Lego A/S et al v. ZURU Inc.
Plaintiff: Lego Systems, Inc., Lego A/S and LEGO Juris A/S
Defendant: ZURU Inc.
Case Number: 3:2018cv02045
Filed: December 13, 2018
Court: US District Court for the District of Connecticut
Presiding Judge: Alvin W Thompson
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35 U.S.C. § 271
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
February 8, 2019 Filing 49 MOTION for Attorney(s) Cortland C. Putbrese to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $75 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-5152879) by ZURU Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Allentuch, Simon)
February 6, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 48 ORDER: The Motion for Permission to File the Lego Group's Reply Brief in Support of its Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction in Excess of Page Limitation (ECF No. #46 ) is hereby GRANTED. It is so ordered. Signed by Judge Alvin W. Thompson on 2/6/2019. (Jerjian, O.)
February 5, 2019 Filing 47 REPLY to Response to #7 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Elizabeth Alquist, #2 Exhibit 1 to Alquist Declaration, #3 Exhibit 2 to Alquist Declaration, #4 Exhibit 3 to Alquist Declaration, #5 Declaration of Elizabeth Knight, #6 Exhibit 1 to Knight Declaration, #7 Text of Proposed Order)(TeVelde, Eric)
February 5, 2019 Filing 46 MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages as to Reply Brief in Support of its Motion for TRO and Preliminary Injunction by LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc.. (Alquist, Elizabeth)
February 1, 2019 Filing 45 Memorandum in Opposition re #31 MOTION to Dismiss filed by LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Elizabeth Alquist, #2 Exhibit 1 to Declaration, #3 Exhibit 2 to Declaration, #4 Exhibit 3 to Declaration, #5 Exhibit 4 to Declaration, #6 Exhibit 5 to Declaration, #7 Exhibit 6 to Declaration, #8 Exhibit 7 to Declaration, #9 Exhibit 8 to Declaration, #10 Exhibit 9 to Declaration, #11 Exhibit 10 to Declaration, #12 Exhibit 11 to Declaration, #13 Exhibit 12 to Declaration, #14 Exhibit 13 to Declaration, #15 Exhibit 14 to Declaration, #16 Exhibit 15 to Declaration, #17 Exhibit 16 to Declaration, #18 Exhibit 17 to Declaration, #19 Exhibit 18 to Declaration)(TeVelde, Eric)
February 1, 2019 Filing 44 TRANSCRIPT of Proceedings: Type of Hearing: Telephonic Status Conference held on December 20, 2018 before Judge Alvin W. Thompson. Court Reporter: Corinna F. Thompson. IMPORTANT NOTICE - REDACTION OF TRANSCRIPTS: To remove personal identifier information from the transcript, a party must electronically file a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction with the Clerk's Office within seven (7) calendar days of this date. If no such Notice is filed, the court will assume redaction of personal identifiers is not necessary and the transcript will be made available through PACER without redaction 90 days from today's date. The 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 it may be obtained through PACER. The policy governing the redaction of personal information is located on the court website at www.ctd.uscourts.gov. Redaction Request due 2/22/2019. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 3/4/2019. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 5/2/2019. (Thompson, C.)
January 31, 2019 Filing 43 NOTICE of Appearance by Thomas M. Dunlap on behalf of ZURU Inc. (Dunlap, Thomas)
January 30, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 42 ORDER granting #40 Motion for Attorney Laura Seferian to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice. Certificate of Good Standing due by 3/31/2019. Signed by Clerk on 1/30/2019. (Bozek, M.)
January 30, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 41 ORDER granting #39 Motion for Attorney Thomas Dunlap to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice. Certificate of Good Standing due by 3/31/2019. Signed by Clerk on 1/30/2019. (Bozek, M.)
January 29, 2019 Filing 40 MOTION for Attorney(s) Laura Seferian to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $75 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-5137169) by ZURU Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Allentuch, Simon)
January 29, 2019 Filing 39 MOTION for Attorney(s) Thomas Dunlap to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $75 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-5137165) by ZURU Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Allentuch, Simon)
January 23, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 38 ORDER: The Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages (ECF No. #36 ) is hereby GRANTED. It is so ordered. Signed by Judge Alvin W. Thompson on 1/23/2019. (Jerjian, O.)
January 22, 2019 Filing 37 Memorandum in Opposition re #7 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by ZURU Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit Anna Mowbray, #2 Affidavit Nicholas A. Kurtz)(Kurtz, Nicholas)
January 22, 2019 Filing 36 MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages by ZURU Inc.. (Allentuch, Simon)
January 15, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 35 ORDER: The Motion to Set Briefing Schedule (ECF No. #28 ) is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. See Order Re Schedule Prior to Preliminary Injunction Hearing (ECF No. #34 ). It is so ordered. Signed by Judge Alvin W. Thompson on 1/15/2019. (Jerjian, O.) Modified on 1/16/2019 to correct link to ECF No. 28 instead of ECF No. 29 (Ferguson, L.).
