POET Research, Inc. v. Hydrite Chemical Company, No. 24-cv-01285 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 22, 2025) (Wood, J.).

Judge Wood granted defendant Hydrite’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in this patent infringement case involving methods for remediating toxins in biorefinery processes. The Court held that POET failed to establish minimum contacts with Illinois

Rebel Hospitality LLC v. Rebel Hospitality LLC, No. 21-cv-05132, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 16, 2022) (Guzman, J.).

Judge Guzman granted defendant Rebel Hospitality DE’s Fed. R.Civ. P. 12(c) motion to dismiss plaintiff Rebel Hospitality IL’s trademark infringement complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction in this case about REBEL HOSPITALITY marks.

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