2025-cv-01879

COMPLAINT filed by TV Tokyo Corporation; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23121592.

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SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff TV Tokyo Corporation Schedule A to Complaint [1]

CIVIL Cover Sheet

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff TV Tokyo Corporation by Keith A. Vogt

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff TV Tokyo Corporation by Adam Grodman

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff TV Tokyo Corporation by Cameron Eugene Mcintyre

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff TV Tokyo Corporation by Christopher Romero

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff TV Tokyo Corporation by Monica Rita Martin

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff TV Tokyo Corporation by Yanling Jiang

MAILED Trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff TV Tokyo Corporation by Yi Bu

MAILED to plaintiff(s) counsel Lanham Mediation Program materials

MAILED Copyright report to Registrar, Washington DC

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff TV Tokyo Corporation by Yi Bu

NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by TV Tokyo Corporation

CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Keri L. Holleb Hotaling. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 3).

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.

Amended Schedule A to Complaint [1] and Schedule A [2] by TV Tokyo Corporation

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Plaintiff filed Schedule A to its complaint [2] under seal without an accompanying Local Rule 26.2(c) motion to seal. Plaintiff has until and including 03/05/2025 to file a motion to seal. If no timely motion to seal is filed, Schedule A [2] will be unsealed on 03/06/2025. Mailed notice

STANDING ORDER IN "SCHEDULE A" CASES Signed by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 2/27/2025. Mailed notice

ORDER: An initial status report is due on or before April 30, 2025. Counsel and parties are directed to familiarize themselves with the pretrial procedures in Judge Gottschall's case management packet, which is available from the court's website at https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov. Please pay particular attention to the requirement to exchange initial disclosures within fourteen days of the parties' initial discovery planning conference and the court's requirement that the parties are to explore settlement opportunities and identify areas of agreement prior to the filing of the first status report.If, by the due date of the scheduled status report, defendants have not been served, plaintiff should email chambers_gottschall@ilnd.uscourts.gov to reset the status date. Counsel in cases removed from another court should follow these procedures to the extent applicable. See the order and Judge Gottschall's case management packet for further details. Signed by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 2/27/2025.Mailed notice

Motion by TV Tokyo Corporation for Electronic Service of Process Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3)

MEMORANDUM in support of [20] Motion for Electronic Service of Process Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3)

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Declaration of Keith A. Vogt

Exhibit 1-2, of Keith A. Vogt's declaration

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Plaintiff's motion 20 for leave to serve the summons and complaint by electronic delivery is denied without prejudice as premature for the reasons explained in paragraph seven of this court's standing order 18 in "Schedule A" cases. In its supporting memorandum of law 21, plaintiff neither cites nor attempts to distinguish Luxottica Group S.p.A. v. Defendants Identified on Schedule A, 391 F. Supp. 3d 816, 82021 (N.D. Ill. 2019). Although plaintiff searched an online map service for the mailing address listed on defendant's Walmart.com web page, ECF No. [21-2], plaintiff has not sought discovery to determine whether Walmart has a valid mailing address for defendant. Nor does plaintiff explain why third-party discovery would be futile. Accordingly, plaintiff has failed to demonstrate reasonably diligent efforts to locate defendant, as required by Article I of the Hague Service Convention. See Luxottica, 391 F. Supp. 3d at 82021. Mailed notice

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: The deadline [19] of April 30, 2025, to file an initial status report has come and gone, and nothing has been filed since March 3, 2025. Plaintiff is instructed to file a status report and inform the court of how it intends to proceed by and including May 15, 2025.Mailed notice

NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by TV Tokyo Corporation as to the Defendant(s) Identified in Amended Schedule A

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: This case is dismissed without prejudice pursuant to plaintiff's notice 24 of voluntary dismissal filed May 12, 2025. Plaintiff's deadline 17 to move to seal Schedule A to the original complaint and certain other documents has come and gone, and no motion to seal has been filed. The Clerk is instructed to unseal all presently sealed documents. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice

MAILED Trademark report with certified copy of minute order dated 5/15/2025 to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA

MAILED Copyright report with certified copy of minute order dated 5/15/2025 to Registrar, Washington DC