Tracking Northern District of Illinois IP Cases
Zebra Techs. Corp. v. Tpenex Medical, LLC, No. 18 C 4711, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Dec. 13, 2018) (Ellis, J.).
Judge Ellis granted defendants’ motion to stay this patent and Lanham Act case pending an earlier case defendants filed in the Eastern District of Missouri against plaintiffs (collectively “Zebra”) involving a covenant not to…
A PTAB proceeding, such as an Inter Partes Review (“IPR”), Covered Business Method Review (“CBM”) or Post-Grant Review (“PGR”) is a powerful defensive strategy because of speed and cost. The business calculus, however, changes significantly if the petitioner has already been sued in district court and the district court judge denies a stay. Then, instead…
T-Rex Prop. AB v. Adaptive Micro Sys., LLC, No. 16 C 5667, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 26, 2017) (Kendall, J.).
Judge Kendall granted defendant Adaptive Micro Systems’ (“Adaptive”) motion to stay plaintiff T-Rex’s patent suit pending potential institution of inter partes review (“IPRs”) and a covered business method review (“CBM”).
The fact that…
Trading Techs. Int’l, Inc. v. BCG Partners, Inc., No. 10 C 715, 716, 718, 720, 721, 726, 882-85, 929 & 931, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. May 9, 2016) (Kendall, J.).
Judge Kendall granted defendants’ motion to stay plaintiff Trading Technologies’ (“TT”) patent case after institution of covered business method review (“CBM”) of claims from…
Trading Techs. Int’l, Inc. v. BCG Partners, Inc., Nos. 10 C 715, 716, 718, 720, 721, 726, 882-885, 929 & 931, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 25, 2015) (Kendall, J.).
Judge Kendall granted defendants’ motion to stay this patent litigation pending the Patent Office’s (“PTO”) Covered Business Method Review (“CBM”) of at least four…
Ignite USA, LLC v. Pacific Market Int’l, LLC, No. 14 C 845, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. May 29, 2014) (Holderman, J.).
Judge Holderman granted defendant Pacific Marketing International’s (“PMI’s”) motion to stay plaintiff Ignite USA’s patent litigation case pending the results of PMI’s Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) seeking to invalidate Ignite USA’s asserted patent …
C&C Power, Inc. v. C&D Techs., Inc., No. 12 C 3376, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Feb. 11, 2013) (Dow, J.).
Judge Dow granted plaintiff’s motion to stay its patent infringement case pending an inter partes review of the patent in suit initiated by defendants. Defendants acknowledged that the reexam could simplify or moot the …
