Geeker Cook
General
Total Cases1
Active Cases1
Patents--
--
--
--
Ratings
Experience
Grade
Trend
DCT
--
--
--
PTAB
--
--
--
CAFC
--
--
--
Analytics
Cases
Litigated Patents
Ratings Trends
Recent Dockets
Entered | Case | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 08/28/24 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Heather K. McShain: Off-the-record telephone conference held on 08/28/2024 and continued to 09/05/2024 at 12:00 p.m., on settlement. Counsel should utilize the same dial-in information for the next telephone conference. Mailed notice. (pk, ) (Entered: 08/28/2024) | |
| 08/22/24 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Heather K. McShain: Ex parte and off-the-record telephone conferences with both sides held on 08/22/2024, to discuss settlement. Mailed notice. (pk, ) (Entered: 08/22/2024) | |
| 08/16/24 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Heather K. McShain: Off-the-record telephone conference held on 08/16/2024, in furtherance of settlement. For the reasons discuss with counsel, the Court does not believe that the settlement conference set for 08/22/2024 67 will be productive given the parties' current settlement positions. Accordingly, the Court strikes the settlement conference set for 08/22/2024 67 . To explore if any progress can be made on settlement, the Court sets the following off the-record telephone conferences to candidly discuss the parties' settlement positions: ex parte with plaintiff's counsel on 08/22/2024 at 8:30 a.m.; ex parte with defendants' counsel on 08/22/2024 at 10:00 a.m.; and joint with counsel for both sides on 08/28/2024 at 10:00 a.m. Client representatives are free to participate in the ex parte telephone conferences but their participation is not required. Counsel should be prepared to candidly discuss the issues raised by the Court during today's telephone conference during the ex parte telephone conferences on 08/22/2024. Counsel to utilize the same dial-in information. Mailed notice. (pk, ) (Entered: 08/16/2024) | |
| 08/12/24 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Heather K. McShain: Due to a scheduling conflict for Plaintiff's counsel, off-the-record telephone conference set for 08/15/2024 is reset to 08/16/2024 at 9:30 a.m. Dial-in information sent to counsel remains the same. Mailed notice. (pk, ) (Entered: 08/12/2024) | |
| 08/09/24 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Heather K. McShain: The Court has reviewed the parties' settlement proposals and needs to speak with counsel in advance of the settlement conference. An off-the-record telephone conference is set for 08/15/2024 at 10:30 a.m. Dial-in information will be emailed to counsel by Chambers in advance of the telephone conference. Mailed notice. (pk, ) (Entered: 08/09/2024) | |
| 07/26/24 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable John F. Kness: In the light of ongoing settlement discussions before Magistrate Judge McShain, the status hearing set for 07/29/24 before me is stricken. If the parties nonetheless wish to be heard on the pending preliminary injunction motion, they may first discuss that issue with Magistrate Judge McShain and then, as warranted, ask her to recommend that I reschedule the hearing. Mailed notice. (exr, ) (Entered: 07/26/2024) | |
| 07/24/24 | REPLY by Defendants Cookeyes, Geeker Cook, HZ.Deal, Shenzhen Lantianjinrun Trading Co., Ltd. d/b/a GrillArt to Response 69 and in Support of Defendants Request to Consider Its Supplemental Filings in Opposition to the Request for Preliminary Injunction (De Preter, Matthew) (Entered: 07/24/2024) | |
| 07/17/24 | RESPONSE by Plaintiff Grill Rescue LLC d/b/a RESCUE LLC to supplemental filings 57 58 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B)(Campbell, Benjamin) (Entered: 07/17/2024) | |
| 07/16/24 | RESPONSE by Plaintiff Grill Rescue LLC d/b/a RESCUE LLC to answer to amended complaint,, counterclaim,, 62 (Lee, Nicholas) (Entered: 07/16/2024) | |
| 07/03/24 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Heather K. McShain: Telephone conference held on 07/03/2024. Remote settlement conference is set for 08/22/2024 at 8:00 a.m. (CDT). Plaintiff to provide settlement proposal to defendants by 07/25/2024. Defendants to provide response settlement proposal by 08/08/2024. All settlement proposals should be emailed to the Court at Settlement_Correspondence_McShain@ilnd.uscourts.gov on the same day they are provided to opposing counsel. Please note that settlement proposals are not to be filed on the CM-ECF system. The parties are encouraged to keep talking with one another after they exchange their settlement proposals, to further the settlement negotiations in advance of the conference itself. By 08/15/2024, parties shall confer and send ONE email to Chambers_McShain@ilnd.uscourts.gov identifying the email addresses of the individuals who intend to participate in the settlement conference. Parties have no objection to the Court having ex parte discussions with counsel in advance of the settlement conference if the Court believes such conversations would be warranted. The parties are directed to review and comply with Judge McShain's Standing Order for Settlement Conferences (available on the court's website at www.ilnd.uscourts.gov by selecting the link for Magistrate Judge McShain and then the link for "Settlement Conference"). Individuals with full and complete settlement authority on behalf of the parties are ordered to personally participate in the settlement conference. Mailed notice (ags) (Entered: 07/03/2024) |