Choon's Design, LLC v. Zenacon, LLC et al
Plaintiff: Choon's Design, LLC
Defendant: Zenacon, LLC, Steven Verona, Geeky Baby, LLC and Idea Village Products Corp.
3Rd Party Defendant: Cheong Choon Ng
Case Number: 2:2013cv13568
Filed: August 19, 2013
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Office: Detroit Office
County: Oakland
Presiding Judge: Laurie J Michelson
Referring Judge: R Steven Whalen
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35 U.S.C. § 271
Jury Demanded By: Both
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
July 31, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 218 MANDATE from U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit as to #214 Federal Circuit Notice of Appeal, filed by Choon's Design, LLC [Appeal Case Number 2018-1934] (ATee)
June 24, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 217 JUDGMENT from U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit re #214 Federal Circuit Notice of Appeal, filed by Choon's Design, LLC [Appeal Case Number 18-1934] (ATee)
June 24, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 216 OPINION from U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit re #214 Federal Circuit Notice of Appeal, filed by Choon's Design, LLC [Appeal Case Number 18-1934] (ATee)
May 7, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 215 Certificate of Service re #214 Federal Circuit Notice of Appeal,. (SKra)
May 7, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 214 FEDERAL CIRCUIT NOTICE OF APPEAL by Choon's Design, LLC re #180 Order on Motion for Reconsideration, #212 Judgment, #161 Memorandum Opinion & Order, Terminate Motions, #205 Memorandum Opinion & Order. Receipt No: 0645-6720566 - Fee: $ 505 - Fee Status: Fee Paid. (Tobin, Brian)
April 27, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 213 Patent Report Sent To Washington (SSch)
April 19, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 212 JUDGMENT. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
April 19, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 211 STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
April 10, 2018 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY NOTICE: Final Pretrial Conference on April 10, 2018 and Jury Trial on April 16, 2018 is Cancelled. Parties to submit closing/settlement documents. (KJac)
April 5, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 210 TRANSCRIPT of HEARING ON MOTIONS held on November 6, 2015. (Court Reporter/Transcriber: Nefertiti Jodi Matthews) (Number of Pages: 34) The parties have 21 days to file with the court and Court Reporter/Transcriber a Redaction Request of this transcript. If no request is filed, the transcript may be made remotely electronically available to the public without redaction after 90 days. Redaction Request due 4/26/2018. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 5/7/2018. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 7/5/2018. Transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through WWW.TRANSCRIPTORDERS.COM before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date, the transcript is publicly available. (Matthews, N)
March 26, 2018 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson: Telephonic Status Conference held on 3/26/2018. (KJac)
March 26, 2018 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY NOTICE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE: Status Conference set for 3/30/2018 at 9:00 AM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
March 26, 2018 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER GRANTING #209 MOTION to Withdraw /Terminate Notices filed by Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC, Geeky Baby, LLC. Issued by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
March 22, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 209 MOTION to Withdraw /Terminate Notices by Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC. (Faraj, Haytham)
March 19, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 208 STIPULATED ORDER to Adjourn Deadlines. TELEPHONIC Status Conference set for 3/26/2018 at 11:30 AM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
January 19, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 207 ORDER Setting Pretrial and Trial Schedule. Final Pretrial Conference set for 4/10/2018 at 9:30 AM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson and Jury Trial set for 4/16/2018 at 8:30 AM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
December 18, 2017 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson: Telephonic Status Conference held on 12/18/2017. (KJac)
November 27, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 206 NOTICE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE: Status Conference set for 12/18/2017 at 1:00 PM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
September 29, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 205 OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment #187 . Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
September 29, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 204 ORDER DENYING Without Prejudice Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment #186 . Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
September 5, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 203 RESPONSE to #187 MOTION for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity AND DEFENDANT IDEAVILLAGE PRODUCTS CORP.S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF (DKT. NO. 202) filed by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Artz, John)
August 17, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 202 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF re #187 MOTION for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Order) (Tobin, Brian)
July 26, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 201 TRANSCRIPT of HEARING ON MOTIONS held on July 7, 2017. (Court Reporter/Transcriber: Nefertiti Jodi Matthews) (Number of Pages: 105) The parties have 21 days to file with the court and Court Reporter/Transcriber a Redaction Request of this transcript. If no request is filed, the transcript may be made remotely electronically available to the public without redaction after 90 days. Redaction Request due 8/16/2017. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 8/28/2017. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 10/24/2017. Transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through WWW.TRANSCRIPTORDERS.COM before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date, the transcript is publicly available. (Matthews, N)
July 7, 2017 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson: Motion Hearing held on 7/7/2017 re #186 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of Validity of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,485,565 and 8,684,420 filed by Choon's Design, LLC, #187 MOTION for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity filed by Idea Village Products Corp. Disposition: Motions Taken Under Advisement. (Court Reporter: Jodi Matthews) (KJac)
June 22, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 200 NOTICE OF HEARING on #186 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of Validity of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,485,565 and 8,684,420 and #187 MOTION for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity. Motion Hearing set for 7/7/2017 at 1:00 PM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
April 6, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 199 STIPULATED ORDER Adjourning Upcoming Deadlines. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
March 31, 2017 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson: Telephonic Status Conference held on 3/31/2017. (KJac)
March 30, 2017 Opinion or Order Reset Conference: ***TIME CHANGE ONLY*** TELEPHONIC Status Conference reset for 3/31/2017 at 4:15 PM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
March 29, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 198 NOTICE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE: Status Conference set for 3/31/2017 at 10:30 AM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
December 6, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 197 SEALED EXHIBIT 11 [CORRECTED] re #192 Sealed Response to Motion,, by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
November 14, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 196 REPLY to Response re #187 MOTION for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity filed by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Artz, John)
November 14, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 195 REPLY to Response re #186 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of Validity of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,485,565 and 8,684,420 filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - FCA US LLC v. Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.) (Tobin, Brian)
November 14, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 194 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Case Management and Scheduling Order Dates re #186 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of Validity of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,485,565 and 8,684,420 and #187 MOTION for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity (Responses due by 11/14/2016). Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
