Tracking Northern District of Illinois IP Cases
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 …
Osiris Entertainment, LLC v. Does 1-38, No. 13 C 4901, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 20, 2013) (Tharp, J.).
Judge Tharp granted plaintiff Osiris Entertainment’s Fed. R. Civ. P 26(d) motion to take expedited discovery prior to a Rule 26 conference in order to discover the potential identities of the thirty eight Doe defendants …
Purzel Video GmbH v. Does 1-99, No. 13 C 2501, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 16, 2013) (Gottschall, J.).
Judge Gottschall denied various Doe defendants’ motions to quash third party subpoenas to their respective internet service providers (ISPs) as well as motions to sever and dismiss individual Does from this action. This is a …
The Bicycle Peddler, LLC v. Does 1-99, No. 13 C 2375, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 13, 2013) (Gottschall, J.).
Judge Gottschall denied various Doe defendants’ motions to quash third party subpoenas to their respective internet service providers (ISPs) as well as motions to sever and dismiss individual Does from this action. This is …
TCYK, LLC v. Does 1-28, No. 13 C 3839, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. June 24, 2013) (Guzman, J.).
Judge Guzman sua sponte severed Does 2-28 and dismissed them without prejudice in this Bit Torrent copyright case. Joinder was not proper pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 20 because while the Does were allegedly part …
Zambezia Film Pty, Ltd v. Does, No. 13 C 1323 & 1741, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 20, 2013) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Judge Shadur sua sponte ordered plaintiff Zambezia Film to identify those Doe defendants that could be properly joined pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 20(a)(2) in this BitTorrent “swarm” copyright case. The …
