Weber-Stephen Products, LLC v. Sears Holdings Corporation
Plaintiff: Weber-Stephen Products, LLC
Defendant: Sears Holdings Corporation
Case Number: 1:2013cv01686
Filed: March 5, 2013
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Office: Chicago Office
County: Cook
Presiding Judge: Edmond E. Chang
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35 U.S.C. ยง 271 Patent Infringement
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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December 22, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 428 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 12/22/2015: For the reasons stated in the Opinion, Sears's motion for summary judgment 326 as to the '045 patent is denied; Sears's motion for summary judgment [ 332] at to the '834 patent is granted in part and denied in part; and Sears's motion for summary judgment 345 on the '874 patent is granted in part and denied in part. At the next status hearing, the parties shall be prepared to either ask for a settlement conference or set a trial schedule on the surviving claims (which are summarized in the Opinion's conclusion). Emailed notice(Chang, Edmond)
November 4, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 424 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. For the reasons stated in the Opinion, Sears's motion 338 for summary judgment on likelihood of confusion (Count 4) is denied. Emailed notice(slb, )
September 1, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 419 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. For the reasons stated in the Opinion, Sears's motion for summary judgment on the trade-dress claim 264 based on lack of secondary meaning is denied. Weber's motion to strike [304, 305] is denied.Emailed notice(slb, )
February 24, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 285 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. For the reasons stated in the Opinion, Weber's motion for summary judgment 193 on the antitrust and breach of contract claims is granted in part and denied in part. Emailed notice(slb, )
October 20, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 235 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. This Opinion decides the claim-construction disputes. Emailed notice(slb, )
February 20, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 116 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. For the reasons stated in the Opinion, Weber's motion to dismiss certain counterclaims and strike affirmative defense 43 is granted in part and denied in part. Sears's Counterclaims 3 and 10 (inequitable conduct) survive, as does Sears's Affirmative Defense Number 8. Sears's Counterclaims 8, 9, 11, and 12 are dismissed. As explained in the Opinion, the Court orders joinder of Sears, Roebuck and Company to this lawsuit. Mailed notice(slb, )
October 25, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 50 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. For the reasons stated in the opinion, Defendant's motion to dismiss 20 the trade dress claim is denied.Mailed notice(slb, )
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Plaintiff: Weber-Stephen Products, LLC
Represented By: Brian Erik Haan
Represented By: Raymond P. Niro
Represented By: Raymond Pardo Niro, Jr.
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Defendant: Sears Holdings Corporation
Represented By: Paul R. Garcia
Represented By: John F. Gibbons
Represented By: Catherine E. James
Represented By: James J. Lukas, Jr
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