October 28, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 193 RESPONSE to #186 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of Validity of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,485,565 and 8,684,420 filed by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A - U.S. Patent No. 8,485,565, #3 Exhibit B - U.S. Patent No. 8,684,420, #4 Exhibit C - Inter Partes Review No. 2014-00218, Paper No. 1, Petition for IPR, #5 Exhibit D - Inter Partes Review No. 2014-00218, Paper No. 9, Decision to Institute, #6 Exhibit E - Choons Disclaimer of Claims 1, 5-8, 10, and 11 of the 565 Patent, #7 Exhibit F - Inter Partes Review No. 2014-00218, Paper No. 18, Adverse Judgment, #8 Exhibit G - Inter Partes Review No. 2015-01139, Paper No. 1, Petition for IPR, #9 Exhibit H - Inter Partes Review No. 2015-01139, Paper No. 16, Decision to Institute, #10 Exhibit I - Inter Partes Review No. 2015-01883, Paper No. 1, Petition for IPR, #11 Exhibit J - Inter Partes Review No. 2015-01883, Paper No. 6, Decision to Institute, #12 Exhibit K - IdeaVillages Amended Final Invalidity Contentions, #13 Exhibit L - Expert Report of Eric Langberg on Invalidity, #14 Exhibit M - Inter Partes Review No. 2015-01883, Paper No. 8, Response, #15 Exhibit N - Inter Partes Review No. 2015-01883, Paper No. 7, Scheduling Order) (Artz, John)
October 28, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 192 SEALED RESPONSE re #187 Motion for Summary Judgment,,, by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 2- Ng Deposition Excerpts [FILED UNDER SEAL], #2 Exhibit 4 - Langberg Deposition Excerpts [FILED UNDER SEAL], #3 Exhibit 6 - Lombardo Deposition Excerpts [FILED UNDER SEAL], #4 Exhibit 7 - Deposition Exhibit L-4 [FILED UNDER SEAL], #5 Exhibit 8 - Deposition Exhibit L-9 [FILED UNDER SEAL], #6 Exhibit 9 - Email [FILED UNDER SEAL], #7 Exhibit 10 - Parker Deposition Excerpts [FILED UNDER SEAL], #8 Exhibit 11 - Shockley Deposition Excerpts [FILED UNDER SEAL], #9 Exhibit 12 - Deposition Exhibit W-5 [FILED UNDER SEAL]) (Tobin, Brian)
October 28, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 191 RESPONSE to #187 MOTION for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1 - Expert Report of Mr. Ng, #3 Exhibit 2 - Ng Deposition Excerpts [FILED UNDER SEAL], #4 Exhibit 3 - US 2014/0346773, #5 Exhibit 4 - Langberg Deposition Excerpts [FILED UNDER SEAL], #6 Exhibit 5 - Langberg Expert Report, #7 Exhibit 6 - Lombardo Deposition Excerpts [FILED UNDER SEAL], #8 Exhibit 7 - Deposition Exhibit L-4 [FILED UNDER SEAL], #9 Exhibit 8 - Deposition Exhibit L-9 [FILED UNDER SEAL], #10 Exhibit 9 - Email [FILED UNDER SEAL], #11 Exhibit 10 - Parker Deposition Excerpts [FILED UNDER SEAL], #12 Exhibit 11 - Shockley Deposition Excerpts [FILED UNDER SEAL], #13 Exhibit 12 - Deposition Exhibit W-5 [FILED UNDER SEAL], #14 Exhibit 13 - U.S. Application No. 14/286,079, #15 Exhibit 14 - U.S. Publication No. 2012/0112457) (Tobin, Brian)
October 28, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 190 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC of Filing Under Seal: Plaintiff Choon's Design, LLC's Response to IdeaVillage's Motion for Summary Judgment and Exhibits 2, 4, 6-12 Thereto (Tobin, Brian)
October 24, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 189 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Case Management and Scheduling Order Dates re #186 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of Validity of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,485,565 and 8,684,420 and #187 MOTION for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity. (Responses due by 10/28/2016). Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
October 3, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 188 SEALED EXHIBIT re #187 MOTION for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit E - May 19, 2015 Deposition Transcript of Mr. Cheong Choon Ng (Filed Under Seal)) (Artz, John)
October 3, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 187 MOTION for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A - Provisional Application, #3 Exhibit B - US 8,485,565, #4 Exhibit C - US 2014/0346773 - Verona Patent Application Publication, #5 Exhibit D - US 8,684,420, #6 Exhibit E - May 19, 2015 Deposition Transcript of Mr. Cheong Choon Ng (Filed Under Seal), #7 Exhibit F - Expert Rebuttal Report of Eric A. Langberg on Non-Infringement, #8 Exhibit G - August 31, 2016 Expert Deposition Transcript of Cheong Choon Ng, #9 Exhibit H - Choon's Design LLC's Final Infringement Contentions After Claim Construction, #10 Exhibit I - Expert Report of Cheong Choon Ng) (Artz, John)
October 3, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 186 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of Validity of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,485,565 and 8,684,420 by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits Fact Appendix, #2 Exhibit 1 - US 8,485,565, #3 Exhibit 2 - US 8,684,420, #4 Exhibit 3 - LaRose Industries, LLC v. Choons Design, LLC, Paper 9, #5 Exhibit 4 - LaRose Industries, LLC v. Choons Design, LLC, Paper 6, #6 Exhibit 5 - Ideavillage Products, Corp. v. Choons Design, LLC, Paper 6, #7 Exhibit 6 - Apple Inc. v. Contentguard Holdings, Paper 9, #8 Exhibit 7- FCA US LLC v. Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc., Paper 9, #9 Exhibit 8 - Final Invalidity Contentions, #10 Exhibit 9 - Expert Report of Eric A. Langberg, #11 Exhibit 10 - Clearlamp, LLC v. LKQ Corp., #12 Exhibit 11 - Declaration of Mr. Raymond Scott, #13 Exhibit 12 - Transcript excerpts of the deposition of Eric A. Langberg) (Tobin, Brian)
October 3, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 185 STIPULATED Dismissal of Certain Claims and Counterclaim With Prejudice. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
September 26, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 184 STIPULATED Dismissal of Certain Claims and Counterclaim With Prejudice. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KJac)
July 19, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 183 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Case Management and Scheduling Order Dates: ( Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 10/3/2016). Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
June 7, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 182 STIPULATED ORDER Exgtending Case Management and Scheduling Order Dates - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
April 20, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 181 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Case Management and Scheduling Order Dates - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
January 7, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 180 OPINION AND ORDER denying #163 Motion for Reconsideration. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
December 4, 2015 Opinion or Order Motion withdrawn: #146 MOTION to Strike DEFENDANT IDEAVILLAGE PRODUCTS CORP.S UNTIMELY NON-INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS filed by Choon's Design, LLC per #164 ORDER - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
December 4, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 179 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Case Management and Scheduling Order Dates and Permitting the Parties to Amend Their Contentions - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
November 19, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 178 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF re #163 MOTION for Reconsideration filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
November 19, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 177 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF re #163 MOTION for Reconsideration filed by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Artz, John)
November 16, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 176 ORDER Regarding Supplemental Briefing On Plaintiff's Motion For Reconsideration #163 : (Supplemental Briefing due by 11/19/2015). Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JCur)
November 6, 2015 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson: Motion Hearing held on 11/6/2015 re #167 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Infringement Contentions filed by Choon's Design, LLC, #166 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Invalidity and Non-Infringement Contentions filed by Idea Village Products Corp - Proposed Order will be submitted. #163 MOTION for Reconsoderation was taken under advisement. (Court Reporter Jodi Matthews) (JJoh)
October 30, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 175 STIPULATION AND ORDER Rescheduling Hearing re: #167 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Infringement Contentions, #163 Request/Motion for Reconsideration, #166 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Invalidity and Non-Infringement Contentions, and #146 MOTION to Strike DEFENDANT IDEAVILLAGE PRODUCTS CORP.S UNTIMELY NON-INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS :( Motion Hearing set for 11/6/2015 01:30 PM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson) Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
October 26, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 174 NOTICE OF HEARING on #146 MOTION to Strike Defendant Ideavillage Products Corp's Untimely Non-Infringement and Invalidity Contentions, #163 Request for Reconsideration of the Court's Opinion and Order Construing Patent Claim Terms, #166 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Invalidity and Non-Infringement Contentions and #167 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Infringement Contentions. Motion Hearing set for 11/3/2015 10:00 AM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (KWin)
October 22, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 173 REPLY to Response re #166 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Invalidity and Non-Infringement Contentions filed by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Smith, Franklin)
October 22, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 172 REPLY to Response re #167 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Infringement Contentions filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1: Final Infringement Contentions) (Tobin, Brian)
