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2024-cv-09923

Grumpy Cat Limited v. The Individuals, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations Identified On Schedule A Hereto

法院:伊利诺伊州北法院
发案日期:2024-10-11
原告:Grumpy Cat Limited
代理律所:HSP
诉讼类型:商标、版权
# Date Description
[+] 1 2024-10-11 COMPLAINT filed by Grumpy Cat Limited; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-22591270.
2 2024-10-11 CIVIL Cover Sheet
3 2024-10-11 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited by Michael A. Hierl
4 2024-10-11 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited by William Benjamin Kalbac
5 2024-10-11 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited by Robert Payton Mcmurray
6 2024-10-11 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited by John Wilson
7 2024-10-11 MOTION by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited to seal document Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Under Seal
8 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Sealed Schedule A
[+] 9 2024-10-11 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Grumpy Cat Limited
10 2024-10-11 MOTION by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited for leave to file excess pages Plaintiff's Motion to Exceed Page Limitation
11 2024-10-11 MOTION by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited for temporary restraining order Plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion for Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order, Including a Temporary Injunction, a Temporary Asset Restraint, Expedited Discovery, and Service of Process by Email and/or Electronic Publication
[+] 12 2024-10-11 MEMORANDUM by Grumpy Cat Limited in support of motion for temporary restraining order, 11
13 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 1 of Bundesen Declaration
14 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 2 of Bundesen Declaration
15 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 3 of Bundesen Declaration
16 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 4 of Bundesen Declaration
17 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 5 of Bundesen Declaration
18 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 6 of Bundesen Declaration
19 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 7 of Bundesen Declaration
20 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 8 of Bundesen Declaration
21 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 9 of Bundesen Declaration
22 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 10 of Bundesen Declaration
23 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 11 of Bundesen Declaration
24 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 12 of Bundesen Declaration
25 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 13 of Bundesen Declaration
26 2024-10-11 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit 3 Part 14 of Bundesen Declaration
[+] 27 2024-10-11 Notice of Claims Involving Trademarks by Grumpy Cat Limited
28 2024-10-15 MAILED Trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA.
29 2024-10-15 DOCUMENT REMOVED DUE TO ERROR.
30 2024-10-15 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: Plaintiff's motion for leave to file documents under seal 7 is granted. As such, plaintiff's unredacted versions of Schedule A 8 and exhibits to the Bundesen Declaration [13-26], provisionally filed under seal pending order, are permitted to remain under seal. Plaintiff's motion for leave to file excess pages 10 is also granted. Plaintiff's motion for a TRO is taken under advisement. By 10/21/2024, plaintiff is required to supplement its TRO motion 11 with: (1) a listing of all prior online trademark/copyright infringement cases (also known as "Schedule A" cases) filed in any court in the United States in which it was a plaintiff, (2) a listing of any of the defendants included in the Schedule A of this case that plaintiff has previously named as a defendant in any prior complaint or Schedule A case, (3) a certification that the plaintiff has not used any of the screenshot evidence supplied in Exhibit 3 to the declaration in support of this motion for TRO in any prior proceeding, and (4) an index that matches each defendant to the screenshots provided in Exhibit 3, lists the dates those screen shots were taken, and identifies the specific trademark(s) or copyright(s) plaintiff alleges that defendant has infringed. Mailed notice
31 2024-10-21 MOTION by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited for extension of time Plaintiff's Motion for an Extension of Time to File its Supplemental Documents in Support of the TRO
32 2024-10-23 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:Plaintiff's motion for an extension of time to file its supplemental documents in support of the TRO 31 is granted. The deadline to submit the supplemental materials is now 10/24/2024. Mailed notice
33 2024-10-24 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Certain Defendants
34 2024-10-24 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Certain Defendants
35 2024-10-24 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Certain Defendants
36 2024-10-24 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Certain Defendants
37 2024-10-24 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Certain Defendants
38 2024-10-24 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Supplemental Exhibit in Support of its Motion for Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order
39 2024-10-24 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Supplemental Declaration of Robert P. McMurray in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order
40 2024-10-28 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: Upon receipt of the plaintiff's notices of voluntary dismissal as to certain defendants 33 34 35 36 37, the Court directs the plaintiff to email a Word format version of one notice of voluntary dismissal naming all dismissed defendants to Proposed_Order_Tharp@ilnd.uscourts.gov. The plaintiff is also directed to email an updated proposed TRO with a revised Schedule A that reflects the dismissed defendants. Mailed notice
