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2025-cv-05560

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A

法院:伊利诺伊州北法院
发案日期:2025-05-19
原告:Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
代理律所:GBC
诉讼类型:商标
# Date Description
[+] 1 2025-05-19 COMPLAINT filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23503691.
2 2025-05-19 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC Schedule A regarding complaint[1]
3 2025-05-19 MOTION by Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC for leave to file under seal
4 2025-05-19 CIVIL Cover Sheet
5 2025-05-19 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
6 2025-05-19 Notice of Claims Involving Trademarks by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
7 2025-05-19 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC by Justin R. Gaudio
8 2025-05-19 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC by Amy Crout Ziegler
9 2025-05-19 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC by Rachel S Miller
[+] 10 2025-05-19 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC by Lucas Allen Peterson
11 2025-05-20 MAILED Trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA. (nsf,)
12 2025-05-20 MAILED to plaintiff(s) counsel Lanham Mediation Program materials. (nsf,)
13 2025-05-22 MOTION by Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC for temporary restraining order including a Temporary Injunction, a Temporary Asset Restraint, and Expedited Discovery
14 2025-05-22 MEMORANDUM by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC in support of motion for temporary restraining order[13]
15 2025-05-22 DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion[14]
[+] 16 2025-05-22 DECLARATION of Jack Schecter regarding memorandum in support of motion[14]
[+] 17 2025-05-22 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC Exhibit 3 Parts 1-2 regarding declaration 16
18 2025-05-22 MOTION by Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCfor Electronic Service of Process Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3)
19 2025-05-22 MEMORANDUM by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC in support of motion for miscellaneous relief[18]
20 2025-05-22 DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion[19]
21 2025-05-30 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff's motion for leave to file under seal 3 and motion for electronic service of process 18 are granted. Plaintiff's motion for entry of an ex parte temporary restraining order 13 is also granted. Enter Sealed Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order. Telephonic preliminary injunction hearing is set for 6/13/2025 at 8:50 AM. The following call-in number will be used for the hearing: 650-479-3207; access code 2305-915-8729. Motion for preliminary injunction or motion to extend TRO is to be filed by 6/10/2025. Plaintiff is advised that the Court may deny entry of a preliminary injunction if there is an insufficient interval between electronic service of summons and the preliminary injunction hearing. Mailed notice.
22 2025-05-30 SEALED ORDER: Signed by the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly on 5/30/2025.
23 2025-06-02 Registry Deposit Information Form by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
24 2025-06-03 SUMMONS Submitted (Court Participant) for defendant(s) The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A by Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
25 2025-06-03 SUMMONS Issued (Court Participant) as to Defendant The Partnerships and all other Defendants identified in the Complaint
26 2025-06-06 CIVIL BOND in the amount of $ 10,000 posted by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. (Document not Scanned).
27 2025-06-10 MOTION by Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC for extension of time of Temporary Restraining Order
28 2025-06-10 MEMORANDUM by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC in support of extension of time[27]
29 2025-06-10 DECLARATION of Rachel S. Miller regarding memorandum in support of motion[28]
30 2025-06-10 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff's motion for extension of of the temporary restraining order [27] is granted; the ex parte TRO entered by the Court on 5/30/2025 is extended through 6/27/2025. The telephonic preliminary injunction hearing set for 6/13/2025 is vacated and reset to 6/27/2025 at 8:55 AM. The following call-in number will be used for the hearing: 650-479-3207; access code 2305-915-8729. Motion for preliminary injunction must be filed by 6/24/2025. Plaintiff is reminded that the Court may deny entry of a preliminary injunction if there is an insufficient interval between electronic service of summons and the preliminary injunction hearing.
[+] 31 2025-06-13 MOTION by Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC for preliminary injunction
[+] 32 2025-06-13 MEMORANDUM by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC in support of motion for preliminary injunction[31]
[+] 33 2025-06-13 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC as to The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A on 6/13/2025, answer due 7/4/2025.
34 2025-06-23 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC as to certain defendants
35 2025-06-25 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: No defendant in this case has filed an appearance or answer or response to the motion for preliminary injunction motion. The telephonic preliminary injunction set for 6/27/2025 is vacated. Plaintiff's motion for entry of a preliminary injunction 31 is granted. Enter Preliminary Injunction Order. The Clerk is directed to unseal all documents that were previously filed under seal. Law Firm Greer, Burns and Crain, Ltd. is ordered to add all defendant names listed in the Schedule A to the docket within three business days. Instructions can be found on the court's website located at https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/_assets/_documents/_forms/_cmecf/pdfs/v60/Add_Terminate_Instructions.pdf. The case is set for a telephonic status hearing on 8/29/2025 at 8:55 AM. The following call-in number will be used for the hearing: 650-479-3207; access code 2305-915-8729. Plaintiff is directed to file a status report on 8/22/2025. Mailed notice.
[+] 36 2025-06-25 PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER: Signed by the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly on 6/25/2025. Mailed notice.
37 2025-06-27 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC as to certain defendants
38 2025-07-03 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC as to certain defendants
39 2025-07-11 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC as to a certain Defendant
[+] 40 2025-07-11 MOTION by Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC for entry of default, MOTION by Plaintiff Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC for default judgment as to all Defendants
[+] 41 2025-07-11 MEMORANDUM by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC in support of motion for entry of default, motion for default judgment, 40
[+] 42 2025-07-11 DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion 41
43 2025-07-17 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC as to certain defendants
44 2025-07-24 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC as to certain defendants
45 2025-07-30 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff's motion for entry of default judgment as to all remaining defendants [40] is granted. The Court has reduced the amount requested for both the trademark and copyright infringements. The involves defendants who have infringed in widely varied ways. At the least egregious level (in the view of the Court at least) are defendants who appear to have reproduced images of what appears to be a Sony PlayStation game controller. The Court acknowledges that plaintiff has protectible rights in that but is constrained to say that this particular infringement is relatively low-level on the scale of egregiousness. Because of the wide variation among the defendants and the large number remaining (around 60) the Court is highly disinclined to do a defendant-by-defendant assessment and thus has reduced the damage award for all defendants to what the Court considers to be the least common denominator. Enter Final Default Judgment Order. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice.
46 2025-07-30 FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT ORDER: Signed by the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly on 7/30/2025. Mailed notice.
47 2025-07-31 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: The minute entry dated 7/30/2025 (dkt. 45) contained an error and is corrected to read as follows. Plaintiff's motion for entry of default judgment as to all remaining defendants 40 is granted. The Court has reduced the amount requested for both the trademark and copyright infringements. The case involves defendants who have infringed in widely varied ways. At the least egregious level (in the view of the Court at least) are defendants who appear to have reproduced images of what appears to be a Sony PlayStation game controller. The Court acknowledges that plaintiff has protectible rights in that but is constrained to say that this particular infringement is relatively low-level on the scale of egregiousness. Because of the wide variation among the defendants and the large number remaining (around 60) the Court is highly disinclined to do a defendant-by-defendant assessment and thus has reduced the damage award for all defendants to what the Court considers to be the least common denominator.
48 2025-08-11 FULL SATISFACTION of Judgment regarding order 46 in the amount of $75,000 as to certain defendants
49 2025-08-21 FULL SATISFACTION of Judgment regarding order 46 in the amount of $75,000 as to certain defendant
50 2025-08-29 FULL SATISFACTION of Judgment regarding order 46 in the amount of $75,000 as to certain defendant