Tracking Northern District of Illinois IP Cases
AbbVie Inc. v. BeiGene, LTD., et al., No. 24-cv-8167, (N.D. Ill. May 12, 2026) (Cummings, J.).
Judge Cummings denied defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss AbbVie’s Defend Trade Secrets Act claim. AbbVie alleges that BeiGene lured former AbbVie Senior Research Scientist Dr. Huaqing Liu out of retirement to serve as Executive…
Sagent Pharmaceuticals v. Farco USA, LLC, et al., No. 25 C 14080, (N.D. Ill. May 5, 2026) (Kocoras, J.).
Judge Kocoras granted in part and denied in part defendants’ partial Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss in this Defend Trade Secrets Act, Illinois trade secret, and breach of contract action. Sagent alleged…
BCD Technology Holdings, LLC et al. v. Paragon Micro, Inc. et al., No. 25 CV 6944, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 9, 2026) (Jenkins, J.).
Judge Jenkins issued an order setting the framework for an evidentiary hearing on Plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction motion in this Defend Trade Secret Act and non-competition case. The Court gave…
The My Fav Electronics, Inc. v. Currie, et al., No. 24 C 1959, (N.D. Ill. Oct. 18, 2024) (Pallmeyer, J.).
Judge Pallmeyer granted-in-part plaintiff My Fav Electronics’ (“SLM”) motion for preliminary injunction preventing the individual defendant, a former SLM employee, from contacting certain SLM customers and requiring that the individual defendant allow forensic review…
The Northern District has revised its civil cover sheet. The cover sheet is a fillable form and now includes the new Nature of Suit code for Defend Trade Secrets Act claims – 880.
