Tracking Northern District of Illinois IP Cases
Life After Hate, Inc. a/k/a ExitUSA v. Free Radicals Project, Inc., No. 18 C 6967, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 10, 2019) (Cole, Mag. J.).
Magistrate Judge Cole granted plaintiff’s motion for a protective order limiting discovery to information reasonably relevant to plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction in this Lanham Act counterfeiting, infringement and…
Lawson Prods., Inc. v. Midwest Motor Supply Co. d/b/a Kimball Midwest, No. 17 C 1250, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill Nov., 27, 2018) (Gilbert, Mag. J.).
Magistrate Judge Gilbert denied the parties’ motions to compel discovery on the eve of fact discovery closing in this Lanham Act case. As an initial matter, the Court reminded…
Billy Goat IP LLC v. Billy Goat Chip Co., LLC, No. 17 C 9154, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 7, 2018) (Dow, J.).
Judge Dow denied defendant Billy Goat Chip’s (“BG Chip”) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff Billy Goat IP’s (“Billy Goat”) Lanham Act trademark infringement, unfair competition and related…
Flava Works, Inc. v. Gunter d/b/a myVidster.com, et al., No. 17 C 1171, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 30, 2018) (Gettleman, J.).
Judge Gettleman granted in part defendants’ (collectively “myVidster.com”) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff’s copyright, Lanham Act and related state law claims in this dispute regarding plaintiff’s adult…
Monster Energy Co. v. Peng, et al., No. 17 C 414, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 23, 2017) (Dow, J.).
Judge Dow granted plaintiff Monster Energy’s motion for summary judgment, granting final judgment, a permanent injunction and attorney’s fees in this Lanham Act dispute involving defendants’ use of Monster Energy’s Claw Icon Mark and…
Loggerhead Tools, LLC v. Sears Holdings Corp., No. 12-CV-9033, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 20, 2016) (Darrah, J.).
Judge Darrah granted defendant Sears’ summary judgment motion regarding the Lanham Act and related state law claims against it in this IP case involving the Bionic Wrench.
As to false advertising, the Court first examined defendants’…
Loggerhead Tools, LLC v. Sears Holdings Corp., No. 12-CV-9033, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 20, 2016) (Darrah, J.).
Judge Darrah granted defendant Sears’ summary judgment motion regarding Loggerhead’s fraud claims in this patent, Lanham Act and trade secret case involving the Bionic Wrench.
Of particular note, the Court held as follows:
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Loggerhead Tools, LLC v. Sears Holdings Corp., No. 12-CV-9033, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 20, 2016) (Darrah, J.).
Judge Darrah granted defendant Sears’ summary judgment motion regarding Lanham Act and related state law claims directed to Sears’ internet activity in this IP case involving the Bionic Wrench.
Loggerhead stipulated to dismissal of its Lanham…
Loggerhead Tools, LLC v. Sears Holdings Corp., No. 12-CV-9033, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 20, 2016) (Darrah, J.).
Judge Darrah granted defendant Sears’ summary judgment motion regarding the Lanham Act and related state law claims against it in this IP case involving the Bionic Wrench.
As to false advertising, the Court first examined defendants’…
High 5 Games, LLC v. Int’l Game Tech., No. 15 C 2133, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 8, 2015) (Bucklo, J.).
Judge Bucklo granted in part defendant International Game Technology’s (“ICG”) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff High 5 Games (“H5G”) Lanham Act and breach of contract case.
The Court held…
