John Doe v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A (closed 10/31/2025)

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Thomas M. Durkin: The telephone hearing for a ruling on the motion to dissolve the TRO set for 8/11/2025 is reset for 8/13/2025 at 9:30 a.m. Mailed notice.

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Thomas M. Durkin: Motion hearing held on 7/30/2025. Attorney Liu was present on behalf of certain defendants. No one was present on behalf of other defendants. For the reasons stated on the record, Plaintiff's motion for entry of a preliminary injunction [33] is granted as to non-appearing defendants. Enter Preliminary Injunction Order. The TRO is extended as to Mr. Liu's clients. Plaintiff's reply to defendants' response [38] is due by 8/6/2025. Defendants' surreply is due by 8/8/2025. A telephone hearing for a ruling on the motion to dissolve the TRO is set for 8/11/2025 at 9:00 a.m. The Clerk's office is directed to unseal all sealed documents. Plaintiff's counsel is ordered to add ALL Defendant names listed in Schedule A to the docket within three business days. Instructions can be found on the court's website https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/_assets/_documents/_forms/_cmecf/pdfs/v60/Add_Terminate_Instructions.pdf. A telephone status hearing is set for 8/28/2025 at 9:15 a.m. To join the telephone conferences, dial (650) 479-3207, Access Code 180 815 7648. Throughout the hearing, each speaker will be expected to identify themselves for the record before speaking. Counsel must be in a quiet area while on the line. Please be sure to keep your phone on mute when you are not speaking. Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings. Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions, including removal of court issued media credentials, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or any other sanctions deemed necessary by the Court. Mailed notice.

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Thomas M. Durkin: The Court requires that any motion for a temporary restraining order and/or asset freeze is accompanied by a declaration from an attorney of record that provides the following information. First, to demonstrate the immediate harm necessary to grant the drastic remedy of an ex parte temporary restraining order, the declaration must confirm that each named defendant has sold or offered to sell the allegedly infringing product(s) within the last two months and describe the evidence supporting this confirmation. Generally, evidence that a defendant has sold or offered to sell the infringing products within the last two months may include: (1) screenshots of the listings collected within the last two months; (2) screenshots older than two months with an attestation that the listings reflected in the screenshots have been checked within the last two months and were active; or (3) evidence of a purchase by a customer in Illinois within the last two months. Second, as relevant to personal jurisdiction, without which any temporary restraining order or asset freeze would be invalid, the declaration must confirm that each named defendant sold at least one allegedly infringing product to a customer in Illinois and describe the evidence supporting this confirmation. Here, "sold" means that the defendant accepted an order and payment for an allegedly infringing product to be shipped to Illinois. Third, to assure that Court that the rights of defendants who have not yet been served are being appropriately protected, the declaration must identify the case number(s) and assigned judge(s) for any pending case(s) brought by the plaintiff(s) against any of the named defendants, noting whether the intellectual property at issue was the same or different than in this case. If it is the same, the declaration should describe the disposition of the other case. The Court will address any motion for a temporary restraining order only after receipt of the described declaration, which can be filed contemporaneously with the motion. Mailed notice.

DECLARATION of Brandon Beymer regarding motion for temporary restraining order 20

SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff John Doe Declaration of Plaintiff in Support of Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff John Doe MEMORANDUM in support of motion for temporary restraining order 20 (Unredacted)

MEMORANDUM by John Doe in support of motion for temporary restraining order 20 (Redacted)

MOTION by Plaintiff John Doe for temporary restraining order