A "Bitterly Divided" Federal Circuit Declines to Stay Decision Invalidating Car Driveshaft Patent

Despite one concurring judge's belief in a "fair probability" that the U.S. Supreme Court would grant certiorari and reverse an order invalidating American Axle's driveshaft patent for purportedly claiming natural law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied the patentee's motion to stay the issuance of the mandate and determined that American Axle had not made a showing of a likelihood of irreparable injury absent a stay. Am. Axle & Mfg. Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC, No....
By: Holland & Knight LLP

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