January 15, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 34 ORDER RE SCHEDULE PRIOR TO PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION HEARING: The attached document sets the deadlines prior to the preliminary injunction hearing. It is so ordered. Signed by Judge Alvin W. Thompson on 1/15/2019. (Jerjian, O.)
January 8, 2019 Filing 33 NOTICE by ZURU Inc. re #19 Order, (Kurtz, Nicholas)
January 8, 2019 Filing 32 Corporate Disclosure Statement by ZURU Inc.. (Kurtz, Nicholas)
January 8, 2019 Filing 31 MOTION to Dismiss by ZURU Inc..Responses due by 1/29/2019 (Attachments: #1 Memorandum in Support, #2 Affidavit)(Kurtz, Nicholas)
January 8, 2019 Filing 30 NOTICE of Appearance by Nicholas Kurtz on behalf of ZURU Inc. (Kurtz, Nicholas)
January 8, 2019 Filing 29 Memorandum in Opposition re #28 MOTION for Set Briefing Schedule Order filed by LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Alquist, Elizabeth)
January 3, 2019 Filing 28 MOTION for Set Briefing Schedule Order by ZURU Inc.. (Allentuch, Simon)
December 21, 2018 Filing 27 NOTICE OF E-FILED CALENDAR: THIS IS THE ONLY NOTICE COUNSEL/THE PARTIES WILL RECEIVE. ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE MUST PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. RESET FROM 12/27/2018. Preliminary Injunction Hearing set for 2/14/2019 at 09:30 AM through 2/15/2019 in South Courtroom, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Alvin W. Thompson. (Jerjian, O.)
December 20, 2018 Filing 25 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Alvin W. Thompson: Telephonic Status Conference held on 12/20/2018. The preliminary injunction hearing will be set during the week of February 11, 2019 or February 18, 2019. The parties will contact the court with the specific dates. The Temporary Restraining Order is extended to February 15, 2019 with the defendants' consent. Total time: 24 minutes. (Court Reporter Corinna Thompson.) (Jerjian, O.)
December 20, 2018 Filing 24 NOTICE OF E-FILED CALENDAR: THIS IS THE ONLY NOTICE COUNSEL/THE PARTIES WILL RECEIVE. ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE MUST PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. Telephonic Status Conference set for 12/20/2018 at 04:00 PM before Judge Alvin W. Thompson. Conference call information has been emailed to counsel. (Jerjian, O.)
December 20, 2018 Filing 23 TRANSCRIPT of Proceedings: Type of Hearing: Hearing on Motion for Temporary Restraining Order held on December 14, 2018 before Judge Alvin W. Thompson. Court Reporter: Corinna F. Thompson. IMPORTANT NOTICE - REDACTION OF TRANSCRIPTS: To remove personal identifier information from the transcript, a party must electronically file a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction with the Clerk's Office within seven (7) calendar days of this date. If no such Notice is filed, the court will assume redaction of personal identifiers is not necessary and the transcript will be made available through PACER without redaction 90 days from today's date. The 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 it may be obtained through PACER. The policy governing the redaction of personal information is located on the court website at www.ctd.uscourts.gov. Redaction Request due 1/10/2019. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 1/20/2019. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 3/20/2019. (Thompson, C.)
December 14, 2018 Filing 26 Marked Exhibit List by LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc. (Ferguson, L.)
December 14, 2018 Filing 22 Marked Witness List by LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc. (Ferguson, L.)
December 14, 2018 Filing 21 Minute Entry. Proceedings held before Judge Alvin W. Thompson: Evidentiary Hearing held on 12/14/2018. Motion Hearing held on 12/14/2018. MOTION for Attorney Nicholas A. Kurtz to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice filed by ZURU Inc. (ECF No. #20 ) - GRANTED. Certificate of Good Standing due by 2/12/2019. MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc., LEGO Juris A/S (ECF No. #7 ) - GRANTED. Total Time: 1 hour and 21 minutes (Court Reporter C. Thompson.) (Ferguson, L.)
December 14, 2018 Filing 20 MOTION for Attorney Nicholas A. Kurtz to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice by ZURU Inc. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit)(Bozek, M.)
December 14, 2018 Filing fee received from Stockman OConnor PLLC re #20 Motion to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice: $ 75.00, receipt number CTXH00014994. (Bozek, M.)
December 14, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 19 ORDER: As set forth in the attached order, the plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (ECF No. #7 ) is hereby GRANTED. A hearing will be held by this court on December 27, 2018, in the South Courtroom, at 10:00 a.m., at which time the defendant is required to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue. It is so ordered. Signed by Judge Alvin W. Thompson on 12/14/2018. (Jerjian, O.)
December 14, 2018 Filing 18 AO 120 Report on the Filing of an Action re: Patent Form Completed. (Attachments: #1 Complaint and Exhibits) (Bozek, M.)
December 14, 2018 Filing 17 NOTICE of Appearance by Simon Irving Allentuch on behalf of ZURU Inc. (Allentuch, Simon)
December 14, 2018 Filing 16 NOTICE of Appearance by Sandy Theodosiou-Roussas on behalf of ZURU Inc. (Theodosiou-Roussas, Sandy)
December 13, 2018 Filing 15 NOTICE OF E-FILED CALENDAR: THIS IS THE ONLY NOTICE COUNSEL/THE PARTIES WILL RECEIVE. ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE MUST PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. Hearing on the Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (ECF No. #7 ) is set for 12/14/2018 at 03:30 PM in South Courtroom, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Alvin W. Thompson. (Jerjian, O.)
