Tracking Northern District of Illinois IP Cases
Malibu Media, L.L.C. v. Doe, No. 18 C 450, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jun. 5, 2019) (Ellis, J.).
Judge Ellis denied Doe defendant’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) & (f) motion to dismiss and to strike plaintiff Malibu Media’s copyright infringement complaint in this BitTorrent dispute.
The Court previously dismissed Malibu Media’s complaint because…
Malibu Media, LLC v. Khan, No. 18 C 3028, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 27, 2019) (Leinenweber, J.).
Judge Leinenweber granted in part plaintiff Malibu Media’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss individual defendants’ declaratory judgment copyright and copyright misuse claims in this BitTorrent case involving use and sharing of pornographic video…
LHF Prods., Inc. v. Does 1-31, No. 16 C 6803, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sept. 23, 2016) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Judge Shadur set defendant’s motion to quash for hearing and gave plaintiff a deadline to file a response, despite the fact that the pro se defendant had not properly noticed the motion within fourteen…
LHF Prods., Inc. v. Does 1-31, No. 16 C 6803, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 11, 2016) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Judge Shadur denied Doe defendant’s motion to quash plaintiff LHF Productions’ third party to Comcast seeking account information regarding what is allegedly Doe’s internet account in this BitTorrent copyright case.
The Court held that…
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-38, No. 15 C 5283, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 23, 2015) (Coleman, J.).
Judge Coleman denied Doe 38’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 20 motion to dismiss Does 2-38 for improper joinder in this BitTorrent copyright case involving the movie The Cobbler. Does 1-38 allegedly participated in a single…
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-37, No. 15 C 5282, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 25, 2015) (Guzman, J.).
Judge Guzman sua sponte severed Doe 1 from Does 2-37 and dismissed Does 2-37 without prejudice in this BitTorrent copyright case. The Court recognized the split authority on whether joinder was only proper if members…
Malibu Media, LLC v. Doe, No. 15 C 6841, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 21, 2015) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Judge Shadur fined plaintiff $100 for failing to provide the Court a courtesy copy of its complaint as required by Local Rule 5.2(f) and the Court’s standing orders in this BitTorrent copyright case. Local Rule…
Site B v. Does 1-51, No. 13 C 5295, Slip Op. (N.D. Ills. Mar. 7, 2014) (Leinenweber, Sen. J.).
Judge Leinenweber denied Doe 39’s motion to quash a pre-discovery subpoena in this BitTorrent case involving the motion picture “Under the Bed.” At the outset, the Court noted a split in the Northern District regarding …
Malibu Media, LLC v. Doe, No. 13 C 3648, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jun. 9, 2014) (Kennelly, J.).
Judge Kennelly granted in part plaintiff Malibu Media’s motion to dismiss Doe defendant’s counterclaim and certain of its nineteen affirmative defenses in this BitTorrent copyright infringement case.
Doe’s counterclaim was not appropriate because it sought no …
Malibu Media, LLC v. Does 1-68, No. 12 C 6675, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 27, 2013) (Lee, J.).
Malibu Media, LLC v. Does 1-42, No. 12 C 6677, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 27, 2013) (Lee, J.).
Judge Lee granted various Doe defendants motion to sever their cases as unrelated, denied motions …
