2025-cv-06494

COMPLAINT filed by NHL Enterprises, L.P.; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23609997.

Exhibit 1

EXHIBIT by Plaintiff NHL Enterprises, L.P. Schedule A regarding complaint[1]

CIVIL Cover Sheet

NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by NHL Enterprises, L.P.

Notice of Claims Involving Trademarks by NHL Enterprises, L.P.

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff NHL Enterprises, L.P. by Justin R. Gaudio

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff NHL Enterprises, L.P. by Amy Crout Ziegler

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff NHL Enterprises, L.P. by Allyson M. Martin

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff NHL Enterprises, L.P. by Kahlia Roe Halpern

CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Martha M. Pacold. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Laura K. McNally. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2).

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.

MOTION by Plaintiff NHL Enterprises, L.P. for Electronic Service of Process Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3)

MEMORANDUM by NHL Enterprises, L.P. in support of motion for miscellaneous relief[10]

DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion[11]

MAILED Patent & Trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA

MAILED to plaintiff(s) counsel Lanham Mediation Program materials

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Martha M. Pacold: By 6/24/2025, plaintiff is ordered to show cause why this case should not be dismissed or severed for improper joinder. Plaintiff is advised of the following: First, "[o]n motion or on its own, the court may at any time, on just terms, add or drop a party." Fed. R. Civ. P. 21(a). Second, sua sponte review of the propriety of joinder in Schedule A cases is a regular practice of courts in this district because plaintiffs "routinely file these multi-defendant cases. using cookie-cutter complaints that allege in a conclusory manner that 'on information and belief' each infringing defendant is inter-connected with the others." Viking Arm AS v. P'ships & Unincorporated Ass'ns Identified on Schedule "A", No. 24-cv-1566, 2024 WL 2953105, at *1 (N.D. Ill. June 6, 2024). Third, "[c]ourts generally find that claims against different defendants arose out of the same transaction or occurrence only if there is a logical relationship between the separate causes of action." Estee Lauder Cosms. Ltd. v. P'ships & Unincorporated Ass'ns Identified on Schedule "A", 334 F.R.D. 182, 185 (N.D. Ill. 2020) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted). Fourth, courts have held that "to be part of the same transaction requires shared, overlapping facts that give rise to each cause of action, and not just distinct, albeit coincidentally identical, facts." Id. (quoting In re EMC Corp., 677 F.3d 1351, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2012)). Fifth, courts have held that the allegation that multiple defendants have infringed on the same copyright or trademark in the same way "does not create the substantial evidentiary overlap required to find a similar transaction or occurrence." Roadget Bus. Pte. Ltd. v. Schedule A Defs., No. 23-cv-17036, 2024 WL 1858592, at *6 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 29, 2024) (collecting cases). Finally, courts have held that the allegation that defendants "share unique identifiers, such as design elements and similarities of the unauthorized products offered for sale," is not sufficient to establish joinder. Ilustrata Servicos Design, Ltd. v. P'ships & Unincorporated Ass'ns Identified on Schedule "A", No. 21-cv-05993, 2021 WL 5396690, at *2 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 18, 2021); Art Ask Agency v. Individuals, Corps., Ltd. Liab. Cos., P'ships, & Unincorporated Ass'ns Identified on Schedule "A", No. 21-cv-06197, 2021 WL 5493226, at *2 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 23, 2021).

AMENDED complaint by NHL Enterprises, L.P. against denteamshop.com, The Individuals and Entities Operating denteamshop.com and terminating The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

EXHIBIT by Plaintiff NHL Enterprises, L.P. Amended Schedule A regarding amended complaint, [16]

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Martha M. Pacold: In light of the amended complaint and Schedule A, [16], [17], the court's previous show-cause order, [15], is discharged.

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Martha M. Pacold: Plaintiff's motion for electronic service of process, [10], is granted. Enter order.

ORDER Signed by the Honorable Martha M. Pacold on 6/20/2025:

SUMMONS Submitted (Court Participant) for defendant(s) denteamshop.com and the Individuals and Entities Operating denteamshop.com by Plaintiff NHL Enterprises, L.P.

SUMMONS Issued (Court Participant) as to Defendants denteamshop.com and the Individuals and Entities Operating denteamshop.com

SUMMONS Returned Executed by NHL Enterprises, L.P. as to The Individuals and Entities Operating denteamshop.com on 6/23/2025, answer due 7/14/2025; denteamshop.com on 6/23/2025, answer due 7/14/2025.

Declaration of Kahlia R. Halpern

Exhibit A

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Martha M. Pacold: By 7/9/2025, plaintiff should file a status report with an update on the status of the case.

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff NHL Enterprises, L.P. by Justin Tyler Joseph

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff NHL Enterprises, L.P. by Justin Tyler Joseph

STATUS Report pursuant to 24 by NHL Enterprises, L.P.

(Exhibit A)

NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by NHL Enterprises, L.P. as to denteamshop.com and the Individuals and Entities Operating denteamshop.com

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Martha M. Pacold: The court has received the notice of voluntary dismissal. 28. This dismissal took effect without court intervention. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii); Waetzig v. Haliburton Energy Servs., 145 S. Ct. 690, 694 (2025). Civil case terminated.