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原告律所:Nixon Peabody LLP

品牌:Night Crows 夜鸦

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04/29/2025
FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT ORDER on 4/29/2025. Mailed notice 翻译
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04/29/2025
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: No defendant has responded to plaintiff's motion for entry of default judgment. Accordingly, the motion 31 is granted. Based on the evidence previously submitted by plaintiff and the admission of liability by virtue of the default, plaintiff has established that a permanent injunction should be entered. The infringement of plaintiff's copyrights irreparably harms plaintiff and confuses the public. This infringement was willful and statutory damages are awarded. After considering the nature of the products, the price point, the absence of any concrete evidence of lost profits or high-volume infringement by defendants (plaintiff has failed to seek an accounting of profits), the value of plaintiff's brand, and the need to deter infringement that is easily committed and difficult to stop, the Court concludes that $50,000 is an appropriate award of statutory damages. Plaintiff has also certified and established 33 that it provided electronic notice to defendants of the objection deadline, but no objection to the motion for entry of default judgment has been filed on behalf of any defendant. Because no default judgment hearing has been requested, the default judgment hearing tentatively set for 5/6/2025 is stricken. The Clerk of the Court is directed to return the surety bond posted in the amount of ten-thousand dollar ($10,000) to Plaintiff or its counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP. Enter separate Final Default Judgment Order. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice 翻译
35
04/21/2025
CERTIFICATE of Service of Court's Minute Order by Erica J. Van Loon on behalf of Madngine Inc. regarding set/reset hearings, 32 翻译
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04/21/2025
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Before the Court is plaintiff's motion 31 for entry of default and default judgment against defendants. Defendants have failed either to plead or to otherwise appear to defend against this action. Accordingly, an order of default is entered under Rule 55(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Any objections to the motion for entry of default judgment must be filed on or before 4/28/2025. If no objections are filed by that date, the Court will consider the motion unopposed. The Court will also rule on the papers unless a hearing is requested by 4/28/2025. A hearing, to be conducted via teleconferencing, may be requested by filing a Request for Hearing as a separate entry on the docket. Plaintiff must serve this minute order upon all defendants within one business day of its entry on the docket and must promptly file proof of that service. A tentative default judgment hearing is set for 5/6/2025 at 9:15 a.m. Mailed notice 翻译
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04/18/2025
MOTION by Plaintiff Madngine Inc. for default judgment as to Defendants identified in the Exhibit A 翻译
32
04/15/2025
SUMMONS Returned Executed by Madngine Inc. as to All Defendants. 翻译
31
04/11/2025
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: The Court has reviewed Plaintiff's Status Report 28. Summons was issued on 3/11/2025, and Plaintiff represents that Defendants' responses to the complaint were due by 4/4/2025. Plaintiff should file any motion for entry of default and default judgment by 4/18/2025. Plaintiff shall also file an executed summons return as to all Defendants. Mailed notice. 翻译
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04/10/2025
STATUS Report by Madngine Inc. (Van Loon, Erica) 翻译
29
04/03/2025
NEW PARTIES: Nxgame, https://nxgame.org/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/624295566033232/ and mmbetheone@outlook.com added to case caption. (Van Loon, Erica) 翻译
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03/28/2025
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Order. Signed by the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani on 3/28/2025. Mailed notice. 翻译
27
03/28/2025
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction 22 is granted. Plaintiff's filings establish that it has acted expeditiously to protect its interests and that there remains a significant risk defendants will transfer relevant assets beyond the Court's reach. For these reasons, as well as the reasons provided in the whole of plaintiff's filings and as stated by the Court in connection with entry of the TRO, the Court is persuaded that plaintiff has satisfied the requirements for a preliminary injunction. In addition, the Court finds that the balance of harms favors plaintiff and that a preliminary injunction serves the public interest by, among other things, protecting consumers from the marketing of counterfeit goods. Plaintiff has also certified and established 25 that it provided electronic notice to defendants of the pendency of this action and the motion, but no objection to the motion for a preliminary injunction has been filed on behalf of any defendant. Enter preliminary injunction order. Plaintiff's counsel is directed to ensure that all defendants listed on Schedule A are added to the court's docket within five business days. The Clerk is requested to unseal any previously-sealed documents. Because no preliminary injunction hearing has been requested, the preliminary injunction hearing tentatively set for 4/2/2025 is stricken. Plaintiff is ordered to file a status report with an update on the case by 4/10/2025. Mailed notice. 翻译
