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Plaintiff Must Justify Anonymous Patent Suit Filing

By R. David Donoghue on May 7, 2021
Posted in Pleading Requirements

Unidentified Patent Holder v. Does 1-24, Slip Op., No. 21 C 514 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 6, 2021) (Kennelly, J.).

Judge Kennelly ordered unidentified plaintiff (Doe Plaintiff) to show cause why the patent case should not be dismissed.

The Court noted that in many ways this was a typical “Schedule A” case in which a…

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