October 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 171 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Deadlines: ( Initial Expert Witness Disclosures due 12/8/2015) Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
October 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 170 NOTICE TO APPEAR: Status Conference set for 11/3/2015 10:00 AM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson (JJoh)
October 20, 2015 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER: At the November 3, 2015 status conference, the parties should be prepared to address on the record the following issue raised in Choon's motion for reconsideration: that the phrase "at least one pin bar supported on the base" in claim 1 encompasses a device with only one pin bar and that "one cannot reconfigure a single pin bar." Entered by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
October 15, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 169 RESPONSE to #166 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Invalidity and Non-Infringement Contentions filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
October 15, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 168 RESPONSE to #167 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Infringement Contentions filed by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Artz, John)
October 1, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 167 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Infringement Contentions by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1: Amended Final Infringement Contentions) (Tobin, Brian)
October 1, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 166 MOTION to Amend/Correct Final Invalidity and Non-Infringement Contentions by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1 - IdeaVillage's Amended Final Invalidity Contentions, #3 Exhibit 2 - IdeaVillage's Amended Final Non-Infringement Contentions) (Artz, John)
September 10, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 165 RESPONSE to #163 Request For Reconsideration by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Artz, John)
September 4, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 164 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Case Management And Scheduling Order Dates - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (see image for additional dates) (JCur)
September 3, 2015 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER: IdeaVillage is to respond to Choon's motion for reconsideration #163 by September 10, 2015. The response should not exceed ten pages and must otherwise comply with E.D. Mich. LR 5.1. Issued by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JCur)
September 1, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 163 REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE COURTS OPINION AND ORDER CONSTRUING PATENT CLAIM TERMS [DOC. 161] by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1. United States Patent No. 5,634,550) (Tobin, Brian)
August 21, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 162 TRANSCRIPT of MARKMAN HEARING held on August 10, 2015. (Court Reporter/Transcriber: Nefertiti Jodi Matthews) (Number of Pages: 97) The parties have 21 days to file with the court and Court Reporter/Transcriber a Redaction Request of this transcript. If no request is filed, the transcript may be made remotely electronically available to the public without redaction after 90 days. Redaction Request due 9/11/2015. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 9/21/2015. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 11/19/2015. Transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through WWW.TRANSCRIPTORDERS.COM before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date, the transcript is publicly available. (Matthews, N)
August 18, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 161 OPINION and ORDER Construing Patent Claim Terms: Granting in Part and Denying in Part #155 , #156 , and #157 MOTIONS by Choon's Design, LLC and Idea Village. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
August 10, 2015 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson: Markman Hearing held on 8/10/2015. Disposition: Taken under advisement.(Court Reporter Jodi Matthews) (JJoh)
July 27, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 160 STIPULATION re #157 MOTION Markman Claim Construction, #155 MOTION Claim Construction JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION CHART by Choon's Design, LLC (Tobin, Brian)
July 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 159 RESPONSE to #155 MOTION Claim Construction filed by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Artz, John)
July 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 158 RESPONSE to #157 MOTION Markman Claim Construction filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
July 6, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 157 MOTION Markman Claim Construction by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits Exhibit List, #2 Exhibit 6, #3 Exhibit 7, #4 Exhibit 8, #5 Exhibit 9, #6 Exhibit 10, #7 Exhibit 11, #8 Exhibit 12, #9 Exhibit 13) (Artz, John)
July 6, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 156 SEALED MOTION Claim Construction re #155 MOTION Claim Construction , #154 Notice (Other) by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 2. Transcript of Deposition of Lori Ann Lombardo (excerpts) FILED UNDER SEAL, #2 Exhibit 3. Deposition Exhibit L-4 FILED UNDER SEAL) (Tobin, Brian)
July 6, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 155 MOTION Claim Construction by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits APPENDIX OF EXHIBITS TO CHOONS DESIGN, LLCS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF CLAIM CONSTRUCTION, #2 Exhibit 1. Pacer search showing IdeaVillage as defendant in 9 patent lawsuits, #3 Exhibit 2. Transcript of Deposition of Lori Ann Lombardo (excerpts) FILED UNDER SEAL, #4 Exhibit 3. Deposition Exhibit L-4 FILED UNDER SEAL, #5 Exhibit 4. May 20, 2014 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office findings re: LaRose Industries LLC Request for Inter Partes Review, #6 Exhibit 5. June 16, 2014 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office order denying LaRose request for reconsideration of IPR, #7 Exhibit 6. Certain Adjustable Keyboard Support Systems and Components Thereof, #8 Exhibit 7. Initial Determination Granting Motion for Summary Judgment, Order No. 13, U.S. ITC Inv No. 337-TA-923, #9 Exhibit 8. 18.03-18A Chisum on Patents 18.03 #6 , #10 Exhibit 9. http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/base, #11 Exhibit 10. http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/flare, #12 Exhibit 11. Facebook, Inc. v. Pragmatus AV, LLC, #13 Exhibit 12. Powervip, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.) (Tobin, Brian)
July 6, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 154 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC OF FILING UNDER SEAL: PLAINTIFF CHOONS DESIGN, LLCS OPENING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEF AND EXHIBITS 2 & 3 THERETO (Tobin, Brian)
June 26, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 153 ORDER granting #152 Motion for Extension of Time for Claim Construction Briefing and the AMENDED Briefing Schedule. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
June 23, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 152 MOTION for Order for Extension of Time for Markman Claim Construction Hearing by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Artz, John)
June 12, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 151 STIPULATION AND ORDER to Reschedule: Technology Tutorial re-set for 7/28/2015 02:00 PM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson) - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
June 12, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 150 APPENDIX re: #149 Statement, filed by Choon's Design, LLC. by Choon's Design, LLC JOINT (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1.565 Patent, #3 Exhibit 2.565 File History, #4 Exhibit 3.420 Patent, #5 Exhibit 4.420 File History, #6 Exhibit 5.Provisional Application) (Tobin, Brian)
June 12, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 149 STATEMENT of Joint Pre-Claim Construction Hearing Statement by Choon's Design, LLC (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Choon's Intrinsic and Extrinsic Evidence, #2 Exhibit B - Idea Village's Intrinsic and Extrinsic Evidence) (Tobin, Brian)
June 12, 2015 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY NOTICE: Pre-Claim Construction Hearing/Tutorial on 6/15/2015 is adjourned to 7/28/2015 at 2:00 p.m. The parties will submit a stipulation and order. (JJoh)
June 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 148 REPLY to Response re #146 MOTION to Strike DEFENDANT IDEAVILLAGE PRODUCTS CORP.S UNTIMELY NON-INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
May 29, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 147 RESPONSE to #146 MOTION to Strike DEFENDANT IDEAVILLAGE PRODUCTS CORP.S UNTIMELY NON-INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS filed by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Exhibit 2, #4 Exhibit 3, #5 Exhibit 4, #6 Exhibit 5, #7 Exhibit 6, #8 Exhibit 7) (Artz, John)
May 11, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 146 MOTION to Strike DEFENDANT IDEAVILLAGE PRODUCTS CORP.S UNTIMELY NON-INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1.Defendant IdeaVillage Products Corp.s Final Invalidity Contentions and Final Non-Infringement Contentions Dispute Summary, #3 Exhibit 2.April 27, 2015 email from Choons counsel to IdeaVillages counsel, #4 Exhibit 3.Good Technology Corporation v. MobileIron Inc., No. 12-cv-05826, Docket No. 298 (N.D. Cal) (May 4, 2015), #5 Exhibit 4.In re Papst Licensing GMBH & Co. Litigation, No. 07-493 (RMC) (D.D.C. February 8, 2011), #6 Exhibit 5.Enroute Systems Corp. v. ArrivalStar S.A., No. C11-0451 (RSL) (W.D. Wash. March 28, 2012), #7 Exhibit 6.SAP AG v. DataTern, Inc., No. 1:11-cv-02648, Docket No. 102 (S.D. New, #8 Exhibit 7.Fujitsu Ltd. V. Tellabs Operations Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112672 (N.D. Illinois) (September 29, 2011), #9 Exhibit 8.Minemyer v. B-Roc Representatives, Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98605 (N.D. Illinois) (September 21, 2010), #10 Exhibit 9.Defendant IdeaVillage Products Corps Final Invalidity Contentions, #11 Exhibit 10.Defendant IdeaVillage Products Corps Final Non-Infringement Contentions) (Tobin, Brian)
