Tracking Northern District of Illinois IP Cases
McLellan v. Google LLC, No. 25 C 12761, (N.D. Ill. May 4, 2026) (Kennelly, J.).
Judge Kennelly granted Google’s motion to transfer this patent infringement case to the Northern District of California pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and left Google’s motion to dismiss for the transferee court.
Plaintiff McLellan alleged that Google’s search…
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…
BillingNetwork Patent, Inc. v. Modernizing Medicine, Inc., No. 17 C 5636, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Nov. 6, 2017) (Castillo, C.J.).
Judge Castillo granted defendant Modernizing Medicine’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(3) motion to dismiss for lack of proper venue in this patent case.
Of particular note, the Court held as follows:
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CAO Lighting, Inc. v. Light Efficient Design, No. 16 C 482, Slip Op. (D. Idaho Oct. 11, 2017) (Nye, J.).*
Judge Nye granted defendants’ motion to sever the claims against Light Efficient Design for manufacturing LED retrofit lighting devices and Electrical Wholesale Supply (“EWS”) for distributing those devices, to transfer the claims against Light…
Anuwave LLC v. Assoc. Banc-Corp. d/b/a Assoc. Bank, N.A., No. 16 C 9925, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 26, 2016) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Judge Shadur sua sponte dismissed plaintiff Anuwave’s patent complaint for improper venue with leave to refile in defendant Associated Bank’s “home territory (which it shares with the Green Bay Packers, not…
Wimo Labs, LLC v. Hub Pen Co., Inc., No. 15 C 8424, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 8, 2015) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Judge Shadur sua sponte ordered plaintiff Wimo’s counsel to appear and discuss whether venue was proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b) in this patent case.
Based upon Wimo’s complaint, the Court…
Sonic Indus., LLC v. iRobot Corp., No. 13 C 9251, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 17, 2014) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Judge Shadur sua sponte ordered the parties to explain their positions as to whether venue for this patent case was proper in the N.D. Illinois. Based upon the complaint, plaintiff Sonic was a Delaware …
Paragon Data Sys. Inc. v. Grand Rounds Software, LLC, NO. 14 C 316, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 21, 2014) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Judge Shadur sua sponte ordered the parties to offer their respective positions on whether venue for this patent case was proper in the Northern District of Illinois despite the fact that …
Universal Beauty Prods., Inc. v. Morning Glory Prods., Inc., No. 10 C 3212, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 18, 2012) (Grady, J.).
Judge Grady denied defendant Morning Glory’s motion to transfer venue to the E.D. North Carolina in this competition–based false patent marking case. The parties agreed that venue was proper in …
Addition & Detoxification Institute, LLC v. Rapid Drug Detox Center, No. 11 C 7992, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 11, 2012) (Coleman, J.).
Judge Coleman granted in part plaintiff ADI’s motion to compel limited jurisdictional discovery in this patent case. ADI’s requests were overly broad and the Court accepted defendant’s declarations, but the Court …