41 2024-10-28 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: Upon receipt of the plaintiff's supplemental material in support of its motion for a TRO 38 39, the Court dismisses defendant no. 227 from this case as the claim asserted in this case is duplicative of the plaintiff's claim against defendant no. 227 in case no. 24-cv-4437. Mailed notice
42 2024-10-31 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: Upon receipt of the plaintiff's notice of voluntary dismissal as to certain defendants, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), defendant nos. 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 34, 42, 44, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 62, 80, 83, 90, 94, 95, 98, 102, 111, 115, 122, 128, 135, 141, 142, 149, 151, 155, 159, 161, 168, 177, 184, 185, 189, 191, 204, 205, 212, 223, 224, 228, 231, 242, 243, 244, 250, and 252 are dismissed from this action. Mailed notice
43 2024-10-31 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:On the grounds set forth in the motion, plaintiff's ex parte motion for TRO 11 is granted. Enter temporary restraining order. Mailed notice
44 2024-10-31 SEALED Temporary Restraining Order Signed by the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr on 10/31/2024. Mailed notice
45 2024-11-05 CIVIL BOND in the amount of $194,000 posted by Grumpy Cat Limited. (Document not scanned)
46 2024-12-06 MOTION by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited for preliminary injunction Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of a Preliminary Injunction Against Certain Defendants
47 2024-12-06 MEMORANDUM by Grumpy Cat Limited in support of motion for preliminary injunction 46
48 2024-12-06 DECLARATION of Michael A. Hierl regarding motion for preliminary injunction 46
49 2024-12-09 MOTION by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Motion to Direct the Clerk of the Court to Issue a Summons
[+] 50 2024-12-10 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:The plaintiff's motion to direct the Clerk of Court to issue a summons 49 is granted. The Clerk is directed to issue a single original summons in the name of "[First named defendant as identified in the sealed Schedule A 8 ] and all other Defendants identified in the Complaint" that shall apply to all defendants. The Court notes, however, that the TRO entered on 10/31/2024 44 made clear that any motion to extend the TRO must be filed by 11/8/2024. In the future, the plaintiff is advised to carefully track the Court's deadlines. The plaintiff's motion for entry of a preliminary injunction 46 is taken under advisement. Any objection or response is due before 12/23/2024. Upon review of the Certificate of Service, however, the Court directs Plaintiff to supplement, by 12/13/2024, the publication of the motion on the website with prominent text advising defendants that: A motion for entry of a preliminary injunction has been filed and that any responses or objections to that motion must be filed before 12/23/2024. The plaintiff must also provide to each defendant the screenshot evidence of the allegedly infringing product(s) offered and sold by that defendant that Plaintiff has provided to the Court in support of its request for a TRO and/or preliminary injunction. Finally, by 12/13/2024, the plaintiff must supplement its certificate of service by identifying what email addresses it has used to serve the defendants. Mailed notice
51 2024-12-12 CERTIFICATE of Service by John Wilson on behalf of Grumpy Cat Limited
52 2024-12-12 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited Exhibit A
53 2024-12-27 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:On the grounds set forth in the motion, plaintiff's motion for entry of a preliminary injunction against certain defendants 46 is granted. Enter preliminary injunction order. The preliminary injunction directs, among other things, that Schedule A be unsealed. Plaintiff is ordered to enter in CM/ECF no later than 12/30/24 each defendant named in the original Schedule A as a party in this case (where a defendant has been dismissed, the CM/ECF entry should reflect that status). Failure to timely comply with this requirement may result in vacating the preliminary injunction. For instructions as to how to add parties to the case docket, see https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/Videos.aspx?folder=_cmecf&play=Add_Terminate.mp4. Mailed notice
[+] 54 2024-12-27 PRELIMINARY Injunction Order Signed by the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr on 12/27/2024. Mailed notice
[+] 55 2024-12-27 ANNUAL REMINDER: Pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 (Notification of Affiliates), any nongovernmental party, other than an individual or sole proprietorship, must file a statement identifying all its affiliates known to the party after diligent review or, if the party has identified no affiliates, then a statement reflecting that fact must be filed. An affiliate is defined as follows: any entity or individual owning, directly or indirectly (through ownership of one or more other entities), 5% or more of a party. The statement is to be electronically filed as a PDF in conjunction with entering the affiliates in CM/ECF as prompted. As a reminder to counsel, parties must supplement their statements of affiliates within thirty (30) days of any change in the information previously reported. This minute order is being issued to all counsel of record to remind counsel of their obligation to provide updated information as to additional affiliates if such updating is necessary. If counsel has any questions regarding this process, this LINK will provide additional information. Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 12/27/2024: Mailed notice.