May 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 145 NOTICE by Idea Village Products Corp. of withdrawal of #144 MOTION to Compel . (Smith, Franklin)
April 30, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 144 MOTION to Compel by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Exhibit 3) (Smith, Franklin)
April 22, 2015 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson: Telephonic Status Conference held on 4/22/2015. (JJoh)
April 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 143 NOTICE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE: Status Conference regarding dispute set for 4/22/2015 01:00 PM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson Please see notice for additional details. (JJoh)
April 7, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 142 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC of withdrawal of #114 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (FILED UNDER SEAL), #115 SEALED MOTION Preliminary Injunction re #113 Notice (Other), #114 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (FILED UNDER SEAL) by Choon's Design, LLC. . (Tobin, Brian)
April 7, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 141 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Case Management & Scheduling Order Dates: Claim Construction Hearing set for 8/10/2015 01:00 PM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (see image for additional dates) (JJoh)
March 24, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 140 STIPULATION AND ORDER of Dismissal Against Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, and Zenacon, LLC Only - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
March 23, 2015 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen: Settlement Conference held on 3/23/2015 - Disposition: CASE DID NOT SETTLE. (Ciesla, C)
March 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Set/Reset Scheduling Order Deadlines: Settlement Conference set for 3/23/2015 at 09:00 AM before Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. TIME CHANGE ONLY. (THac)
March 13, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 139 TEXT-ONLY ORDER granting #135 Motion for Leave to File. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
March 12, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 138 SEALED REPLY to Response re #115 Sealed Motion, #114 Motion for Preliminary Injunction,,,,,, by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 2.Confidential party emails FILED UNDER SEAL, #2 Exhibit 3.Confidential party emails FILED UNDER SEAL, #3 Exhibit 4.Confidential party emails FILED UNDER SEAL, #4 Exhibit 8.Confidential party emails FILED UNDER SEAL) (Tobin, Brian)
March 12, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 137 REPLY to Response re #115 SEALED MOTION Preliminary Injunction re #113 Notice (Other), #114 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (FILED UNDER SEAL) by Choon's Design, LLC., #114 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (FILED UNDER SEAL) filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1.Initial Determination from ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-923 (Public Version), #3 Exhibit 2.Confidential party emails FILED UNDER SEAL, #4 Exhibit 3.Confidential party emails FILED UNDER SEAL, #5 Exhibit 4.Confidential party emails FILED UNDER SEAL, #6 Exhibit 5.Pacer List of IdeaVillage Patent Cases, #7 Exhibit 6.Declaration of Laura Ebert, #8 Exhibit 7.Response to Defendants Invalidity Contentions, #9 Exhibit 8.Confidential party emails FILED UNDER SEAL) (Tobin, Brian)
March 12, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 136 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC OF FILING UNDER SEAL: PLAINTIFFS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND EXHIBITS 2, 3, 4, & 8 THERETO (Tobin, Brian)
March 12, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 135 MOTION for Leave to File excess pages in its Reply in Support of its Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. #114, #115) by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
March 3, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 134 NOTICE TO APPEAR: Settlement Conference set for 3/23/2015 at 01:30 PM before Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (THac)
March 2, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 133 ORDER REFERRING OTHER MATTERS to Magistrate Judge Whalen : Settlement Conference. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
February 26, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 132 SEALED EXHIBIT 4 re #131 Response to Motion, by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Artz, John)
February 26, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 131 RESPONSE to #114 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (FILED UNDER SEAL) filed by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits Exhibit List, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Exhibit 2, #4 Exhibit 3, #5 Exhibit 4) (Artz, John)
February 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 130 TRANSCRIPT of Motion held on 1/28/2015. (Court Reporter: Merilyn Jones) (Number of Pages: 36) The parties have 21 days to file with the court and Court Reporter a Redaction Request of this transcript. If no request is filed, the transcript may be made remotely electronically available to the public without redaction after 90 days. Redaction Request due 3/13/2015. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 3/23/2015. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 5/21/2015. Transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/www.transcriptorders.com before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date, the transcript is publicly available. (Jones, M)
February 11, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 129 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE re #128 Order on Motion to Compel, Order on Motion to Withdraw as Attorney: A copy of the order was sent via email to attorney David Poirier. (JJoh)
February 11, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 128 ORDER granting #102 Motion to Compel; AND granting in part #110 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney.. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
February 10, 2015 Opinion or Order Attorney David J. Poirier is discontinued from receiving Notices of Electronic Filing. Reason: Attorney Withdrawn. (Poirier, David)
February 9, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 127 NOTICE of Appearance by Marcus Samuel McGee on behalf of Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC. (McGee, Marcus)
February 9, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 126 OPINION and ORDER Denying #89 MOTION to Dismiss COUNTS I - VI of Plaintiffs Fourth Amended Complaint - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
February 4, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 125 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF re #94 Response to Motion,,,,,,, filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 19. Petitioners Request for Rehearing Under 37 C.F.R. 42.71(d), #3 Exhibit 20. Decision Denying Petitioners Request for Rehearing 37 C.F.R. 42.71) (Tobin, Brian)
January 30, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 124 NOTICE OF FAILURE TO COMPLY with Local Rule 5.1.1 issued to attorney Mark Dundon re #123 Attorney Appearance (DPer)
January 30, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 123 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Mark Dundon appearing on behalf of Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC (DPer)
January 30, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 122 ORDER Setting Briefing Schedule on #114 / #115 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (FILED UNDER SEAL) by Choon's Design, LLC. filed by Choon's Design, LLC, :(Idea Village's Response due by 2/26/2015, Reply due by 3/12/2015, and Motion Hearing set for 4/23/2015 02:00 PM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson). Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (See image for other details and deadlines.) (JJoh)
January 28, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 121 RESPONSE to #115 SEALED MOTION Preliminary Injunction re #113 Notice (Other), #114 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (FILED UNDER SEAL) by Choon's Design, LLC. filed by All Defendants. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 565 Patent Invalidity Chart, #2 Exhibit Noninfringement Chart, #3 Exhibit Letter to John Siragusa) (Faraj, Haytham)
January 28, 2015 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson: Motion Hearing held on 1/28/2015 re #89 MOTION to Dismiss COUNTS I - VI of Plaintiffs Fourth Amended Complaint filed by Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC, Geeky Baby, LLC - TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT; #110 MOTION for Withdrawal of Attorney David J. Poirier filed by Idea Village Products Corp. - GRANTED; and #102 MOTION to Compel Defendant IdeaVillage Product Corp. to Produce Documents and Things Response to Plaintiff's First Request for Production of Documents and Things filed by Choon's Design, LLC - GRANTED. (Court Reporter Merilyn Jones) (JJoh)
January 27, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 120 NOTICE of Appearance by Franklin M. Smith on behalf of Idea Village Products Corp.. (Smith, Franklin)
