Case number 1:22-cv-06660
Swirlate IP LLC v. RAB Lighting Inc. > Documents
| Date Field | Doc. No. | Description (Pages) |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2023 | 29 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Beth W. Jantz: In light of the parties' filing of a Stipulation of Dismissal 26 , the status set for 5/11/2023 is stricken. All matters relating to the referral of this case having been resolved, the referral is closed and Magistrate Judge Beth W. Jantz is no longer on the case. The referral to Magistrate Judge Jantz is closed. Mailed notice. (exr, ) (Entered: 03/31/2023) (1) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 28 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Pursuant to the stipulated dismissal 26 , under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), the Plaintiff's claims are dismissed with prejudice and the defense counterclaims are dismissed without prejudice, each side to bear its own fees and costs. Status hearing of 06/09/2023 is vacated. Civil case terminated. Emailed notice (mw, ) (Entered: 03/31/2023) (1) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 27 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Noel Chakkalakal's and Aaron Pirouznia'smotions to appear pro hac vice for Defendant/Counter-Claimant RAB Lighting 24 , 25 are granted. Emailed notice (mw, ) (Entered: 03/31/2023) (1) |
| Mar 30, 2023 | 26 | STIPULATION of Dismissal with Prejudice (Bennett, David) (Entered: 03/30/2023) (3) |
| Mar 30, 2023 | 25 | MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-20494502. (Pirouznia, Aaron) (Entered: 03/30/2023) (2) |
| Mar 30, 2023 | 24 | MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-20494229. (Chakkalakal, Noel) (Entered: 03/30/2023) (2) |
| Mar 21, 2023 | 23 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Beth W. Jantz: This case has been referred to Magistrate Judge Beth W. Jantz for discovery supervision. The parties are to issue written discovery requests by 3/30/2023, as they request in their most recent JSR. An initial status hearing is scheduled for 5/11/23 at 1:30pm. To join the status conference by phone, counsel shall dial 888-273-3658 and enter access code 2217918. Members of the public and media will be able to call in to listen to this hearing as well. Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings. Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions, including removal of court issued media credentials, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or any other sanctions deemed necessary by the Court. Mailed notice. (exr, ) (Entered: 03/21/2023) (1) |
| Mar 21, 2023 | 22 | Pursuant to Local Rule 72.1, this case is hereby referred to the calendar of Honorable Beth W. Jantz for the purpose of holding proceedings related to: discovery supervision (including the authority to adjust all deadlines). (mw, ) Emailed notice. (Entered: 03/21/2023) (1) |
| Mar 21, 2023 | 21 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: On review of the status report, R. 20, the Court sets the following schedule. Rule 26(a)(1) disclosures due 03/30/2023. Initial Infringement Contentions due 04/14/2023. Initial Non-Infringement, Unenforceability and Invalidity Contentions Due 05/19/2023. Joinder of Parties and Motions to Amend or Supplement Pleadings due 05/26/2023. Initial Response to Invalidity Contentions by 06/23/2023. Identification of Asserted Claims under LPR 3.1(a)(1) by 11/16/2023. Final Infringement, Unenforceability and Invalidity Contentions by 11/30/2023. Final Non-infringement, Enforceability and Validity Contentions by 01/04/2024. Exchange of Claim Terms Needing Construction and Proposed Construction by 01/18/2024. The Court will set the claim-construction brief schedule as the Exchange of Claim Terms approaches. Discovery supervision is referred to the magistrate judge (including the authority to adjust all deadlines). The tracking status hearing of 03/31/2023 is reset to 06/09/2023 at 8:30 a.m., but to track the case only (no appearance is required, the case will not be called). Emailed notice (mw, ) (Entered: 03/21/2023) (1) |
| Mar 20, 2023 | 20 | STATUS Report Joint Initial Status Report by Swirlate IP LLC (Bennett, David) (Entered: 03/20/2023) (10) |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 19 | NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by RAB Lighting Inc. (Mcnabnay, Neil) (Entered: 03/13/2023) (2) |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 18 | ANSWER to Complaint with Jury Demand , COUNTERCLAIM filed by RAB Lighting Inc. against Swirlate IP LLC . by RAB Lighting Inc.(Mcnabnay, Neil) (Entered: 03/13/2023) (30) |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 17 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant RAB Lighting Inc. by Robert Douglas Leighton (Leighton, Robert) (Entered: 03/13/2023) (1) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 16 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: The Plaintiff's extension motion 14 to allow the defense more time to respond to the complaint is granted to 03/13/2023. The tracking status hearing of 02/24/2023 is reset to 03/31/2023 at 8:30 a.m., but to track the case only (no appearance is required, the case will not be called). Instead, the parties shall file the joint initial status report by 03/20/2023. Mailed notice (ags) (Entered: 02/17/2023) (1) |
| Feb 16, 2023 | 15 | STATUS Report by Swirlate IP LLC (Bennett, David) (Entered: 02/16/2023) (3) |
| Jan 26, 2023 | 14 | MOTION by Plaintiff Swirlate IP LLC for extension of time to file answer regarding complaint, 1 and Extension to File Joint Initial Status Report (Agreed) (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Bennett, David) (Entered: 01/26/2023) (0) |
