Gulan Liao

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Entered	Case	Description
07/22/24	Liao 1:24-CV-03297 ( N.D. IL )	FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT ORDER Signed by the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani on 7/22/2024. Mailed notice(lxs, ) (Entered: 07/22/2024)
07/22/24	Liao 1:24-CV-03297 ( N.D. IL )	MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: No remaining defendant has responded to plaintiff's motion for entry of default judgment. Accordingly, the motion 42 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 design patent and 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 46 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 7/25/2024 is stricken. The Clerk of the Court is directed to return the surety bond posted in the amount of thirty-eight thousand dollar ($38,000) to Plaintiff or its counsel, Whitewood Law PLLC. Enter separate Final Default Judgment Order. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice (lxs, ) (Entered: 07/22/2024) MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: No remaining defendant has responded to plaintiff's motion for entry of default judgment. Accordingly, the motion 42 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 design patent and 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 46 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 7/25/2024 is stricken. The Clerk of the Court is directed to return the surety bond posted in the amount of thirty-eight thousand dollar ($38,000) to Plaintiff or its counsel, Whitewood Law PLLC. Enter separate Final Default Judgment Order. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice (lxs, ) (Entered: 07/22/2024)
07/11/24	Liao 1:24-CV-03297 ( N.D. IL )	CERTIFICATE of Service by Plaintiff Gulan Liao regarding terminate hearings,,, set/reset hearings,, 45 (Mu, Shengmao) (Entered: 07/11/2024)
07/11/24	Liao 1:24-CV-03297 ( N.D. IL )	MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Before the Court is plaintiff's motion 42 for entry of default and default judgment against all remaining defendants. All remaining 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 7/18/2024. 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 7/18/2024. 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 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 7/25/2024 at 9:15 a.m. is converted to a tentative default judgment hearing. Mailed notice (lxs, ) (Entered: 07/11/2024) MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Before the Court is plaintiff's motion 42 for entry of default and default judgment against all remaining defendants. All remaining 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 7/18/2024. 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 7/18/2024. 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 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 7/25/2024 at 9:15 a.m. is converted to a tentative default judgment hearing. Mailed notice (lxs, ) (Entered: 07/11/2024)
07/03/24	Liao 1:24-CV-03297 ( N.D. IL )	AFFIDAVIT by Plaintiff Gulan Liao in Support of MOTION by Plaintiff Gulan Liao for default judgment as to all Defendants 42 (Mu, Shengmao) (Entered: 07/03/2024)
07/03/24	Liao 1:24-CV-03297 ( N.D. IL )	MEMORANDUM by Gulan Liao in support of motion for default judgment 42 (Smith, Keaton) (Entered: 07/03/2024)
07/03/24	Liao 1:24-CV-03297 ( N.D. IL )	MOTION by Plaintiff Gulan Liao for default judgment as to all Defendants (Smith, Keaton) (Entered: 07/03/2024)
07/03/24	Liao 1:24-CV-03297 ( N.D. IL )	NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Gulan Liao as to certain Defendants (Smith, Keaton) (Entered: 07/03/2024)
06/28/24	Liao 1:24-CV-03297 ( N.D. IL )	NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Gulan Liao as to certain Defendants (Smith, Keaton) (Entered: 06/28/2024)
06/17/24	Liao 1:24-CV-03297 ( N.D. IL )	NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Gulan Liao as to a certain Defendant (Smith, Keaton) (Entered: 06/17/2024)