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2026-03-13 |
COMPLAINT filed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-24847483. |
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Exhibit 1 |
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Exhibit 2 |
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Exhibit 3 |
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Exhibit 4 |
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Exhibit 5 |
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2026-03-13 |
SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Schedule A regarding complaint[1] |
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2026-03-13 |
MOTION by Plaintiff Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. for Leave to File Certain Documents Under Seal |
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2026-03-13 |
CIVIL Cover Sheet |
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2026-03-13 |
NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. |
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2026-03-13 |
Notice of Claims Involving Trademarks by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. |
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2026-03-13 |
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. by Martin Francis Trainor |
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2026-03-13 |
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. by Sydney Paige Fenton |
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2026-03-13 |
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. by Alexander Whang |
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CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached Consent To form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. |
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CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable John Robert Blakey. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeannice W. Appenteng. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). |
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2026-03-16 |
MAILED trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA. |
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2026-03-16 |
MAILED to plaintiff(s) counsel Lanham Mediation Program materials. |
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NEW PARTIES: cosmetics197 added to case caption. Terminating The Partnerships And Unincorporated Associations Identified On Schedule A |
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2026-03-17 |
AMENDED complaint by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. against cosmetics197 |
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Exhibit 1 |
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Exhibit 2 |
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Exhibit 3 |
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Exhibit 4 |
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Exhibit 5 |
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2026-03-17 |
EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Schedule A regarding amended complaint[12] |
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2026-03-17 |
Notice of Withdrawal of Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Under Seal by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. |
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2026-03-19 |
MINUTE entry before the Honorable John Robert Blakey: Plaintiff initiated this lawsuit with a complaint naming 84 separate defendants and asserting infringement of numerous trademarks and copyrights, [1], [2]. Once the matter was assigned to this Court, however, Plaintiff filed an amended complaint, which names a single defendant, [12], [13], and thus avoids any joinder issues. But before Plaintiff may proceed, it must file a supplemental report confirming whether it has previously named any of the 84 defendants identified in this case in a prior case asserting infringement of the same intellectual property. See Julie Stiebritz v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, No. 1:25-cv-03459, at 19 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 9, 2025) (dismissing the case because plaintiff previously named defendants in a prior case and dismissed them to avoid an unfavorable joinder ruling, which constitutes forum shopping). Plaintiff shall file the report by 3/30/26. Additionally, it appears that Plaintiff may be alleging that personal jurisdiction exists here based solely upon Defendant's alleged maintenance of a website accessible in Illinois. See [12] 24(alleging that "Defendant has targeted sales to Illinois residents by setting up and operating an e-commerce store that targets United States consumers using the Seller Alias, offers shipping to the United States, including Illinois, accepts payment in U.S. dollars and, on information and belief, sells Unauthorized Products to residents of Illinois."). That remains improper; nor will an allegation predicated solely upon test buys executed in connection with this case suffice. See YINNV LIU, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MONTHLY, et al., Defendants-Appellants., No. 25-2074, 2026 WL 681773, at *2 (7th Cir. Mar. 9, 2026) ("In the context of Schedule A litigation, the defendant's operation of an online store accessible in the forum state, combined with sales in the forum state, has been found sufficient to subject that defendant to personal jurisdiction. But merely 'own[ing] or operat[ing] a website that is accessible in the forum state' is not enough.") (quoting Curry v. Revolution Lab'ys, LLC, 949 F.3d 385, 400 (7th Cir. 2020)); Walden v. Fiore, 571 U.S. 277, 285 (2014) ("the plaintiff cannot be the only link between the defendant and the forum"); Expeditee LLC v. Entities Listed on Exhibit 1, No. 21 C 6440, 2022 WL 1556381, at *4 (N.D. Ill. May 17, 2022) ("Plaintiff claims that, as part of its preliminary investigation, it purchased infringing products from the Moving Defendants that the Moving Defendants shipped to Chicago. Such sales on their own are insufficient for the purposes of personal jurisdiction, for Plaintiff has not identified evidence of any transactions involving an allegedly counterfeit product between the Moving Defendants and Illinois customers, other than the 'test buys.'"). Plaintiff shall confirm in its supplemental report that its pre-filing investigation revealed facts to support the exercise of personal jurisdiction in accordance with these standards. Plaintiff's motion for leave to seal [3] is denied as moot in light of the amended complaint [12] and notice of withdrawal [14]. Mailed notice. |
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2026-03-27 |
NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. as to a certain defendant |
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2026-04-06 |
MINUTE entry before the Honorable John Robert Blakey: Pursuant to the Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, [16], this case is dismissed without prejudice under Rule 41(a). The Court strikes all set dates and deadlines. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice. |
