Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc. v. Graco Children's Products, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.
Defendant: Graco Children's Products, Inc. and Chicco USA, Inc.
Case Number: 1:2009cv03339
Filed: June 3, 2009
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Office: Chicago Office
County: Cook
Presiding Judge: Charles R. Norgle
Nature of Suit: Plaintiff
Cause of Action: 35 U.S.C. ยง 271 Patent Infringement
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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September 6, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 473 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 9/6/2019: For the reasons stated in the Opinion, the defense motions for judgment as a matter of law and for new trial 430 432 are denied. Plaintiff's motion 423 for prejudgment interest is granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiff's motion for permanent injunction 438 is granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiff's motion for attorney fees 440 and enhanced damages is denied, but post-judgmen t interest shall apply. The motion for bill of costs 444 is terminated as moot in light of the parties' settlement of costs. The parties' joint statement on the prejudgment interest calculation is due by 09/16/2019. After the filing of that statement, the Court will enter the combined judgment and injunction using the AO-450 form. Emailed notice(eec)
September 28, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 432 MOTION by Defendant Artsana USA, Inc. for judgment Renewed Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b) (Borcia, James)
August 30, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 407 MOTION by Defendant Artsana USA, Inc. for judgment re Defendant's Renewed Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law (Borcia, James)
August 29, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 398 MOTION by Defendant Artsana USA, Inc. for judgment re Defendant's Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law (Borcia, James)
April 13, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 285 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. This is the claim-construction Opinion on Claim 20. Additionally, the schedule going forward is as follows, and the deadlines are strict because the parties have been litigating t his dispute for years (and indeed not only in this forum) and the arguments should be well known to them. Expert discovery shall commence on this schedule: opening expert reports due 04/27/2018. Rebuttal expert reports due 05/04/2018. Depositions of experts to be completed by 05/18/2018, so the parties shall schedule the dates now to avoid scheduling conflicts. For summary judgment motions on infringement, Plaintiff's opening brief due 06/01/2018 (assuming Plaintiff decides to file an infri ngement summary judgment motion). Defendant's cross motion on non-infringement and response to Plaintiff's motion due 06/22/2018. Plaintiff's response to Defendant's non-infringement motion and Plaintiff's reply on its motion due 07/06/2018. Defendant's reply due 07/13/2018. The same briefing schedule shall apply for any defense motion for summary judgment on invalidity or damages (or any other issue), with Defendant filing the opening brief. All summary judgment is sues shall be combined into the two parallel briefing tracks (move for extra pages as needed). Jury trial remains set for 07/30/2018 at 9:00 a.m. The pretrial conference is reset to 07/19/2018 at 1:30 p.m. The proposed pretrial order (see Judge Chang 's website for the very detailed requirements) and motions in limine are due by 06/20/2018. Responses to the motions in limine are due by 06/27/2018. Replies are due by 07/12/2018. Those deadlines are firm in order to give the Court enough time to review motions in limine and other disputes in detail before the pretrial conference (and to issue as many decisions as possible before the conference). Status hearing set for 04/19/2018 at 11:15 a.m. Emailed notice(slb, )
September 2, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 216 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Edmond E. Chang. This Opinion explains the claims-construction decisions. The status hearing of 09/15/2016 remains in place to discuss the next step of the litigation. Mailed notice. (pjg, )
October 23, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 45 MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order signed by the Honorable Charles R. Norgle, Sr on 10/23/2009. Mailed notice (tlm)
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Plaintiff: Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.
Represented By: Raymond Pardo Niro, Jr.
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