Case number 1:25-cv-00228
Dyson Technology Limited v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A > Documents
| Date Field | Doc. No. | Description (Pages) |
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| Jul 14, 2025 | 44 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama: Pursuant to the notice of dismissal 43 , this case is dismissed without prejudice. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice. (jcm) (Entered: 07/14/2025) (1) |
| Mar 5, 2025 | 43 | NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Dyson Technology Limited as to Defendant gdrhuid (Joseph, Justin) (Entered: 03/05/2025) (1) |
| Mar 3, 2025 | N/A | NEW PARTIES: gdrhuid added to case caption. (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 03/03/2025) (0) |
| Mar 3, 2025 | 42 | PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER: Signed by the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama on 3/3/2025. Mailed notice. (jcm) (Entered: 03/03/2025) (12) |
| Mar 3, 2025 | 41 | 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 34 is granted. Enter Preliminary Injunction Order. Mailed notice. (jcm) (Entered: 03/03/2025) (1) |
| Feb 25, 2025 | 40 | STATUS Report Pursuant to 38 by Dyson Technology Limited (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Joseph, Justin) (Entered: 02/25/2025) (0) |
| Feb 11, 2025 | 39 | CERTIFICATE of Service by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited regarding set deadlines,, 38 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Burnham, Andrew) (Entered: 02/11/2025) (0) |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 38 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama: Before the Court is Plaintiff's motion for entry of a preliminary injunction 44 . The Court has taken the motion for a preliminary injunction under advisement and will consider the motion unopposed if Defendant does not appear and object by or before 02/24/2025. If no objection is filed by that date, the Court will consider the motion unopposed. Plaintiff is directed to file a status report on 02/25/2025 as to whether the preliminary injunction is opposed. Plaintiff must serve this minute order upon Defendant within one business day of its entry on the docket and must file proof of that service within two business days after service. Mailed notice. (jcm) (Entered: 02/10/2025) (1) |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 37 | SUMMONS Returned Executed by Dyson Technology Limited as to The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A on 2/5/2025, answer due 2/26/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Andrew D. Burnham, # 2 Exhibit A)(Burnham, Andrew) (Entered: 02/05/2025) (0) |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 36 | DECLARATION of Justin T. Joseph regarding memorandum in support of motion 35 (Joseph, Justin) (Entered: 02/05/2025) (1) |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 35 | MEMORANDUM by Dyson Technology Limited in support of motion for preliminary injunction 34 (Joseph, Justin) (Entered: 02/05/2025) (5) |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 34 | MOTION by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited for preliminary injunction (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Joseph, Justin) (Entered: 02/05/2025) (0) |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 33 | DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/27/2025) (2) |
| Jan 27, 2025 | N/A | SUMMONS Issued as to Defendant The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A (dec, ) (Entered: 01/27/2025) (0) |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 32 | SEALED TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER: Signed by the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama on 1/23/2025. Mailed notice. (jcm) (Entered: 01/23/2025) (12) |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 31 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama: For the reasons stated in the motions, the Court grants Plaintiff's ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order and expedited discovery 22 and motion for electronic service of process 27 . Provided that Plaintiffs provide the security described in paragraph 9 of the temporary restraining order, the temporary restraining order shall become effective on 01/27/2025 at 6:00 p.m. and shall expire in fourteen (14) days from the effective date. Plaintiffs are advised that the language of any future proposed orders must reflect the number of defendants listed in Amended Schedule A 20 . Pow! Ent., LLC v. Individuals, Corps., Ltd. Liab. Companies, Partnerships, & Unincorporated Associations Identified On Schedule A Hereto, 2020 WL 5076715, at *3 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 26, 2020) ("If counsel wishes to avoid the summary denial of future motions... orders must be submitted in signature-ready form."). Enter Order. Mailed notice. (jcm) (Entered: 01/23/2025) (1) |
| Jan 22, 2025 | 30 | MAILED Patent report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA (ksr, ) (Entered: 01/22/2025) (7) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 21 | SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited Exhibit 1 - Part 1 regarding amended complaint 19 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1-1)(Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (0) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 1 | Amended Complaint* (1) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 29 | DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion 28 (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (3) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 28 | MEMORANDUM by Dyson Technology Limited in support of motion for miscellaneous relief 27 (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (5) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 17 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama: For the reasons stated in the motion, the Court grants Plaintiff's motion to seal 4 . However, on review of the Complaint 1 and Schedule A 2 , the Court raises the propriety of joinder of the 63 Defendants. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a)(2) governs permissive joinder of defendants. It permits defendants to be joined in a single action if two conditions are met: (1) "any right to relief is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the alternative with respect to or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions"; and (2) "any question of law or fact common to all defendants will arise in the action." Fed. R. Civ. P 20(a)(2); see UWM Student Ass'n v. Lovell, 888 F.3d 854, 863 (7th Cir. 2018). As other courts within this District have held, "it is appropriate for federal courts to raise improper joinder on their own, especially when the sheer number of defendants waves a joinder red flag and ups the chances that the plaintiff should be paying separate filing fees for separate cases. The need for sua sponte evaluation also intensifies when it would take enormous time and effort to check the evidence such as screenshots of dozens and dozens of defendants' online stores amassed into a single case absent actual connections between the defendants." Estee Lauder Cosms. Ltd. v. Partnerships & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, 334 F.R.D. 182, 186 (N.D. Ill. 2020) (citing George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605, 607 (7th Cir. 2007)); see also, e.g., Andrew Blair Bailie v. Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule "A", 24-cv-02150 Dkt. 28 (Apr. 24, 2024). However, for cases "relating to patents[,]" the American Invents Act (AIA) governs joinder. See 35 U.S.C. § 299(a); Pathway IP LLC v. The Individuals, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations Identified on the Attached Schedule A, 24-cv-5218 Dkt. 230 (Nov. 8. 2024). Here, Plaintiff's allegations purport to establish joinder under Fed. R. Civ. P. 20(a)(2) and are merely conclusory. For example, Plaintiff alleges that "E-commerce stores operating under the Seller Aliases share unique identifiers establishing a logical relationship between them, suggesting that Defendants' operation arises out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences." R. 1 at para. 3. Similar to another court in this District, this Court's "experience has shown that, while some individual defendants may operate several online stores, and while some individual defendants may coordinate with other defendants before or after the filing of the infringement action, rarely, if ever, have all defendants named in a Schedule A case worked together." Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. v. Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, 24-cv-09401 Dkt. 23 (Oct. 18, 2024). Accordingly, the Court directs Plaintiff to file, on or before 01/22/2025, a supplemental memorandum addressing the propriety of joinder. Instead of the supplemental memorandum, by the same deadline, Plaintiff may file an amended complaint with (a) one defendant or (b) a subset of the defendants along with a memorandum explaining why joinder of those defendants is proper. If Plaintiff believes that Rule 20, rather than the AIA, governs joinder in this case, it must explain why. Mailed notice. (jcm) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (2) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 18 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama: For the reasons stated therein, Plaintiff's motion to strike amended complaint as a duplicate 16 is granted. The Clerk of Court is directed to remove 15 from the docket. Mailed notice. (jcm) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (1) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 19 | SECOND AMENDED complaint by Dyson Technology Limited against The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 2)(Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (0) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 20 | SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited Amended Schedule A regarding amended complaint 19 (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (1) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 27 | MOTION by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited for Electronic Service of Process Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3) (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (1) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 22 | MOTION by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited for temporary restraining order including a Temporary Injunction, a Temporary Asset Restraint, and Expedited Discovery (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (2) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 23 | MEMORANDUM by Dyson Technology Limited in support of motion for temporary restraining order 22 (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (14) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 24 | DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion 23 (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (5) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 25 | DECLARATION of Giles Samuel Lane regarding memorandum in support of motion 23 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (0) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 26 | SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited Exhibit 2 - Part 1 regarding declaration 25 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 2-1)(Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/15/2025) (0) |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 13 | SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited Amended Schedule A regarding amended complaint 12 (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/14/2025) (1) |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 16 | MOTION by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited to strike amended complaint 15 as Duplicate Document on the Docket (Burnham, Andrew) (Entered: 01/14/2025) (1) |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 15 | REMOVED per court order dated 1/15/2025. (Gaudio, Justin) (Main Document 15 replaced on 1/16/2025) (jn, ). Modified on 1/16/2025 (jn, ). (Entered: 01/14/2025) (0) |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 12 | AMENDED complaint by Dyson Technology Limited against The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 2)(Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/14/2025) (0) |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 14 | SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited Exhibit 1 - Part 1 regarding amended complaint 12 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1-1)(Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/14/2025) (0) |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 1 | Amended Complaint* (1) |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 1 | Amended Complaint* (1) |
| Jan 10, 2025 | N/A | 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. (emc, ) (Entered: 01/10/2025) (0) |
| Jan 10, 2025 | N/A | CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Young B. Kim. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 1). (emc, ) (Entered: 01/10/2025) (0) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 11 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited by Andrew Daniel Burnham (Burnham, Andrew) (Entered: 01/08/2025) (1) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 10 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited by Justin Tyler Joseph (Joseph, Justin) (Entered: 01/08/2025) (1) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 9 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited by Lawrence J. Crain (Crain, Lawrence) (Entered: 01/08/2025) (1) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 8 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited by Justin R. Gaudio (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/08/2025) (1) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 7 | Notice of Claims involving Patents by Dyson Technology Limited (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/08/2025) (6) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 6 | NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Dyson Technology Limited (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/08/2025) (2) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 5 | CIVIL Cover Sheet (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/08/2025) (1) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 4 | MOTION by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited for leave to file under seal (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/08/2025) (2) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 3 | SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited Exhibit 1 - Parts 1-2 regarding complaint 1 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1-1, # 2 Exhibit 1-2)(Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/08/2025) (0) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 2 | SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Dyson Technology Limited Schedule A regarding complaint 1 (Gaudio, Justin) (Entered: 01/08/2025) (2) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 1 | Complaint* (1) |
