Universal City Studios LLC v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A
| Universal City Studios LLC |
| The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, Savage Growth Mens Clothing, Sdecoration, SHD Childrens clothing, Shopping Town, StahlKraft Art, SteelArtPalette, suriont, Swiftmartjvh, SXWEROE, TF Man Clothing, TomiK, TrendPulsejvh, True good and beautiful canvas painting, Unique mens clothing, WA Mens Clothing, WaveWoven, White rabbit mural, XshaocongX, Xsinjsxhkjll, XYJXTX, YAMEN, yangtxadian, YJC Art Canvas Poster, Zhou HY, ZhouxiaoDe, ZJM poster, angyang1, pingwenshangmao, XinJun and yehuifly |
| 1:2025cv04613 |
| April 28, 2025 |
| U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
| John J Tharp |
| Trademark |
| 15 U.S.C. § 1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act) |
| None |
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| Filing 46 NOTICE of withdrawal of bond #34 by John Summerfield. (Received at the Intake Counter on 10/02/2025) (gmm) |
| Filing 45 MAILED trademark report with certified copy of minute order dated 6/18/2025 to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA. (jn,) |
| Filing 44 DEFAULT Judgment Order Signed by the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr on 6/18/2025. Mailed notice(air, ) |
| Filing 43 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr: No defendant having objected, the plaintiff's motion for default judgment #38 is granted. Enter default judgment order. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice (air, ) |
| Filing 42 CERTIFICATE of Service by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC regarding order on motion for entry of default,,,, order on motion for default judgment,,,, set motion and R&R deadlines/hearings,,, #41 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B)(Faria De Souza, Luana) |
| Filing 41 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:Plaintiff's motion for entry of default and default judgment #38 is taken under advisement. Any objections or responses are due by 6/16/2025. The plaintiff is directed to provide defendants with notice of the default proceedings against them by 6/10/2025. To effectuate that notice, the Court directs the plaintiff to (1) update the website through which it has been publishing information about the case to provide notice of its motion for entry of default and default judgment, as well as the deadline to object set forth in this order, and (2) send an email to the email addresses provided for the defendants by third parties (or otherwise obtained by the plaintiff) informing them of the default proceedings against them, attaching a copy of plaintiff's motion for default judgment, memorandum in support thereof, and this Order, and containing a link to the updated website. Mailed notice (air, ) |
| Filing 40 DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion #39 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1)(Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 39 MEMORANDUM by Universal City Studios LLC in support of motion for entry of default, motion for default judgment #38 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2)(Lakovitsky, Berel) |
| Filing 38 MOTION by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC for entry of default , MOTION by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC for default judgment as to all Defendants (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Lakovitsky, Berel) |
| Filing 37 PRELIMINARY Injunction Order Signed by the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr on 5/22/2025. Mailed notice(air, ) |
| Filing 36 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:On the grounds set forth in the motion, plaintiff's motion for entry of a preliminary injunction #30 is granted. Enter preliminary injunction order. The preliminary injunction directs, among other things, that Schedule A be unsealed. Plaintiff is ordered to enter in CM/ECF no later than 5/23/2025 each defendant named in the original Schedule A as a party in this case (where a defendant has been dismissed, the CM/ECF entry should reflect that status). Failure to timely comply with this requirement may result in vacating the preliminary injunction. For instructions as to how to add parties to the case docket, see https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/Videos.aspx?folder=_cmecf&play=Add_Terminate.mp4. Mailed notice (air, ) |
| Terminating Enjoylifes, Exquisite Lucky shop, Fen Trend, Financial freedom, Flash Trend, Fly higher aa, GHBHONE, GLLONE, Gblkbhl, Glamour Forward, GloShopping, Gnanxi NUO, GracefulGiftGallery, HL Canvas Painting Shop, HUAWALLART, HUZHENGSONG, HaoBlanket, Happy hour art, HeartbeatCrafts, Kenvfego, LINWANG, LIYINGLIU, Queenwiff, Surf360, WDDccHD, WT Home Decoration, White Elephant A, Wholesale Clothing A, Wholesale Clothing S, Wonderful Colorful Cabin, Wux Wall Art, XXOOOTEES, Xiao Chen Blanket Shop, Xiao Li Jie wall art, Xiaocai blanket, Xiaomeis clothing, Xscloth, Y BaiCaoKu, Y Home Painting, Y465790shop, YAMIYY, Yellow whale, Yerwa Brand store, Yhei Factory, Yinan Funny Sticker, Yongyan, YoumiWW, Yqtmshopth, Yutiepihua, ZCKVK, ZHJ-YouXuan, ZXH Art SHOP, ZenCove, ZenithDeals Corner, ZouCup, hui poster, kaihuiyi, kanglingjieshangmao, taikumaoyi, xiangtanpengjiu, yijie poster, yuyixintian, zhangTin painting, DreamyDrapes and EQAO (Lakovitsky, Berel) |
| NEW PARTIES: DreamyDrapes, Enjoylifes, EQAO, Exquisite Lucky shop, Fen Trend, Financial freedom, Flash Trend, Fly higher aa, GHBHONE, Glamour Forward, GLLONE, GloShopping, Gnanxi NUO, GracefulGiftGallery, HaoBlanket, Happy hour art, HeartbeatCrafts, HL Canvas Painting Shop, HUAWALLART, hui poster, Savage Growth Mens Clothing, Sdecoration, SHD Childrens clothing, Shopping Town, StahlKraft Art, SteelArtPalette, suriont, Swiftmartjvh, SXWEROE, TF Man Clothing, TomiK, TrendPulsejvh, True good and beautiful canvas painting, Unique mens clothing, WA Mens Clothing, WaveWoven, WDDccHD, White Elephant A, White rabbit mural, Wholesale Clothing A, Wholesale Clothing S, Wonderful Colorful Cabin, WT Home Decoration, Wux Wall Art, Xiao Chen Blanket Shop, Xiao Li Jie wall art, Xiaocai blanket, Xiaomeis clothing, Xscloth, XshaocongX, Xsinjsxhkjll, XXOOOTEES, XYJXTX, Y BaiCaoKu, Y Home Painting, Y465790shop, YAMEN, YAMIYY, yangtxadian, Yellow whale, Yhei Factory, yijie poster, Yinan Funny Sticker, YJC Art Canvas Poster, YoumiWW, Yqtmshopth, Yutiepihua, ZCKVK, ZenCove, ZenithDeals Corner, zhangTin painting, Zhou HY, ZhouxiaoDe, ZJM poster, ZouCup, ZXH Art SHOP, angyang1, Gblkbhl, HUZHENGSONG, kaihuiyi, kanglingjieshangmao, Kenvfego, LINWANG, LIYINGLIU, pingwenshangmao, Queenwiff, Surf360, taikumaoyi, xiangtanpengjiu, XinJun, yehuifly, Yerwa Brand store, Yongyan, yuyixintian and ZHJ-YouXuan added to case caption. (Lakovitsky, Berel) |