56 2025-01-03 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Defendant No. 254
57 2025-01-06 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: Upon receipt of the plaintiff's notice of voluntary dismissal 56, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), defendant no. 254 is dismissed from this case. Mailed notice
58 2025-01-13 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Defendant No. 133
59 2025-01-14 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: Upon receipt of the plaintiff's notice of voluntary dismissal 58, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), defendant no. 133 is dismissed from this case. Mailed notice
60 2025-02-11 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Grumpy Cat Limited as to The Individuals, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A Hereto on 12/11/2024, answer due 1/1/2025.
61 2025-02-13 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Defendant No. 235
62 2025-02-14 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: Upon receipt of the plaintiff's notice of voluntary dismissal 61, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), defendant no. 235 is dismissed from this case. Mailed notice
63 2025-08-22 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: No later than 9/12/2025, the plaintiff is to submit a status report detailing its intended next steps in this case. Mailed notice
64 2025-09-10 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Certain Defendants
65 2025-09-10 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Grumpy Cat Limited Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Certain Defendants
66 2025-09-10 CERTIFICATE of Service by John Wilson on behalf of Grumpy Cat Limited
[+] 67 2025-09-10 MOTION by Plaintiff Grumpy Cat Limited for default judgment as to Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Default and Default Judgment Against Defendants Identified on Amended Schedule A
[+] 68 2025-09-10 MEMORANDUM by Grumpy Cat Limited in support of motion for default judgment 67
[+] 69 2025-09-10 DECLARATION of Michael A. Hierl regarding motion for default judgment 67
70 2025-09-11 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: Upon receipt of the plaintiff's notices of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i) 64, 65, defendants Nos. 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 49, 51, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 99, 101, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119, 123, 125, 126, 127, 129, 131, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144, 147, 148, 150, 152, 153, 157, 158, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 186, 187, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 225, 226, 229, 230, 232, 233, 234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 251, 253, and 254 are dismissed from this case. Mailed notice
71 2025-09-11 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:Plaintiff's motion for entry of default and default judgment 67 is taken under advisement. Any objections or responses are due by 9/22/2025. The plaintiff is directed to provide defendants with notice of the default proceedings against them by 9/15/2025. To effectuate that notice, the Court directs the plaintiff to (1) update the website through which it has been publishing information about the case to provide notice of its motion for entry of default and default judgment, as well as the deadline to object set forth in this order, and (2) send an email to the email addresses provided for the defendants by third parties (or otherwise obtained by the plaintiff) informing them of the default proceedings against them, attaching a copy of plaintiff's motion for default judgment, memorandum in support thereof, and this order, and containing a link to the updated website. Mailed notice
[+] 72 2025-09-12 CERTIFICATE of Service by Robert Payton Mcmurray on behalf of Grumpy Cat Limited
73 2025-09-12 STATUS Report by Grumpy Cat Limited
74 2025-09-24 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:No defendant having objected, the plaintiff's motion for default judgment 67 is granted. Enter default judgment order. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice
75 2025-09-24 DEFAULT Judgment Order Signed by the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr on 9/24/2025. Mailed notice Modified on 9/24/2025.