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03/20/2025
CERTIFICATE of Service by Plaintiff Madngine Inc. regarding set deadlines/hearings, terminate deadlines and hearings, 24 翻译
25
03/20/2025
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Before the Court is plaintiff's motion 22 for entry of a preliminary injunction. In connection with that motion, plaintiff must serve all defendants with the following statement: "The Court has taken the motion for a preliminary injunction under advisement and will consider the motion unopposed if no defendant appears and objects by 3/27/2025." If no objections are filed by that date, the Court will consider the motion unopposed. The Court will also rule on the papers unless a hearing is requested by 3/27/2025. A hearing, to be conducted via teleconferencing, may be requested by filing a Request for Hearing. Plaintiff must serve this minute order upon all remaining defendants within one business day of its entry on the docket and must promptly file proof of that service. The telephone status hearing set for 4/2/2025 at 9:15 a.m. is converted to a tentative preliminary injunction hearing. Mailed notice. (jn,) 翻译
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03/19/2025
MEMORANDUM by Madngine Inc. in support of motion for preliminary injunction 22 翻译
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03/19/2025
MOTION by Plaintiff Madngine Inc. for preliminary injunction (Van Loon, Erica) 翻译
22
03/13/2025
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion to Extend the Temporary Restraining Order 20 is granted. For the reasons stated in Plaintiff's Motion, the Court finds good cause to extend the temporary restraining order an additional 14 days to 4/2/2025. Plaintiff shall file a preliminary injunction motion if appropriate no later than 3/26/2025. Telephone status hearing set for 3/19/2025 is stricken and reset to 4/2/2025 at 9:15 a.m. The call-in number is (855) 2448681 and the access code is 172 628 1276##. Attorneys of record may not use speakerphones during the status hearing. Members of the public and media will be able to call in to listen to this hearing but will be placed on mute. Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings. Mailed notice 翻译
21
03/12/2025
MOTION by Plaintiff Madngine Inc. for extension of time of Temporary Restraining Order 翻译
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03/11/2025
SURETY BOND in the amount of $ 10,000 posted by Madngine Inc. Document not imaged. 翻译
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03/11/2025
SUMMONS Issued as to Defendant Individuals, Corporations, Limited Liabilites Companies, Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A Hereto, The 翻译
18
03/05/2025
SEALED TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Signed by the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani on 3/5/2025. Mailed notice 翻译
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03/05/2025
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Plaintiff has filed a Memorandum 12 establishing joinder as directed. At this preliminary stage and in the absence of adversarial presentation, the Court finds that joinder of the three defendants in Schedule A is proper at this time and this case may now proceed. This copyright case resolves around a single alleged infringing video game hosted by Defendant No. 1. The Facebook group at issue (Defendant No. 2) states that it is a group for the game specifically belonging to the game hosted by Defendant No. 1, not just a group for any game infringing plaintiff's game. Further, Defendant No. 1's website links to a Facebook group. Although the link currently does not work, upon a search with the name of the infringing game followed by the name of plaintiff's game, Defendant No. 2 is the Facebook group with the greatest number of members that mentions plaintiff's game but also specifies the single infringing game at issue. Thus, it is plausible that Defendant No. 1 created Defendant No. 2's Facebook group to promote its own game. Plaintiff has also submitted evidence showing that Defendant No. 3 is directly related to the alleged infringing game. In response to a subpoena to Cloudfare seeking the identity of the publisher of the alleged infringing game, Cloudlfare identified Defendant No. 3. Considered together, this evidence suggests coordination amongst the three defendants: the email address (Defendant No. 3) is behind the creation of the alleged infringing game (Defendant No. 1), which is behind the creation of the Facebook group (Defendant No. 2). Moreover, no defendants will be prejudiced by permitting joinder at this juncture. See Bose Corp. v. Partnerships & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule "A", 334 F.R.D. 511, 517 (N.D. Ill. 2020). To