| Filing 35 CERTIFICATE of Service by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC regarding order on motion for preliminary injunction,,,, set motion and R&R deadlines/hearings,,, #33 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B)(Faria De Souza, Luana) |
| Filing 33 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:The plaintiff's motion for entry of a preliminary injunction #30 is taken under advisement. Any objection or response is due before 5/19/2025. Upon review of the certificate of service, the Court directs the plaintiff, by 5/16/2025, to publish the preliminary injunction motion to its website along with prominent text advising defendants that (1) a motion for entry of a preliminary injunction has been filed, and (2) any responses or objections to that motion must be filed before 5/19/2025. The plaintiff must also provide to each defendant the screenshot evidence relevant to that defendant (that is, screenshot evidence showing the allegedly infringing product or products sold by the defendant) offered in support of the TRO. Mailed notice (air, ) |
| Filing 32 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Universal City Studios LLC as to The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A on 5/13/2025, answer due 6/3/2025. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Berel Y. Lakovitsky, #2 Exhibit A)(Faria De Souza, Luana) |
| Filing 31 MEMORANDUM by Universal City Studios LLC in support of motion for preliminary injunction #30 (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Berel Y. Lakovitsky)(Lakovitsky, Berel) |
| Filing 30 MOTION by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC for preliminary injunction (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Lakovitsky, Berel) |
| Filing 34 SURETY BOND in the amount of $ 30,000.00 posted by Universal City Studios LLC (tg, ) |
| Filing 29 SUMMONS Issued (Court Participant) as to Defendant The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A (mam, ) |
| Filing 27 Registry Deposit Information Form by Universal City Studios LLC (Lakovitsky, Berel) |
| Filing 26 SEALED Temporary Restraining Order Signed by the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr on 5/2/2025. Mailed notice(air, ) |
| Filing 25 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:On the grounds set forth in the motion, plaintiff's ex parte motion for TRO #17 is granted. Plaintiff's motion for electronic service of process #22 is granted. Enter temporary restraining order. Mailed notice (air, ) |
| Filing 24 DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion #23 (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 23 MEMORANDUM by Universal City Studios LLC in support of motion for miscellaneous relief #22 (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 22 MOTION by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC for Electronic Service of Process Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3) (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 21 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC Exhibit 3 regarding declaration #20 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 3)(Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 20 DECLARATION of Monique Cheng Joe regarding memorandum in support of motion #18 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2)(Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 19 DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion #18 (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 18 MEMORANDUM by Universal City Studios LLC in support of motion for temporary restraining order #17 (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 17 MOTION by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC for temporary restraining order Including a Temporary Injunction, a Temporary Asset Restraint, and Expedited Discovery (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 16 RESPONSE by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC to order on motion for leave to file,,, terminate motions,, #13 (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 15 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC Amended Schedule A regarding amended complaint #14 (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 14 AMENDED complaint by Universal City Studios LLC against The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1)(Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 13 MINUTE entry before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr:The plaintiff's motion for leave to file under seal #3 is granted. Schedule A to the complaint #2 , filed provisionally under seal, may remain under seal. By 5/8/2025, the plaintiff is required to file (1) a listing of all prior online trademark, copyright, or patent infringement cases (also known as "Schedule A" cases) filed in any court in the United States in which it was a plaintiff, and (2) a listing of any of the defendants included in the Schedule A in this case that the plaintiff has previously named as a defendant in any prior complaint or Schedule A case. Mailed notice (air, ) |
| Filing 12 MAILED to plaintiff(s) counsel Lanham Mediation Program materials. (vk) |
| Filing 11 MAILED Trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA. (vk) |
| CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached #Consent To# form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. (dec, ) |
| CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeannice W. Appenteng. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). (dec, ) |
| Filing 10 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC by Luana Faria De Souza (Faria De Souza, Luana) |
| Filing 9 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC by Berel Yonathan Lakovitsky (Lakovitsky, Berel) |
| Filing 8 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC by Amy Crout Ziegler (Ziegler, Amy) |
| Filing 7 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC by Justin R. Gaudio (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 6 Notice of Claims Involving Trademarks by Universal City Studios LLC (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 5 NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Universal City Studios LLC (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 4 CIVIL Cover Sheet (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 3 MOTION by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC for leave to file under seal (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 2 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Universal City Studios LLC Schedule A regarding complaint #1 (Gaudio, Justin) |
| Filing 1 COMPLAINT $405 Paid, Receipt No. AILNDC-23408290 filed by Universal City Studios LLC ; (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2)(Gaudio, Justin) |
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