| Jan 4, 2023 | 13 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: This case having been reassigned to this Court, a tracking status hearing is set for 02/24/2023 at 8:30 a.m. to track the case only (no appearance is required, the case will not be called). Instead, the Court will set the case schedule after reviewing the written status report. The parties must file a joint initial status report with the content described in the attached status report requirements by 02/16/2023. Plaintiff must still file the report even if Defendant has not responded to requests to craft a joint report. If Defendant has not been served, then Plaintiff must complete the part of the report on the progress of service. Also, counsel must carefully review Judge Chang's Case Management Procedures, available online at ilnd.uscourts.gov (navigate to Judges / District Judges / Judge Edmond E. Chang). Because the Procedures are occasionally revised, counsel must read them anew even if the counsel or the party has appeared before Judge Chang in other cases. Emailed notice (Attachments: # 1 Status Report Requirements) (mw, ) (Entered: 01/04/2023) (0) |
| Dec 29, 2022 | 12 | 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 Executive Committee on 12/29/2022: Mailed notice. (tg, ) (Entered: 12/30/2022) (1) |
| Dec 28, 2022 | 11 | ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: The Honorable Gary S. Feinerman will resign his Commission as a United States District Judge effective December 31, 2022. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED That the civil cases on the attached list are to be reassigned to the other judges of this Court as indicated, pursuant to Local Rule 40.1(f). IT IS ALSO ORDERED That any civil case that was assigned to the Honorable Gary S. Feinerman and may require further judicial action in the future, shall be reassigned by lot to a judge of this Court. Case reassigned to the Honorable Edmond E. Chang for all further proceedings. Honorable Gary Feinerman no longer assigned to the case. Signed by Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer on 12/28/2022. (td, ) (Entered: 12/28/2022) (8) |
| Dec 21, 2022 | 10 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Gary Feinerman:Motion for extension of time to answer 8 is granted. The deadline for Defendant to file a responsive pleading is extended to 2/10/2023. The initial status hearing set for 2/9/2023 7 is stricken and re-set for 3/7/2023 at 9:00 a.m. The initial status report shall be filed by 2/28/2023. Please see Judge Feinerman's web page (http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov, to "District Judges," to "Judge Gary Feinerman," to "Initial Status Hearings" under Case Management Procedures) for details on the initial status hearing and Initial Status Report. Mailed notice. (jlj, ) (Entered: 12/21/2022) (1) |
| Dec 19, 2022 | 9 | SUMMONS Returned Executed by Swirlate IP LLC as to RAB Lighting Inc. on 12/6/2022, answer due 12/27/2022. (Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 12/19/2022) (1) |
| Dec 19, 2022 | 8 | MOTION by Plaintiff Swirlate IP LLC for extension of time to file answer on behalf of Defendant RAB Lighting Inc.(Agreed) (Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 12/19/2022) (4) |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 7 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Gary Feinerman: Initial status hearing set for 2/9/2023 at 9:00 a.m. Initial Status Report shall be filed by 2/2/2023. Please see Judge Feinerman's web page (http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov, to "District Judges," to "Judge Gary Feinerman," to "Initial Status Hearings" under Case Management Procedures) for details on the initial status hearing and Initial Status Report. In completing the initial status report, please see Appendix (A) to the Local Patent Rules for details on preparing the Initial Report. Attorneys/Parties should appear for the hearing by calling the Toll-Free Number: (877) 336-1828, Access Code: 4082461. Members of the public and media will be able to call in to listen to this hearing (use toll free number). Please, please be sure to keep your phone on mute when you are not speaking. Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings. Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions, including removal of court issued media credentials, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or any other sanctions deemed necessary by the Court. Mailed notice. (jlj, ) (Entered: 12/02/2022) (1) |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 6 | MAILED patent report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA. (Attachments: # 1 Patents)(aee, ) (Entered: 11/30/2022) (0) |
| Nov 29, 2022 | 5 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Swirlate IP LLC by David Randolph Bennett (Bennett, David) (Entered: 11/29/2022) (1) |
| Nov 29, 2022 | N/A | SUMMONS Issued as to Defendant RAB Lighting Inc. (mbh, ) (Entered: 11/29/2022) (0) |
| Nov 29, 2022 | 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. (kra, ) (Entered: 11/29/2022) (0) |
| Nov 29, 2022 | N/A | CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Gary Feinerman. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Beth W. Jantz. Case assignment: Random assignment. (kra, ) (Entered: 11/29/2022) (0) |
| Nov 29, 2022 | 4 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Swirlate IP LLC by Steven G Kalberg (Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 11/29/2022) (1) |
| Nov 29, 2022 | 3 | NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Swirlate IP LLC (Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 11/29/2022) (2) |
| Nov 29, 2022 | 2 | CIVIL Cover Sheet (Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 11/29/2022) (2) |
| Nov 29, 2022 | 1 | Complaint* (1) |