January 27, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 119 NOTICE of Appearance by John S. Artz on behalf of Idea Village Products Corp.. (Artz, John)
January 27, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 118 RESPONSE to #117 MOTION to Adjourn filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
January 27, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 117 MOTION to Adjourn by Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC. (Faraj, Haytham)
January 27, 2015 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER re #117 MOTION to Adjourn filed by Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC, Geeky Baby, LLC. Defendants Zenacon, LLC, Steven Verona And Geeky Baby, LLCs Motion To Adjourn Hearing On Defendants Motion To Dismiss Counts I-VI Of Plaintiffs Fourth Amended Complaint, filed one day before the scheduled hearing and with inadequate support for the tardy request, is DENIED. If counsel has another hearing on January 28 and 29 in a multi-party case in Iowa, he clearly knew about it before the afternoon of January 27. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
January 15, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 116 NOTICE re #114 #115 SEALED MOTION Preliminary Injunction re #113 Notice (Other) (JJoh)
January 14, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 115 SEALED MOTION Preliminary Injunction re #113 Notice (Other), #114 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (FILED UNDER SEAL) by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 2.Deposition of Joseph Parker FILED UNDER SEAL, #2 5.Marketing Agreement between Geeky Baby LLC and IdeaVillage FILED UNDER SEAL, #3 9.Letter from Emil Braca to IdeaVillage FILED UNDER SEAL) (Tobin, Brian)
January 14, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 114 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (FILED UNDER SEAL) by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1.Articles on Rainbow Loom success, #3 Exhibit 2.Deposition of Joseph Parker FILED UNDER SEAL, #4 Exhibit 3.Fun Loom webpage, #5 Exhibit 4.Fun Loom Plus webpage listing Rainbow Loom, #6 Exhibit 5.Marketing Agreement between Geeky Baby LLC and IdeaVillage FILED UNDER SEAL, #7 Exhibit 6.PTO IPR opinion, #8 Exhibit 7.2nd PTO IPR opinion, #9 Exhibit 8.Claim chart claims 9 and 14, #10 Exhibit 9.Letter from Emil Braca to IdeaVillage FILED UNDER SEAL, #11 Exhibit 10.Certain Adjustable Keyboard Support Systems and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-670, USITC Pub. 4285, p. 38 (Feb. 23, 2010)(Initial), #12 Exhibit 11.Chisum 18.03 #6 , #13 Exhibit 12.B.F. Goodrich FlightSystems, Inc. v. Insight Instruments Corp., #14 Exhibit 13.Chisum 20.04 #1 [e], #15 Exhibit 14.Chisum 20.04 #1 [c], #16 Exhibit 15.Collier v. Airtight, Inc., #17 Exhibit 16.Automotive Products, Inc. v. Federal-Mogul Corp., #18 Exhibit 17.Declaration of Mr. Cheong Choon Ng, #19 Exhibit 18.Finger Loom ad, #20 Exhibit 19.Fun Loom prices from last summer, #21 Exhibit 20.Fun Loom prices now, #22 Exhibit 21.Fun Loom price at major retailers, #23 Exhibit 22.Hearing Transcript for Choons Design, Inc. v. LaRose Indus. LLC, File No. 13-13569, #24 Exhibit 23.Idea Village webpage, #25 Exhibit 24.P.H.G. Tex. L.L.C. v. St. Johns Cos., #26 Exhibit 25.BorgWarner, Inc. v. Dorman Prods.) (Tobin, Brian)
January 14, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 113 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC OF FILING UNDER SEAL: PLAINTIFFS MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT; EXHIBITS 2, 5, & 9 THERETO (Tobin, Brian)
January 14, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 112 NOTICE OF HEARING on #89 MOTION to Dismiss COUNTS I - VI of Plaintiffs Fourth Amended Complaint; #102 MOTION to Compel Defendant IdeaVillage Product Corp. to Produce Documents and Things Response to Plaintiff's First Request for Production of Documents and Things; and #110 MOTION for Withdrawal of Attorney David J. Poirier: Motion Hearing set for 1/28/2015 02:00 PM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson (JJoh)
January 14, 2015 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER denying as moot #75 Motion to Dismiss pursuant #79 Order. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
January 9, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 111 RESPONSE to #110 MOTION for Withdrawal of Attorney David J. Poirier filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
January 9, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 110 MOTION for Withdrawal of Attorney David J. Poirier by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Poirier, David)
January 9, 2015 Opinion or Order Attorney William W. Stroever is discontinued from receiving Notices of Electronic Filing. Reason: I represented non-party Toys "R" Us in an issue regarding a subpoena issued to it in this action. The issue is now resolved and Toys "R" Us no longer has an interest in the action.. (Stroever, William)
January 9, 2015 Opinion or Order Attorney L. Pahl Zinn is discontinued from receiving Notices of Electronic Filing. Reason: I represented non-party Toys "R" Us in an issue regarding a subpoena issued to it in this action. The issue is now resolved and Toys "R" Us no longer has an interest in the action.. (Zinn, L.)
January 9, 2015 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson: Telephonic Status Conference held on 1/9/2015. (JJoh)
January 9, 2015 Opinion or Order Attorney Patrick B. Green is discontinued from receiving Notices of Electronic Filing. Reason: I represented non-party Toys "R" Us in an issue regarding a subpoena issued to it in this action. The issue is now resolved and Toys "R" Us no longer has an interest in the action. (Green, Patrick)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 109 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC of Termination of the Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent 8,485,565 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit USPTO PTAB Judgment Termination of Proceeding) (Tobin, Brian)
January 7, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 108 NOTICE TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE: Status Conference set for 1/9/2015 01:30 PM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. Plaintiff's counsel to initiate call. (JJoh)
January 5, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 107 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC OF FILING OF JOINT MOTION REQUESTING TERMINATION OF THE INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT 8,485,565 AND TERMINATION OF THE POST GRANT REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT 8,684,420 (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1.Choons Design, Inc.s motion filed with the PTAB, #3 Exhibit 2.LaRose Industries LLCs motion filed with the PTAB, #4 Exhibit 3.PTAB Judgment Termination of Proceeding) (Tobin, Brian)
January 5, 2015 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER to Strike #106 Discovery Plan - Rule 26f. The document was placed on the wrong docket. Entered by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
January 2, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 106 [STRICKEN] DISCOVERY plan jointly filed pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(f) (Tobin, Brian) Modified on 1/5/2015 (JJoh).
December 31, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 105 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF re #89 MOTION to Dismiss COUNTS I - VI of Plaintiffs Fourth Amended Complaint (JOINT) filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1) (Tobin, Brian)
December 23, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 104 ORDER of Attorney Substitution with stipulation as to Zenacon, Steve Verona, and Geeky Baby: Hatham Faraj added. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
December 23, 2014 Opinion or Order Attorneys Amy E. McCracken and Patrick D. McPherson terminated. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
December 22, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 103 NOTICE of Appearance by Haytham Faraj on behalf of Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC. (Faraj, Haytham)
December 19, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 102 MOTION to Compel Defendant IdeaVillage Product Corp. to Produce Documents and Things Response to Plaintiff's First Request for Production of Documents and Things by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1 - 12/12/2014 email from Brian Tobin to Emil Braca, #3 Exhibit 2 - Plaintiffs First Request for Production of Documents and Things, #4 Exhibit 3 - Plaintiffs First Request for Production of Documents and Things, #5 Exhibit 4 - 11/14/2014 letter from Brian Tobin to David Poirier and Emil Braca, #6 Exhibit 5 - 11/19/2014 email from Emil Braca to Brian Tobin, #7 Exhibit 6 - 11/19/2014 email from Brian Tobin to Emil Braca, #8 Exhibit 7 - Tampone v. Richmond, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43893 (E.D. Mich. 2011), #9 Exhibit 8 - Happy's Pizza Franchise, LLC v. Papa's Pizza, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 161811 (E.D. Mich. 2012), #10 Exhibit 9 - Black v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98483 (E.D. Mich. 2014), #11 Exhibit 10 - Black v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98483 (E.D. Mich. 2014)) (Tobin, Brian)
September 29, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 101 NOTICE by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc. of Withdrawal of Objections to Magistrate's Opinion and Order of August 28, 2014 and Brief in Support (Zinn, L.)
September 11, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 100 OBJECTION to #97 Order on Motion to Quash by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1 - Subpoena served by Choon's Design LLC on Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. on 12/31/13 in Case No. 13-cv-13568, #3 Exhibit 2 - Hearing transcript dated 2/25/14) (Zinn, L.)