the extent any defendant appears and objects to joinder, the Court will revisit the issue and is free to sever certain defendants from the case under Rule 21 at that time. Id. Plaintiff's motions for leave to file under seal [4, 8], ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order, including a temporary injunction 6, and motion for electronic service 7 are granted. Plaintiff's submissions establish that, were defendants to learn of these proceedings before the execution of plaintiff's requested preliminary injunctive relief, there is a significant risk that defendants could destroy relevant documentary evidence and hide or transfer assets beyond the reach of the Court. Accordingly, subject to unsealing at an appropriate time, plaintiff may file under seal the documents identified in the motions to seal. The Temporary Restraining Order being entered along with this minute order shall also be placed under seal. In addition, for the purpose of the motions cited above, plaintiff's filings support proceeding on an ex parte basis at this time. Specifically, and as noted above, were defendants to be informed of this proceeding before a TRO could issue, the Court finds that it is likely that their assets and websites would be redirected, thus defeating plaintiff's interests in identifying defendants, stopping defendants' infringing conduct, and obtaining an accounting. In addition, the evidence submitted by plaintiff shows a likelihood of success on the merits (including active infringement and sales into Illinois), that the harm to plaintiff is irreparable, and that an injunction is in the public interest. An injunction serves the public interest because of the consumer confusion caused by counterfeit goods, and there is no countervailing harm to defendants from an order directing them to stop infringement. Electronic service of process does not violate any treaty and is consistent with due process because it effectively communicates the pendency of this action to defendants. Expedited discovery is warranted to identify defendants and to implement the asset freeze. Enter Sealed Temporary Restraining Order at 4:15 p.m. on 3/5/2025. Plaintiff shall file the TRO extension motion (or a preliminary injunction motion) if appropriate no later than 3/12/2025. Telephone status hearing is set for 3/19/2025 at 9:15 a.m. Mailed notice 翻译
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02/20/2025
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Madngine Inc. by Peter Krusiewicz 翻译
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02/20/2025
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Madngine Inc. by Matthew A. Werber 翻译
14
02/07/2025
MEMORANDUM text entry, 11 by Madngine Inc. OF LAW ESTABLISHING THAT JOINDER IS PROPER 翻译
13
01/31/2025
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Plaintiff's motions for leave to file under seal [4, 8], plaintiff's motion for temporary restraining order 6, and plaintiff's motion for electronic service of process 7 are entered and continued. Upon review of the complaint and the TRO submissions, the Court sua sponte raises the proprietary of joinder of three defendants in this case. See, e.g., Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. v. Schedule A, 334 F.R.D. 182 (N.D. Ill. 2020). By 2/7/2025, plaintiff shall file a supplemental memorandum addressing the propriety of joinder and explaining specifically why each defendant is properly joined to all of the others in light of the principles described in Estee Lauder. In the alternative, plaintiff has leave to file an amended complaint with a single defendant. Mailed notice 翻译
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01/30/2025
MINUTE entry before the Executive Committee: Case reassigned to the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani for all further proceedings pursuant to 28 USC 294(b). Mailed notice 翻译
11
01/30/2025
MAILED copyright report to Registrar, Washington DC. 翻译
10
01/29/2025
SEALED MOTION by Plaintiff Madngine Inc. for Leave to File Under Seal 翻译
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01/29/2025
MOTION by Plaintiff Madngine Inc. For Electronic Service of Process Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3) 翻译
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01/29/2025
MOTION by Plaintiff Madngine Inc. for temporary restraining order 翻译
7
01/29/2025
Report on the Filing or Determination of an Action or Appeal Regarding a Copyright by Madngine Inc. (Van Loon, Erica) 翻译
6
01/29/2025
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. 翻译
5
01/29/2025
CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Robert W. Gettleman. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeannice W. Appenteng. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 3). 翻译
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01/29/2025
SEALED MOTION by Plaintiff Madngine Inc. 翻译
3
01/29/2025
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Madngine Inc. by Erica J. Van Loon (Van Loon, Erica) 翻译
2
01/29/2025
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement by Madngine Inc. (Van Loon, Erica) 翻译
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01/29/2025
COMPLAINT filed by Madngine Inc.; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23020722. 翻译