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2024-cv-01235

Khara Inc. et al v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A

法院:伊利诺伊州北法院
发案日期:2024-02-13
原告:KHARA INC. and GROUND WORKS CO., LTD.
代理律所:Keith
诉讼类型:商标、版权
# Date Description
[+] 1 2024-02-13 COMPLAINT filed by Khara Inc., Ground Works Co., Ltd.; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-21635971.
2 2024-02-13 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. Schedule A to Complaint [1]
3 2024-02-13 CIVIL Cover Sheet
4 2024-02-13 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. by Keith A. Vogt
5 2024-02-13 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. by Yanling Jiang
6 2024-02-13 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. by Yi Bu
7 2024-02-13 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. by Adam Grodman
8 2024-02-13 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. by Cameron Eugene Mcintyre
9 2024-02-13 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. by Monica Rita Martin
10 2024-02-13 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. by Christopher Romero
[+] 11 2024-02-13 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc.
12 2024-02-14 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama: On or before 04/29/2024 the parties shall file a joint initial status report. A template for the Joint Initial Status Report, setting forth the information required, may be found at http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/Judges.aspx by clicking on Judge Valderrama's name and then again on the link entitled 'Joint Initial Status Report. Plaintiff must serve this Minute Entry on all other parties. If the defendant(s) has not been served with process by that date, plaintiff's counsel is instructed to file an individual status report indicating the status of service of process by the same deadline. The parties are further ordered to review all of Judge Valderrama's standing orders and the information available on his webpage. Any nongovernmental corporate party that qualifies under the Rules is reminded of the requirement to file a disclosure statement under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1/N.D. Ill. Local Rule 3.2. Mailed notice
13 2024-02-14 MAILED Trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA
14 2024-02-15 MOTION by Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. for leave to file under seal
15 2024-02-15 MOTION by Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. for leave to file excess pages
[+] 17 2024-02-15 MEMORANDUM in support of [16] Exparte motion
18 2024-02-15 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. Sealed Exhibit 2, Declaration of Yasuhiro Kamimura regarding memorandum in support of motion, [17]
[+] 19 2024-02-15 MEMORANDUM Establishing that Joinder is Proper
20 2024-02-16 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama: For the reasons stated in the motions, the Court grants Plaintiffs' ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order 16, motion for leave to file under seal 14, and motion for leave to file excess pages 15. Schedule A to the Complaint 2, Exhibit 2 to the Declaration of Yasuhiro Kamimura 18, and the temporary restraining order shall remain sealed until further order of the Court. The Court directs the clerk to unseal Plaintiffs' motion for entry of a temporary restraining order 16, however, as it does not contain material warranting sealing. Provided that Plaintiffs provide the security described in paragraph 11 of the temporary restraining order, the temporary restraining order shall become effective on 2/21/2024 at 6:00 p.m. and shall expire in fourteen (14) days from the effective date. The Court finds that joinder of the "Schedule A" Defendants is proper at this preliminary stage. Fed. R. Civ. P. 20(a)(2)(A). The Court notes that no Defendants are prejudiced by permitting joinder at this juncture. See Bose Corp. v. Partnerships & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule "A", 334 F.R.D. 511, 517 (N.D. Ill. 2020). To the extent any defendant appears and objects to joinder, the Court will revisit the issue and is free to sever certain defendants from the case under Rule 21 at that time. Emailed notice (axc). Modified on 2/16/2024
21 2024-02-16 SEALED TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER: Signed by the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama on 2/16/2024. Emailed notice
[+] 22 2024-02-20 SURETY BOND in the amount of $ 10,000 posted by Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. (Document not Imaged)
23 2024-03-05 MOTION by Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. for extension of time of the Temporary Restraining Order
24 2024-03-06 MOTION by Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. for preliminary injunction
[+] 25 2024-03-06 MEMORANDUM by Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. in support of motion for preliminary injunction[24]
[+] 26 2024-03-06 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Khara Inc., Ground Works Co., Ltd. as to The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A on 3/6/2024, answer due 3/27/2024.
27 2024-03-07 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama: On the grounds set forth in the motion, Plaintiff's motion for an entry of a preliminary injunction [24] is granted. Enter Preliminary Injunction Order. The following documents are to be unsealed: (1) Schedule A to the Complaint [2]; (2) Exhibit 2 to the Declaration of Yasuhiro Kamimura [18]; and (3) the TRO [21]. Counsel for Plaintiff is ordered to add ALL Defendant names listed in the Schedule A to the docket within three business days. The Court grants Plaintiffs' motion for extension of time of the Temporary Restraining Order [23] as moot. Emailed notice
[+] 28 2024-03-07 PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER: Signed by the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama on 3/7/2024. Emailed notice
29 2024-03-11 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by All Plaintiffs as to defendant no. 23 kabuki-samurai
30 2024-04-12 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by All Plaintiffs as to [Certain] defendants
31 2024-04-12 MOTION by Plaintiffs Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. for default judgment as to The Defendants Identified In First Amended Schedule A
[+] 32 2024-04-12 MEMORANDUM by Ground Works Co., Ltd., Khara Inc. in support of motion for default judgment 31
33 2024-04-22 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama: Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Default and Default Judgment against the Defendants Identified in First Amended Schedule A 31 is granted. Enter Final Judgment Order. The ten thousand dollar ($10,000.00) surety bond posted by Plaintiff, including any interest minus the registry fee, is hereby released to Keith Vogt of Keith Vogt, Ltd. The Clerk of the Court is directed to return the surety bond previously deposited with the Clerk of the Court to Keith Vogt of Keith Vogt, Ltd., 33 W Jackson Blvd., #2W Chicago, Illinois 60604 via certified mail. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice.
34 2024-04-22 DEFAULT FINAL JUDGMENT ORDER. Signed by the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama on 4/22/2024. Mailed notice.
[+] 35 2024-04-26 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by All Plaintiffs as to defendant no. 73 ytewbriaon
36 2024-05-29 RETURN of Service of U.S. Postal Certified Mail Article #7022 3330 0001 8848 9482 returned executed on 5/24/2024 as to Keith Vogt, Ltd., 33 West Jackson Boulevard, #2W Chicago, Illinois 60604. (Received by mail in the Clerk's Office on 5/29/24.)