September 10, 2014 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER Granting #93 Ex Parte MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages filed by Choon's Design, LLC. - Entered by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
September 8, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 99 REPLY to Response re #89 MOTION to Dismiss COUNTS I - VI of Plaintiffs Fourth Amended Complaint filed by Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit B, #4 Exhibit C, #5 Exhibit D, #6 Exhibit E, #7 Exhibit F, #8 Exhibit G, #9 Exhibit H, #10 Exhibit I, #11 Exhibit J, #12 Exhibit K, #13 Exhibit L, #14 Exhibit M, #15 Exhibit N, #16 Exhibit O, #17 Exhibit P, #18 Exhibit Q, #19 Exhibit R, #20 Exhibit S, #21 Exhibit T, #22 Exhibit U) (McPherson, Patrick)
September 8, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 98 NOTICE by Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A) (McPherson, Patrick)
August 28, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 97 OPINION AND ORDER DENYING #25 Motion to Quash. Signed by Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (Ciesla, C)
August 28, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 96 STIPULATION AND ORDER Extending Reply Deadline as to #89 MOTION to Dismiss COUNTS I - VI of Plaintiffs Fourth Amended Complaint :( Reply due by 9/8/2014) Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
August 27, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 95 TRANSCRIPT of Motion hearing held on 02/25/2014. (Court Reporter/Transcriber: Marie Metcalf) (Number of Pages: 20) The parties have 21 days to file with the court and Court Reporter/Transcriber a Redaction Request of this transcript. If no request is filed, the transcript may be made remotely electronically available to the public without redaction after 90 days. Redaction Request due 9/17/2014. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 9/29/2014. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 11/25/2014. Transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date, the transcript is publicly available. (Metcalf, M)
August 18, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 94 RESPONSE to #89 MOTION to Dismiss COUNTS I - VI of Plaintiffs Fourth Amended Complaint filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1.Regents of the Univ. v. St. Jude Med., Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76845 (E.D. Mich. 2013), #3 Exhibit 2.USPTO Decision, May 20, 2014, #4 Exhibit 3.Collection of articles speaking to Choons commercial success, #5 Exhibit 4.Transcript of deposition of A.C. Moore, #6 Exhibit 5.565 chart, #7 Exhibit 6.420 chart, #8 Exhibit 7.Patents Post-Grant article, #9 Exhibit 8.Excerpts from the Transcript of Court hearing on Defendants Motion to Stay & Motion for Protective Order, July 28, 2014, #10 Exhibit 9.Donnelly Corp. v. Guardian Indus. Corp., No. 05-74444, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78055 (E.D. Mich. Oct. 22, 2007), #11 Exhibit 10.ESCO Corp. v. Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc., No. C 09-1635 SBA, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94017 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 28, 2009), #12 Exhibit 11.Malibu Boats, LLC v. Nautique Boat Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107822 (E.D. Tenn. Aug. 6, 2014), #13 Exhibit 12.Automatic Mfg. Sys., Inc. v. Primera Tech., No. 6:12-cv-1727-Orl-37DAB, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67790 (M.D. Fla. May 13, 2013), #14 Exhibit 13.Ultratec, Inc. v. Sorenson Communs., Inc., No. 13-cv-346-bbc, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 162459 (W.D. Wis. Nov. 14, 2013), #15 Exhibit 14.Davol, Inc. v. Atrium Med. Corp., No. 12-958-GMS, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84533 (D. Del. June 17, 2013), #16 Exhibit 15.Anchor Wall Sys. v. Rockwood Retaining Walls, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80583, 4-5 (D. Minn. Oct. 30, 2007), #17 Exhibit 16.Cooper Notification, Inc. v. Twitter, Inc., No. 09-865-LPS, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131385 (D. Del. Dec. 13, 2010), #18 Exhibit 17.SenoRx, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., No. 12-173-LPS-CJB, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8044 (D. Del. Jan. 11, 2013), #19 Exhibit 18.Alps South, LLC v. Ohio Willow Wood Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144260 (M.D. Fla. June 16, 2010)) (Tobin, Brian)
August 18, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 93 Ex Parte MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
August 13, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 92 ANSWER to Counterclaim with Affirmative Defenses Answer to Idea Village Products Corp.'s Counterclaims by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
August 6, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 91 NOTICE by Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC of Filing of Petition For Post Grant Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,684,420 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A) (McPherson, Patrick)
July 28, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 90 STIPULATION AND ORDER Extending Deadline to Respond to #81 Amended Complaint: Response due by 7/25/2014 - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
July 25, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 89 MOTION to Dismiss COUNTS I - VI of Plaintiffs Fourth Amended Complaint by Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit B, #4 Exhibit C, #5 Exhibit D, #6 Exhibit E, #7 Exhibit F, #8 Exhibit G, #9 Exhibit H, #10 Exhibit I, #11 Exhibit J, #12 Exhibit K, #13 Exhibit L, #14 Exhibit M, #15 Exhibit N, #16 Exhibit O, #17 Exhibit P, #18 Exhibit Q) (McPherson, Patrick)
July 23, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 88 ANSWER to Amended Complaint with Affirmative Defenses with Jury Demand , COUNTERCLAIM filed by Idea Village Products Corp. against Choon's Design, LLC by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Poirier, David)
July 8, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 87 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC of Judgment and Final Written decision by USPTO (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A: Judgment and Final Written Decision) (Tobin, Brian)
July 8, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 86 CASE MANAGEMENT AND PATENT SCHEDULING ORDER: Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (Refer to image for deadlines) (JJoh)
July 8, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 85 AMENDED PROTECTIVE ORDER - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
July 8, 2014 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings held before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson: Scheduling Conference held on 7/8/2014. Disposition: Order to follow. (JJoh)
July 7, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 84 DISCOVERY plan jointly filed pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(f) (Tobin, Brian)
July 7, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 83 NOTICE of Appearance by Patrick D. McPherson on behalf of Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC. (McPherson, Patrick)
July 3, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 82 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC re #81 Amended Complaint,, #79 Order, Set Motion and R&R Deadlines/Hearings,, of Submission of Fourth Amended Complaint (Tobin, Brian)
July 3, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 81 AMENDED COMPLAINT with Jury Demand (Fourth) filed by Choon's Design, LLC against All Defendants. NO NEW PARTIES ADDED. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A.July 19, 2013 Rainbow Loom article, #3 Exhibit B.U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4345796, #4 Exhibit C.Fun Loom website marketing, #5 Exhibit D.Screenshot of Rainbow Loom on Zenacon website, #6 Exhibit E.United States Patent No. 8,485,565, #7 Exhibit F.United States Patent No. 8,684,420, #8 Exhibit G.List of other known looms, #9 Exhibit H.Fun Loom instruction manual) (Tobin, Brian)
July 3, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 80 NOTICE/ORDER TO APPEAR: Scheduling Conference set for 7/8/2014 09:00 AM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. Please review order. (JJoh)
June 26, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 79 ORDER REGARDING #75 MOTION to Dismiss Counts VII, VIII and X of Plaintiff's Third Amended Complaint filed by Idea Village Products Corp. AND SETTING DEADLINE: Amended Complaint or Response to #75 MOTION to Dismiss due by 7/9/2014 - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
June 26, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 78 ORDER DENYING #27 MOTION to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit filed by Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC, Geeky Baby, LLC and SETTING Status Conference set for 7/8/2014 09:00 AM before District Judge Laurie J. Michelson - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
June 26, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 77 NOTICE of Ex-parte Communication. (JJoh)
June 24, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 76 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF re #70 Sur-Reply, #27 MOTION to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1: Denial, #2 Exhibit 2: Disclaimer) (Murphy, Timothy)
June 10, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 75 MOTION to Dismiss Counts VII, VIII and X of Plaintiff's Third Amended Complaint by Idea Village Products Corp.. (Poirier, David)