December 13, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ORDER: The Motion for Permission to File Memorandum of Law in Support of the Lego Group's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (ECF No. #6 ) is hereby GRANTED. It is so ordered. Signed by Judge Alvin W. Thompson on 12/13/2018. (Jerjian, O.)
December 13, 2018 Filing 13 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 and LR 4 as to *ZURU Inc.* with answer to complaint due within *60* days. Attorney *Elizabeth Ann Alquist* *Day Pitney LLP-Trmbl St Htfd-CT* *242 Trumbull St* *Hartford, CT 06103-1212*. (Bozek, M.)
December 13, 2018 Filing 12 NOTICE TO COUNSEL/SELF-REPRESENTED PARTIES : Counsel or self-represented parties initiating or removing this action are responsible for serving all parties with attached documents and copies of #5 Corporate Disclosure Statement filed by Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc., LEGO Juris A/S, #10 Standing Protective Order, Request to Issue Summons, #6 MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages re Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion for TRO and Preliminary Injunction filed by Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc., LEGO Juris A/S, #2 Notice of Appearance filed by Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc., LEGO Juris A/S, #3 Notice of Appearance filed by Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc., LEGO Juris A/S, #9 Electronic Filing Order, #11 Standing Order on Patent Cases, #8 Order on Pretrial Deadlines, #4 Notice of Appearance filed by Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc., LEGO Juris A/S, #1 Complaint, filed by Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc., LEGO Juris A/S, #7 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc., LEGO Juris A/S Signed by Clerk on 12/13/2018.(Bozek, M.)
December 13, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 11 Standing Order on Patent Cases. Signed by Judge Alvin W. Thompson on 12/13/2018.(Bozek, M.)
December 13, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 10 STANDING PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by Judge Alvin W. Thompson on 12/13/2018.(Bozek, M.)
December 13, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ELECTRONIC FILING ORDER FOR COUNSEL - PLEASE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH COURTESY COPY REQUIREMENTS IN THIS ORDER. Signed by Judge Alvin W. Thompson on 12/13/2018.(Bozek, M.)
December 13, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 8 Order on Pretrial Deadlines: Amended Pleadings due by 2/11/2019. Discovery due by 6/14/2019. Dispositive Motions due by 7/19/2019. Signed by Clerk on 12/13/2018.(Bozek, M.)
December 13, 2018 Filing 7 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction by LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Memorandum in Support, #2 Declaration of Elizabeth Alquist, #3 Exhibit 1 to Declaration, #4 Exhibit 2 to Declaration, #5 Exhibit 3 to Declaration, #6 Exhibit 4 to Declaration, #7 Exhibit 5 to Declaration, #8 Exhibit 6 to Declaration, #9 Exhibit 7 to Declaration, #10 Exhibit 8 to Declaration, #11 Exhibit 9 to Declaration, #12 Exhibit 10 to Declaration, #13 Exhibit 11 to Declaration, #14 FRCP 65 Certification with Exhibit, #15 Text of Proposed Order)(Alquist, Elizabeth) Modified on 12/13/2018 to correct motion type and restriction (Walker, J.). Added MOTION for Preliminary Injunction on 12/13/2018 (Walker, J.).
December 13, 2018 Filing 6 MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages re Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion for TRO and Preliminary Injunction by LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc.. (Alquist, Elizabeth)
December 13, 2018 Filing 5 Corporate Disclosure Statement by LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc. identifying Corporate Parent KIRKBI A/S for LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S. (Alquist, Elizabeth)
December 13, 2018 Filing 4 NOTICE of Appearance by Melanie Joan Raubeson on behalf of LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc. (Raubeson, Melanie)
December 13, 2018 Filing 3 NOTICE of Appearance by Eric J. TeVelde on behalf of LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc. (TeVelde, Eric)
December 13, 2018 Filing 2 NOTICE of Appearance by Elizabeth Ann Alquist on behalf of LEGO Juris A/S, Lego A/S, Lego Systems, Inc. (Alquist, Elizabeth)
December 13, 2018 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against ZURU Inc. ( Filing fee $400 receipt number ACTDC-5084944.), filed by Lego A/S, LEGO Juris A/S, Lego Systems, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit C, #4 Exhibit D, #5 Exhibit E, #6 Exhibit F, #7 Exhibit G, #8 Exhibit H, #9 Exhibit I, #10 Exhibit J, #11 Exhibit K, #12 Exhibit L, #13 Exhibit M, #14 Exhibit N, #15 Exhibit O, #16 Exhibit P, #17 Exhibit Q, #18 Exhibit R)(Alquist, Elizabeth)
December 13, 2018 Judge Alvin W. Thompson added. (Oliver, T.)
December 13, 2018 Request for Clerk to issue summons as to ZURU Inc.. (Alquist, Elizabeth)

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