanks PLLC 12777 Jones Rd. Suite 465 Houston, TX 77070 leubanks@eubanksip.com | 2819754005 |
| Party name: Houston Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Jerrold Joseph Ganzfried Counsel of Record | Ganzfried Law 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 JJG@ganzfriedlaw.com | 202-486-2004 |
| Party name: Ameranth, Inc. | ||
| Charles Robert Macedo Counsel of Record | Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 cmacedo@arelaw.com | 212-336-8000 |
| Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Peter S. Menell Counsel of Record | University of California Univ. of California, Berkeley School of Law 225 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 pmenell@law.berkeley.edu | 5106425489 |
| Party name: Professors Jeffrey A. Lefstin and Peter S. Menell | ||
| Kevin Edward Noonan Counsel of Record | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3100 Chicago, IL 60606 noonan@mbhb.com | 312-913-0001 |
| Party name: The Chicago Patent Attorneys | ||
| Aaron Ligoury Joseph Pereira Counsel of Record | Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP 2001 Market Street Suite #2800 Philadelphia, NJ 19103 apereira@panitchlaw.com | 2159651348 |
| Party name: New York City Bar Association | ||
| Robert Joseph Rando Counsel of Record | Association of Amicus Counsel 490 Merrick Road Suite 350 Massapequa Park, NY 11762 rrando@amicuscounsel.org | 5167999800 |
| Party name: United States Senator Thom Tillis, Honorable Paul R. Michel and Honorable David J. Kappos | ||
| Robert P. Taylor Counsel of Record | RPT Legal Strategies PC 2443 Fillmore Street Suite 332 San Francisco, CA 94115 robert.taylor@rptstrategies.com | (415) 447-3975 |
| Party name: Alliance of U.S. Startups & Inventors for Jobs | ||
| Jason Edward Weil Counsel of Record | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 2001 Market Street, Suite 4100, Two Commerce Square Philadelphia, PA 19103 jweil@akingump.com | 215-965-1328 |
| Party name: Biotechnology Innovation Organization and AUTM | ||
| Jason Edward Weil | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 2001 Market Street, Suite 4100, Two Commerce Square Philadelphia, PA 19103 jweil@akingump.com | 215-965-1328 |
| Party name: Biotechnology Innovation and AUTM | ||