June 10, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 74 NOTICE of Joinder/Concurrence in #27 MOTION to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit filed by Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC, Geeky Baby, LLC by Idea Village Products Corp. (Poirier, David)
June 10, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 73 NOTICE of Appearance by David J. Poirier on behalf of Idea Village Products Corp.. (Poirier, David)
June 10, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 72 STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by Idea Village Products Corp. (Poirier, David)
June 9, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 71 SUR-REPLY re #27 MOTION to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit filed by Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit B, #4 Exhibit C, #5 Exhibit D, #6 Exhibit E, #7 Exhibit F, #8 Exhibit G, #9 Exhibit H, #10 Exhibit I) (McCracken, Amy)
June 2, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 70 SUR-REPLY re #27 MOTION to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
June 2, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 69 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Timothy J. Murphy appearing on behalf of Choon's Design, LLC (Murphy, Timothy)
May 28, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 68 AGREED ORDER Extending Responsive Pleading Deadline re #1 Complaint,,, filed by Choon's Design, LLC: ( Response due by 6/10/2014) Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
May 28, 2014 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE re #64 Order, Set Motion and R&R Deadlines/Hearings,, #68 Order, Set Deadlines/Hearings on Idea Village Products Corp. at 300 East 77th St., Suite 24C, New York, NY 10075. (JJoh)
May 27, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 67 ANSWER to Third Party Complaint with Affirmative Defenses with Jury Demand (Answer to Amended Third-Party Complaint) by Cheong Choon Ng. (Tobin, Brian)
May 27, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 66 ANSWER to Counterclaim with Affirmative Defenses (Third Amended) by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
May 27, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 65 STIPULATION for Extension of Time by Choon's Design, LLC (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit 1) (Tobin, Brian)
May 27, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 64 ORDER For Supplemental Briefing on #27 MOTION to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit filed by Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC, Geeky Baby, LLC: ( Choon's sur-reply due by 6/2/2014 and Defendants' sur-sur-reply due by 6/9/2014) Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
May 23, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 63 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC of Decision on Petition to Institute Inter Partes Review (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit A) (Tobin, Brian)
May 19, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 62 PROTECTIVE ORDER - Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
May 13, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 61 ANSWER to Amended Complaint with Affirmative Defenses with Jury Demand (THIRD), Amended THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT filed by Steven Verona, Geeky Baby, LLC, Zenacon, LLC against Cheong Choon Ng, Amended COUNTERCLAIM filed by Steven Verona, Geeky Baby, LLC, Zenacon, LLC against Choon's Design, LLC by Steven Verona, Geeky Baby, LLC, Zenacon, LLC. (McCracken, Amy)
May 12, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 60 CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. Idea Village Products Corp. served on 5/2/2014, answer due 5/23/2014. (Tobin, Brian)
May 8, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 59 NOTICE by Geeky Baby, LLC, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC re #27 MOTION to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit, #39 Reply to Response to Motion, (McCracken, Amy)
May 7, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 58 ORDER re #57 Notice of Reassignment Pursuant to Administrative Order. Signed by District Judge Laurie J. Michelson. (JJoh)
May 6, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 57 NOTICE of reassignment from District Judge Patrick J. Duggan to District Judge Laurie J. Michelson pursuant to Administrative Order 14-AO-030. (SSch)
April 29, 2014 Opinion or Order REQUEST for SUMMONS for Idea Village Products Corp.. (Tobin, Brian)
April 23, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 56 SUMMONS Issued for *Idea Village Products Corp.* (DWor)
April 22, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 55 AMENDED COMPLAINT with Jury Demand (THIRD) filed by Choon's Design, LLC against All Defendants. NEW PARTIES ADDED. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A.July 19, 2013 Rainbow Loom article, #3 Exhibit B.U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4345796, #4 Exhibit C.Fun Loom website marketing, #5 Exhibit D.Screenshot of Rainbow Loom on Zenacon website, #6 Exhibit E.United States Patent No. 8,485,565, #7 Exhibit F.United States Patent No. 8,684,420, #8 Exhibit G.United States Design Patent No. D696,576, #9 Exhibit H.Fun Loom instruction manual) (Tobin, Brian)
April 22, 2014 Opinion or Order REQUEST for SUMMONS for Idea Village Products Corp.. (Tobin, Brian)
April 11, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 54 ORDER granting #52 Motion for Leave to File. Signed by District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. (MOre)
April 10, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 53 OPINION AND ORDER denying #51 Motion to Reassign Case.. Signed by District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. (MOre)
March 28, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 52 MOTION for Leave to File Third Amended Complaint (unopposed) by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1: [proposed] Third Amended Complaint) (Tobin, Brian)
March 18, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 51 MOTION to Reassign Case by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1. Notices of Filing Motion for Reassignment, #2 Exhibit 2. Letter to Chief Judge Rosen) (Tobin, Brian)
March 13, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 50 ANSWER to Counterclaim (Second Amended) by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
March 13, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 49 ANSWER to Third Party Complaint with Jury Demand by Cheong Choon Ng. (Tobin, Brian)
February 27, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 47 ORDER GRANTING Defendants' #28 Motion for Protective Order, Signed by Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (MWil)
February 25, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 48 ORDER STAYING #25 MOTION to Quash Subpoena filed by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc.., Signed by Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (MWil)
February 25, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 46 ORDER DENYING #40 Motion to Adjourn, Signed by Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (MWil)
February 25, 2014 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen: Motion Hearing held on 2/27/2014 re #25 MOTION to Quash Subpoena filed by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc., #28 MOTION for Protective Order filed by Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC, Geeky Baby, LLC, #40 MOTION to Adjourn Hearing on Motion to Quash Subpoena filed by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc. Disposition: Court Orders to follow. (Tape #RSW 2/25/2014).
February 24, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 45 NOTICE of Appearance by William W. Stroever on behalf of Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc.. (Stroever, William)
February 24, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 44 NOTICE of Appearance by Patrick B. Green on behalf of Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc.. (Green, Patrick)
February 21, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 43 STATEMENT of Resolved and Unresolved Issues re #25 MOTION to Quash Subpoena by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc. (Zinn, L.)
February 21, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 42 ORDER REFERRING MOTION to Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen: #40 MOTION to Adjourn Hearing on Motion to Quash Subpoena filed by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc.. Signed by District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. (MOre)
February 20, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 41 AMENDED ANSWER to Complaint #35 Amended Complaint,, with Affirmative Defenses with Jury Demand , THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT filed by All Defendants against Cheong Choon Ng, Amended COUNTERCLAIM filed by All Defendants against All Plaintiffs by All Defendants. (McCracken, Amy)
February 20, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 40 MOTION to Adjourn Hearing on Motion to Quash Subpoena by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1/30/14 Letter to Magistrate Judge Whalen) (Zinn, L.)
February 10, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 39 REPLY to Response re #27 MOTION to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit filed by All Defendants. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit B, #4 Exhibit C, #5 Exhibit D, #6 Exhibit E, #7 Exhibit F, #8 Exhibit G, #9 Exhibit H) (McCracken, Amy)
February 10, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 38 REPLY to Response re #25 MOTION to Quash Subpoena filed by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc.. (Zinn, L.)
