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Entered | Case | Description |
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| 07/16/24 | Report of Parties' Planning Meeting Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), LR 16.3(b)(3) and LPR 2.1 - parties do not consent to this case being assigned to the magistrate judge, filed by Golden Rule Fasteners, Inc.. (McDonough, James) (Entered: 07/16/2024) | |
| 06/04/24 | Minutes of proceedings before Judge Donald C. Nugent. Telephonic Status Conference held on 6/4/2024 with all counsel participating. Aztec now a party. Consolidated Complaint with Answers and Counterclaims now filed, as well as Answers to Counterclaims. Parties are working toward coming up with an agreed discovery and motion schedule, with an intention of filing a proposed Rule 26(b) plan within the next 10-14 days. Next Status Conference set for 9/17/2024 at 11:30 AM to be held telephonically before Judge Donald C. Nugent. (Court Reporter: None.) Time: 30 minutes. (M,S) (Entered: 06/04/2024) | |
| 05/31/24 | Answer to Counterclaim filed by Golden Rule Fasteners, Inc.. Related document(s) 7 . (McDonough, James) (Entered: 05/31/2024) | |
| 05/17/24 | Answer to 5 Amended complaint, Consolidated Complaint and, Counterclaim against Golden Rule Fasteners, Inc. filed by Oatey Co., Aztec Manufacturing, Inc., R.P. Lumber Co., Inc., Neverleak Company, LP. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - 2013-04-25 Ltr Seagrest-AZTEC.032PIP, # 2 Exhibit B - 10.28.19 McDow Declaration, # 3 Exhibit C - 2.12.20 Berkstresser Decl, # 4 Exhibit D - 2.17.20 Connor Decl, # 5 Exhibit E - 2024-01-23 Letter to J McDonough - Plaintiff's APICs)(Chin, Byron) (Entered: 05/17/2024) | |
| 05/03/24 | Report on the Filing of an Action Regarding a Patent or Trademark (AO120) filed by Golden Rule Fasteners, Inc.. (McDonough, James) (Entered: 05/03/2024) | |
| 05/03/24 | Amended complaint - Consolidated against All Defendants. Filed by Golden Rule Fasteners, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A. U.S. Patent No. 8,141,303 C1, # 2 Exhibit B. U.S. Patent No. 8,464,475 C1, # 3 Exhibit C. ZipSeal on Roof photograph (the Photograph), # 4 Exhibit D. U.S. Copyright Office Registration number VA 2-075-960, # 5 Exhibit E. Advertisement for Electrical Mast Connection Master Flash) (McDonough, James) (Entered: 05/03/2024) | |
| 05/01/24 | Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-1) by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferring listed case to the Northern District of Ohio. (M,CE) (Entered: 05/01/2024) | |
| 03/06/24 | Minutes of proceedings before Judge Donald C. Nugent. Telephonic Status Conference held on 3/6/2024 with all counsel participating (James McDonough, Jonathan Miller, and Matthew Rozier for Plaintiff; Byron Chin and Matias Ferrario for all Defendants; Michael Farrell for Defendant Oatey Co.). There is a substantial history in these cases as Patent Office has had re-examinations as well as appeals to Federal Circuit. There are two patents, '303 and '475. Plaintiff to file consolidated Complaint with all Defendants. Plaintiff also will file Complaint against Aztec Manufacturing, which will need to be answered, then transferred by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to the Northern District of Ohio. Status Conference set for 6/4/2024 at 11:30 AM (EST) to be held telephonically before Judge Donald C. Nugent. (Court Reporter: None.) Time: 12 minutes. (M,CE) (Entered: 03/06/2024) | |
| 02/07/24 | Practice and Procedure Order. Initial Pretrial Conference set for 3/6/2024 at 11:00 AM (EST) to be held telephonically before Judge Donald C. Nugent. Judge Donald C. Nugent on 2/7/2024. (M,CE) (Entered: 02/07/2024) | |
| 02/01/24 | Judge Donald C. Nugent assigned to case. (M,CE) (Entered: 02/01/2024) |