【2025-cv-12595 】Sig Sauer

案件号：2025-cv-12595
原告：Sig Sauer
原告律所：Flener IP Law, LLC
原告品牌：Sig Sauer

日期：10/24/2025

#	Date	Description
13	10/24/2025	MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: Plaintiff's Motion to Seal [9] is granted. Mailed notice. (jcc,)
12	10/23/2025	Redacted AMENDED complaint by SS Inc. against SS Inc. Ex. 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Ex. 4
11	10/23/2025	MOTION by Plaintiff SS Inc. for leave to file Documents Under Seal
10	10/17/2025	MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: Plaintiff's motion to seal 4 is granted in part. Plaintiff may not seal its own identity in the complaint or use a pseudonym in the case caption. There are no exceptional circumstances that would justify allowing Plaintiff to conceal its own identity. As the Seventh Circuit has explained, "[w]e have repeatedly voiced our disfavor of parties proceeding anonymously, as anonymous litigation runs contrary to the rights of the public to have open judicial proceedings and to know who is using court facilities and procedures funded by public taxes. To proceed anonymously, a party must demonstrate exceptional circumstances that outweigh both the public policy in favor of identified parties and the prejudice to the opposing party that would result from anonymity." Doe v. Village of Deerfield, 819 F.3d 372, 376-77 (7th Cir. 2016); see also Doe v. Loyola Univ. Chicago, 100 F.4th 910, 913 (7th Cir. 2024). Plaintiff's motion identifies circumstances that are common to all "Schedule A" cases, meaning that the circumstances are, by definition, not exceptional. Accordingly, Plaintiff is directed to file an amended, non-anonymous complaint and to change the pseudonym used on the case caption on CM/ECF to the plaintiff's true identity by 10/22/2025. Upon review of the complaint, the Court also sua sponte raises the propriety under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a)(2) of joining 297 defendants to this action. See, e.g, Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. v. Partnerships & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, 334 F.R.D. 182 (N.D. Ill. 2020). Plaintiff should reference this Court's opinion in Zaful v. Schedule A Defs., 24-cv-11111, Doc. 12 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 10, 2025), where the Court expressed its views on joinder. By 10/31/2025, the plaintiff must file a supplemental memorandum addressing the propriety of joinder in light of the above cases and explaining why each defendant is properly joined to each of the other defendants. In the alternative, Plaintiff has leave to file an amended complaint by 10/31/2025 with a smaller subset of defendants along with a memorandum explaining why each defendant is properly joined to all of the others. Finally, Plaintiff is directed to the Court's standing order on its website directing the filing of the Court's Schedule A Template within 14 days. Mailed notice. (jcc,)
9	10/16/2025	MAILED to plaintiff(s) counsel Lanham Mediation Program materials
8	10/16/2025	MAILED Trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA
7	10/16/2025	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.
6	10/16/2025	CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable April M. Perry. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Beth W. Jantz. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2).
5	10/15/2025	SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff SS Inc. Unredacted Complaint Schedule A (Ex.1)
4	10/15/2025	MOTION by Plaintiff SS Inc. for leave to file documents under seal
3	10/15/2025	ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff SS Inc. by Ying Chen
2	10/15/2025	CIVIL Cover Sheet
1	10/15/2025	COMPLAINT filed by SS Inc.; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-24201937. Schedule A Ex.1 Ex.2 (Ex.3)