January 31, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 37 NOTICE by Choon's Design, LLC, Geeky Baby, LLC, Cheong Choon Ng, Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC JOINT IDENTIFICATION OF MEDIATOR (Tobin, Brian)
January 31, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 36 RESPONSE to #25 MOTION to Quash Subpoena filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A.U.S. Patent No. 8,485,565, #3 Exhibit B.Copies of a few of the published articles re Rainbow Loom, #4 Exhibit C.E-mail chain between Mr. Ng and a Mr. Jeff Osnato, a buyer for Toys R Us, #5 Exhibit D.Toys R Us hottest toy list, #6 Exhibit E.Advertisement for Toys R Us in-store classes) (Tobin, Brian)
January 31, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 35 AMENDED COMPLAINT with Jury Demand filed by Choon's Design, LLC, Cheong Choon Ng against All Defendants. NO NEW PARTIES ADDED. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A.July 19, 2013 Rainbow Loom article, #3 Exhibit B.U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4345796, #4 Exhibit C.Fun Loom website marketing, #5 Exhibit D.Screenshot of Rainbow Loom on Zenacon website, #6 Exhibit E.United States Patent No. 8,485,565, #7 Exhibit F.United States Design Patent No. D696,576, #8 Exhibit G.Fun Loom instruction manual) (Tobin, Brian)
January 30, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 34 RESPONSE to #27 MOTION to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit filed by Choon's Design, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A.U.S. Patent No. 8,485,565, #3 Exhibit B.U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 4,345,769, #4 Exhibit C.Copies of a few of the published articles re Rainbow Loom, #5 Exhibit D.E-mail chain between Mr. Ng and a Mr. Jeff Osnato, a buyer for Toys R Us, #6 Exhibit E.Domain name registrations, #7 Exhibit F.Fun Loom package, #8 Exhibit G.U.S. Design Patent No. D696,576, #9 Exhibit H.IPR process, #10 Exhibit I.Google search, #11 Exhibit J.Notice of Allowance, #12 Exhibit K.Current status notation from the USPTO, #13 Exhibit L.Survey from a blog in the patent area, Patently-O (patentlyo.com), #14 Exhibit M.LaRose statement, #15 Exhibit N.Toys R Us hottest toy list) (Tobin, Brian)
January 30, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 33 ORDER ALLOWING 2ND AMENDED COMPLAINT. Signed by District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. (MOre)
January 30, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 32 STIPULATION FOR ORDER GRANTING LEAVE FOR CHOONS DESIGN, LLC TO FILE A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT by Choon's Design, LLC (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A: [proposed] Order) (Tobin, Brian)
January 24, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 31 NOTICE OF HEARING on #25 MOTION to Quash Subpoena and #28 MOTION for Protective Order . Resolved/Unresolved Issues due by 2/21/2014. Motion Hearing set for 2/25/2014 at 10:00 AM before Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (THac)
January 17, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 30 NOTICE REGARDING MOTION PRACTICE (MOre)
January 17, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 29 ORDER REFERRING MOTION to Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen: #28 MOTION for Protective Order filed by Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC, Geeky Baby, LLC. Signed by District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. (MOre)
January 17, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 28 MOTION for Protective Order by All Defendants. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit B, #4 Exhibit C, #5 Exhibit D, #6 Exhibit E) (McCracken, Amy)
January 17, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 27 MOTION to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit by All Defendants. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit B, #4 Exhibit C, #5 Exhibit D, #6 Exhibit E, #7 Exhibit F, #8 Exhibit G, #9 Exhibit H, #10 Exhibit I, #11 Exhibit J, #12 Exhibit K, #13 Exhibit L, #14 Exhibit M, #15 Exhibit N, #16 Exhibit O, #17 Exhibit P, #18 Exhibit Q) (McCracken, Amy)
January 14, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 26 ORDER REFERRING MOTION to Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen: #25 MOTION to Quash Subpoena filed by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc.. Signed by District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. (MOre)
January 14, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 25 MOTION to Quash Subpoena by Toys R Us - Delaware, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1-Subpoena, #3 Exhibit 2-Document Requests, #4 Exhibit 3-Order for Facilitation, #5 Exhibit 4-Olds Email) (Zinn, L.)
January 13, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 24 STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by Geeky Baby, LLC (McCracken, Amy)
January 13, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 23 AMENDED ANSWER to Complaint #21 Amended Complaint, with Affirmative Defenses with Jury Demand , Amended THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT filed by All Defendants against Cheong Choon Ng, Amended COUNTERCLAIM filed by All Defendants against Choon's Design, LLC by All Defendants. (McCracken, Amy)
December 27, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 22 CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. Cheong Choon Ng served on 12/16/2013, answer due 1/6/2014. (McCracken, Amy)
December 23, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 21 AMENDED COMPLAINT with Jury Demand filed by Choon's Design, LLC against Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC, Geeky Baby, LLC. NEW PARTIES ADDED. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit C, #4 Exhibit D, #5 Exhibit E, #6 Exhibit F) (Tobin, Brian)
December 23, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ANSWER to Third Party Complaint with Jury Demand by Cheong Choon Ng. (Tobin, Brian)
December 23, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 19 ANSWER to Counterclaim by Choon's Design, LLC. (Tobin, Brian)
December 18, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 18 SCHEDULING ORDER: Signed by District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. (Refer to image for additional dates) (MOre)
December 17, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 17 SCHEDULING ORDER: Discovery due by 12/31/2014 Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 1/15/2015 Signed by District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. (Refer to image for additional dates) (MOre)
December 17, 2013 Opinion or Order Minute Entry for proceedings held before District Judge Patrick J. Duggan: Scheduling Conference held on 12/17/2013 (MOre)
December 16, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 16 DISCOVERY plan jointly filed pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(f) (Tobin, Brian)
December 5, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 15 THIRD-PARTY SUMMONS Issued for *Cheong Choon Ng* (TMcg)
December 4, 2013 Opinion or Order REQUEST for THIRD-PARTY SUMMONS for Zenacon, LLC. (McCracken, Amy)
December 3, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 14 STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by Choon's Design, LLC (Tobin, Brian)
December 3, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 13 NOTICE TO APPEAR: Scheduling Conference set for 12/17/2013 02:30 PM before District Judge Patrick J. Duggan (MOre)
December 2, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 12 STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by Zenacon, LLC (McCracken, Amy)
December 2, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 11 ANSWER to Complaint with Affirmative Defenses with Jury Demand , THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT filed by All Defendants against Cheong Choon Ng, COUNTERCLAIM filed by All Defendants against Choon's Design, LLC by All Defendants. (McCracken, Amy)
November 19, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 10 ORDER to Extend Time to Answer re #1 Complaint,,, filed by Choon's Design, LLC. Responses due by 12/2/2013 Signed by District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. (MOre)
November 18, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 9 STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME by Choon's Design, LLC (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1: Proposed Agreed Order) (Tobin, Brian)
November 8, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 8 NOTICE of Appearance by Steven C. Susser on behalf of Choon's Design, LLC. (Susser, Steven)
October 15, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 7 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed. Zenacon, LLC waiver sent on 9/19/2013, answer due 11/18/2013. (Tobin, Brian)
October 15, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 6 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed. Steven Verona waiver sent on 9/19/2013, answer due 11/18/2013. (Tobin, Brian)
August 21, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 5 Trademark Report Sent To Washington (Tobin, Brian)
August 21, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 4 Patent Report Sent To Washington (Tobin, Brian)
August 20, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 3 SUMMONS Issued for *Zenacon, LLC* (TMcg)
August 20, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 2 SUMMONS Issued for *Steven Verona* (TMcg)
August 20, 2013 Opinion or Order A United States Magistrate Judge of this Court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 636c and FRCP 73. The Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge form is available for download at #http://www.mied.uscourts.gov (TMcg)
August 19, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT filed by Choon's Design, LLC against Steven Verona, Zenacon, LLC with Jury Demand. Plaintiff requests summons issued. Receipt No: 0645-4249253 - Fee: $ 400. County of 1st Plaintiff: Oakland - County Where Action Arose: Oakland - County of 1st Defendant: out of state. [Previously dismissed case: No] [Possible companion case(s): None] (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A.July 19, 2013 Rainbow Loom article, #3 Exhibit B.U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4345796, #4 Exhibit C.Fun Loom website marketing, #5 Exhibit D.Screenshot of Rainbow Loom on Zenacon website, #6 Exhibit E.United States Patent No. 8,485,565, #7 Exhibit F.Fun Loom instruction manual) (Tobin, Brian)

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