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Chicago IP Litigation Blog tracks intellectual property cases in the Northern District of Illinois.

Author: Author R. David Donoghue is a Chicago litigator focusing on intellectual property disputes with DLA Piper.

Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • 7th Circuit Court • States • Illinois

Recent Posts from Chicago IP Litigation Blog

N.D. Illinois Local Patent Rules: Seminar
Next Wednesday, November 11, from 11:30 am until 2:00 pm, I am participating in a roundtable discussion about the Northern District's new Local Patent Rules hosted by Applied Discovery. Blog readers have already read a lot…
IP for Your Business: Reducing Patent Litigation Budgets
I recently started writing a column for the Southeast Texas Record, and its sister publications the West Virginia Record and the Madison (Illinois) Record. The column is titled "IP for Your Business" and focuses on IP…
Court Not Required to Review Accused Products During Claim Construction
SP Techs., LLC v. Garmin Int’l, Inc., No. 08 C 3248, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 9, 2009) (Pallmeyer, J.). Judge Pallmeyer construed the claims of plaintiff SP Technologies' (“SPT”) patent to a method for…
Loyola Chicago's IP Day in Chicago
Loyola University's and the Chicago Intellectual Property Alliance's annual IP Day In Chicago is next week, Tuesday, November 3 at the law school, 25 East Pearson Street in Chicago. This is a do not miss event every year. …
Parties Settle Trademark Dispute on Eve of Trial
SPSS Inc. v. Nie, No. 08 C 66 (N.D. Ill.) (Darrah, Jr.). The parties recently settled this trademark dispute shortly before trial. For more on the parties' history and the settlement, click here for Chicago…
Chicago 2016 is a Trademark, But Not All City-Plus-Olympic-Year Marks Are
Frayne v. Chicago 2016, No. 08 C 5290, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 2, 2009) (Kennelly, J.). Judge Kennelly denied defendants Chicago 2016's and the United States Olympic Committee's ("USOC") motion for summary judgment regarding its…
Trademark Claims Sounding in Unjust Enrichment Not Entitled to a Trial by Jury
SPSS Inc. v. Nie, No. 08 C 66, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 19, 2009) (Darrah, J.).* Judge Darrah granted plaintiff SPSS's motion to strike defendants' jury demand on their counterclaim. Defendants' claims for an injunction…
IP News Shorts
Here are several stories and updates, as well as a new IP blog: At Patently-O, Dennis Crouch covers the Federal Circuit decision in the appeal from the Northern District of Illinois case SourceOne Global Partners,…
KSR Obviousness Does Not Require Prior Art from the Same Field
Se-Kure Controls, Inc. v. Diam USA, Inc., No. 06 C 9845, Slip. Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 18, 2009) (Guzman, J.) Judge Guzman granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment of obviousness in this patent dispute regarding…
Owner Can Be Personally Liable for Corporate Trademark Infringement
More Cupcakes, LLC v. Lovemore LLC, No. 09 C 3555, Slip. Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 29, 2009) (Kocoras, J.) Judge Kocoras denied defendants (collectively “Lovemore”) Fed. R. Cir. P. 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss for lack…