Tracking Northern District of Illinois IP Cases
TopstepTrader, LLC v. OneUp Trader, LLC, No. 17 C 4412, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Apr. 18, 2018) (Leinenweber, J.).
Judge Leinenweber granted in part defendant OneUp Trader’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss and defendant Alsabah’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) & (6) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and…
GemShares, LLC v. Lipton, et al., No. 17 C 6221, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Feb. 11, 2018) (Kennelly, J.).
Judge Kennelly granted in part defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss certain counts of plaintiff GemShares’ complaint in this patent case involving methods for using gems in financial and commercial transactions.
Defendants…
VitalGo, Inc. v. Kreg Therapeutics, Inc., No. 16 C 5577, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Dec. 21, 2017) (Dow, J.).
Judge Dow granted in part defendants’ (collectively “Kreg”) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff’s (collectively “VitalGo”) claims and Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f) motion to strike portions of its complaint in this…
Pressure Specialist, Inc. v. Next Gen Mfg., Inc., No. 17 C 6582, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 24, 2018) (St. Eve, J.).
Judge St. Eve denied defendant’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff’s patent claims related to a gas regulator for paintball guns.
Defendant argued that the claims should be dismissed …
Shanton v. St. Charles Comm. Unit School District 303, No. 17 C 3402, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 25, 2017) (Gettleman, J.).
Judge Gettleman granted defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim in this copyright dispute and refused to issue supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state…
Atlas IP, LLC v. City of Naperville, No. 15 C 10744, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jul. 19, 2016) (Coleman, J.).
Judge Coleman granted defendant Naperville’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to Twombly / Iqbal in this patent case involving networked power meters.
Although Atlas’s…
Bodum USA, Inc. v. A Top Casting Inc., No. 16 C 2916, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 23, 2016) (Kennelly, J.).
Judge Kennelly granted plaintiff Bodum’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss defendant A Top Casting’s declaratory judgment counterclaims in this trade dress dispute involving French press coffeemakers.
A Top Casting’s counterclaims…
Victory Records, Inc. v. Kalnoky, No. 15 C 9180, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jun. 8, 2016) (Zagel, J.).
Judge Zagel denied defendant Kalnoky’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss contract claims against him personally in this contract and copyright dispute regarding Kalnoky and the band Streetlight Manifesto. Kalnoky was a member of…
Ariel Investments, LLC v. Ariel Capital Advisors, LLC, No. 15 C 3717, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. May 16, 2016) (Kennelly, J.).
Judge Kennelly granted plaintiff Ariel Investments’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss defendant Ariel Capital’s fraud on the Patent & Trademark Office and abuse of process claims in this Lanham Act…
Nalco Co. v. Chem-Mod, LLC, No. 14 C 2510, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 15, 2015) (Darrah, J.).
Judge Darrah granted defendants’ motion to dismiss defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff Nalco’s Third Amended Complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) in this patent case involving a method for reducing mercury emission from flue…
