Tracking Northern District of Illinois IP Cases
Viahart LLC v. Partnerships & Unincorporated Assocs. identified on schedule A, No. 19 C 8181, Slip Op. (N.D. I.. Apr. 4, 2022) (Alonso, J.).
Judge Alonso denied plaintiff Viahart’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6) motion to reopen its case and to permit limited jurisdictional discovery in this Doe case involving Amazon sales related to Viahart’s…
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.
As an initial…
Ouyeinc, Ltd. v. BAAAAI, et al., No. 20 C 3488, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 13, 2021) (Coleman, J.).
Judge Coleman denied defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1), (2) & (6) motion to dismiss plaintiff Ouyeinc’s Lanham Act trademark infringement, counterfeiting and false designation claims regarding Ouyeinc’s PRO-WAX100 marks for use with wax warming…
Seven Oaks Millwork Inc. d/b/a Royal Corinthian v. Royal Foam US, LLC, No. 19 C 6234, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Dec. 13, 2019) (Kocoras, J.).
Judge Kocoras granted defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and denied as moot defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to…
Sullivan & Survivor Music, Inc. v. Bickler, No. 18 C 3770, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 25, 2019) (Lee, J.).
Judge Lee denied defendant Bickler’s, the former lead singer of the band Survivor, Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) & (6) motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ (collectively “Survivor”) Lanham Act claims related to the alleged misuse…
Perfect Brow Art, Inc. v. Glitzy Brows, No. 18 C 4594, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Nov. 15, 2018) (Guzman, J.).
Judge Guzman granted defendants’ (collectively “Glitzy Brows”) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss plaintiff Perfect Brow Art’s first amended complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction in this Lanham Act trademark, trade dress,…
Kapoor v. National Rifle Association of Am., No. 18 C 4252, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 23, 2018) (Lee, J.).
Judge Lee granted in part defendant National Rifle Association’s (“NRA”) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or, in the alternative to transfer to the Eastern District of…
Direct Fitness Sol’ns., LLC v. Direct Fitness Sol’ns., LLC, No. 17 C 5316, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Nov. 16, 2017) (Bucklo, J.).
Judge Bucklo granted defendant’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and to find this trademark case exceptional.
The Court held that it lacked personal jurisdiction…
Kroto Inc. v. Chapa, No. 17 C 1218, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jun. 22, 2017) (Der-Yeghiayan, J.).
Judge Der-Yeghiayan granted declaratory judgment defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, but denied their sanctions motion in this copyright dispute.
Declaratory judgment plaintiff Kroto’s jurisdictional allegation revolved around defendants’…
Direct Fitness Sol’ns., LLC v. Direct Fitness Sol’ns., LLC, No. 17 C 5316, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Nov. 16, 2017) (Bucklo, J.).
Judge Bucklo granted defendant’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and to find this trademark case exceptional.
The Court held that it lacked personal jurisdiction…
