Tracking Northern District of Illinois IP Cases
Art Ask Agency v. Schedule A Does, No. 25 C 4359, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 9, 2025) (Coleman, J.).
Judge Coleman denied plaintiff Art Ask Agency’s motion for default judgment and dismissed Art Ask Agency’s Schedule A copyright case for lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2). The Court…
Societe Pour Loeuvre et la Memoire Dantoine de Saint Exupery – Succession De Saint Exupery-Dagay v. Schedule A Does, No. 25 C 579, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 3, 2025) (Durkin, J.).
Judge Durkin denied a Schedule A defendant’s motion to dismiss trademark claims centering on “The Little Prince,” novella rejecting arguments under Fed.
Tee Turtle LLC v. Schedule A Does, No. 25 C 2910, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 9, 2025) (Coleman, J.)
Judge Coleman denied default judgment and dismissed Tee Turtle’s Schedule A case for lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) after the plaintiff failed to offer evidence of even a…
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 …
