A&J Manufacturing, LLC et al v. Academy, Ltd.

Filing 81

ORDER re the parties 80 Status Report. The Court Orders the stay imposed in its February 7, 2018 Order 50 remain in place until May 1, 2022. (Status Report due by 5/1/2022.) Signed by Magistrate Judge Benjamin W. Cheesbro on 2/1/2022. (ca)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
BRUNSWICK DIVISION
A&J MANUFACTURING, LLC, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2:13-cv-113

v.
ACADEMY, LTD., et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
The Court previously directed the parties to notify the Court within 90 days of its Order
or within 30 days of the final resolution of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s
(“USPTO”) reexamination proceedings of U.S. Patent Number 8,381,712 (“‘712 Patent”).
Docs. 61, 63, 67, 70, 72, 77. The parties filed their required Joint Status Report in this action,
informing the Court A&J Manufacturing filed a notice of appeal with the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board (“PTAB”) and with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
regarding the denial of the rehearing request. Doc. 80. The parties state A&J Manufacturing
elected not to file an opening brief, and the Federal Circuit Appeals Court dismissed the appeal
on January 25, 2022. However, the reexamination proceeding is still pending because the
USPTO has not yet issued an ex parte reexamination certificate. Id. at 1–2.
Thus, the Court ORDERS the stay imposed in its February 7, 2018 Order remain in place
until May 1, 2022. The parties shall file a joint report on or before May 1, 2022, describing the

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status of the ‘712 Patent reexamination proceedings.
SO ORDERED, this 1st day of February, 2022.

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BENJAMIN W. CHEESBRO
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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