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2025-cv-09500

DreamWorks Animation 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:2025-08-11
原告:DreamWorks Animation LLC
代理律所:GBC
诉讼类型:商标、版权
# Date Description
[+] 1 2025-08-11 COMPLAINT filed by DreamWorks Animation LLC; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23863551.
2 2025-08-11 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC Schedule A regarding complaint[1]
3 2025-08-11 MOTION by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC for leave to file under seal
4 2025-08-11 CIVIL Cover Sheet
5 2025-08-11 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by DreamWorks Animation LLC
6 2025-08-11 Notice of Claims Involving Trademarks by DreamWorks Animation LLC
7 2025-08-11 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC by Justin R. Gaudio
8 2025-08-11 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC by Amy Crout Ziegler
9 2025-08-11 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC by Berel Yonathan Lakovitsky
[+] 10 2025-08-11 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC by Luana Faria De Souza (Faria De Souza, Luana)
11 2025-08-13 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: By 8/20/25, the plaintiff is required to file (1) a listing of all prior online trademark, copyright, or patent infringement cases (also known as "Schedule A" cases) filed in any court in the United States in which it was a plaintiff, and (2) a listing of any of the defendants included in the Schedule A in this case that the plaintiff has previously named as a defendant in any prior complaint or Schedule A case. Mailed notice
[+] 12 2025-08-13 AMENDED complaint by DreamWorks Animation LLC against The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A
13 2025-08-13 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC Amended Schedule A regarding amended complaint[12]
14 2025-08-13 MOTION by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC for temporary restraining order including a Temporary Injunction, a Temporary Asset Restraint, and Expedited Discovery
15 2025-08-13 MEMORANDUM by DreamWorks Animation LLC in support of motion for temporary restraining order[14]
16 2025-08-13 DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion[15]
[+] 17 2025-08-13 DECLARATION of Monique Cheng Joe regarding memorandum in support of motion[15]
18 2025-08-13 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC Exhibit 3 - Parts 1-2 regarding declaration[17]
19 2025-08-13 MOTION by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC for Electronic Service of Process Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3)
20 2025-08-13 MEMORANDUM by DreamWorks Animation LLC in support of motion for miscellaneous relief 19
21 2025-08-13 DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion[20]
22 2025-08-14 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:Plaintiff's motion for electronic service of process [19] is granted. The plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order [14] is taken under advisement. In addition to the previously ordered supplement [11], by 8/20/25, the plaintiff is required to supplement its motion with (1) a certification that the plaintiff has not used any of the screenshot evidence supplied in support of its motion in any prior proceeding, and (2) an index that matches each defendant to the screenshots supplied in support of the motion, lists the dates those screenshots were taken, and identifies, on a defendant-by-defendant basis, the specific trademarks each defendant has allegedly infringed. Mailed notice
23 2025-08-15 MOTION by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC for leave to file under seal
24 2025-08-15 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC Supplement to Plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion for Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order [14]
25 2025-08-20 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:Plaintiff's motions to seal [3] [23] are granted. Upon review of the supplemental index, [24] the screenshots do not show a single trademark or copyright that was allegedly infringed by each of the defendants listed in the plaintiff's Schedule A, raising a question as to the propriety of joinder. Plaintiff is directed to supplement the TRO motion with a brief explaining why joinder is proper notwithstanding the lack of a single trademark or copyright common to all defendants. (In other words, the brief should explain why joinder of claims of infringement of different IP is appropriate in this case.) If the brief contains new screenshots, those screenshots must be included in an updated version of the certification and index attached to Plaintiff's TRO motion. Alternatively, the plaintiff may amend its complaint to include only defendants alleged to have violated the same trademark (seemingly all defendants but defendant nos. 31, 40, 49, 52) and file a renewed motion for entry of a TRO. Mailed notice
[+] 26 2025-08-22 SECOND AMENDED complaint by DreamWorks Animation LLC against The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A
27 2025-08-22 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC Amended Schedule A regarding amended complaint[26]
28 2025-08-22 MOTION by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC for temporary restraining order including a Temporary Injunction, a Temporary Asset Restraint, and Expedited Discovery (Renewed)
29 2025-08-22 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC Amended Exhibit 3 regarding declaration[17]
30 2025-08-22 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC Supplement to Plaintiff's Renewed Ex Parte Motion for Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order [28]
31 2025-08-25 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:Plaintiff's motion for leave to file under seal [3] is granted. Mailed notice
32 2025-08-25 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:On the grounds set forth in the motion, plaintiff's renewed ex parte motion for TRO [28] is granted. Enter temporary restraining order. The original, now-superseded motion [14] is denied as moot. Mailed notice
33 2025-08-25 SEALED Temporary Restraining Order Signed by the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr on 8/25/2025. Mailed notice
34 2025-08-25 Registry Deposit Information Form by DreamWorks Animation LLC
35 2025-08-26 SUMMONS Submitted (Court Participant) for defendant(s) The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC
37 2025-08-28 SURETY BOND in the amount of $55,000 posted by DreamWorks Animation LLC (Document not scanned)
36 2025-08-29 SUMMONS Issued (Court Participant) as to Defendant The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A (qrtr,)
38 2025-09-02 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC by Kahlia Roe Halpern
[+] 39 2025-09-02 MOTION by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC for preliminary injunction
40 2025-09-02 MEMORANDUM by DreamWorks Animation LLC in support of motion for preliminary injunction[39]
41 2025-09-02 DECLARATION of Berel Y. Lakovitsky regarding memorandum in support of motion[40]
[+] 42 2025-09-02 SUMMONS Returned Executed by DreamWorks Animation LLC as to The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A on 9/2/2025, answer due 9/23/2025.
43 2025-09-03 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:The plaintiff's motion for entry of a preliminary injunction [39] is taken under advisement. Any objection or response is due before 9/8/25. Upon review of the certificate of service, the Court directs the plaintiff, by 9/4/25, to publish the preliminary injunction motion to its website along with prominent text advising defendants that (1) a motion for entry of a preliminary injunction has been filed, and (2) any responses or objections to that motion must be filed before 9/8/25. The plaintiff must also provide to each defendant the screenshot evidence relevant to that defendant (that is, screenshot evidence showing the allegedly infringing product or products sold by the defendant) offered in support of the temporary restraining order. Mailed notice
[+] 44 2025-09-03 CERTIFICATE of Service by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC regarding order on motion for preliminary injunction, set motion and R&R deadlines/hearings, [43]