Chengliang Wang v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified On Schedule A

MINUTE entry before the Honorable LaShonda A. Hunt: Plaintiff commenced this action on 3/27/25, by filing a Complaint 1 and provisionally sealed exhibits (Trademark Registration 2 ; Schedule A 3 ; Genuine Listing 4). Subsequently, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint 7 and provisionally sealed Schedule A 8 listing only 1 Defendant, along with motions for entry of a temporary restraining order and expedited discovery 10 and electronic service of process 13. As an initial matter, Plaintiff has failed to comply with Local Rule 26.2 by filing a motion to seal and also disclosed the only remaining Defendant's name in a public filing, so there are no grounds for the filings to remain under seal. The Clerk's office is directed, forthwith, to unseal all documents currently under seal: 2, 3, 4, 8. Second, Plaintiff's motion for electronic service 13 is denied without prejudice to renewal after Plaintiff obtains Defendant's email address. Plaintiff's motion for TRO and expedited discovery 10 is granted as to limited expedited discovery to obtain information to identify Defendant and denied without prejudice in all other respects. In order to be entitled to equitable relief like a TRO, Plaintiff must show (among other things) that there is ongoing or impending harm. Swanigan v. City of Chicago, 881 F.3d 577, 583 n.2 (7th Cir. 2018). The evidence submitted in this case supports allegations of infringement in early January 2025 at the latest, which, in this Court's view, is too old to support a finding of ongoing harm at this time. Moreover, the Court visited the URLs for the infringing websites and no products were available and no results were found for the defendant's storefront. To the extent a renewed motion is filed, Plaintiff must include either recent evidence of infringement, or a live link that the Court can click on that would demonstrate ongoing harm. Plaintiff must submit a proposed order concerning expedited discovery to proposed_order_hunt@ilnd.uscourts.gov by 4/7/25. The motion hearing set for 4/10/25 14 is stricken. Mailed notice. (jcc,)

NOTICE of Motion by Zhiwei Hua for presentment of motion for temporary restraining order 10, motion for miscellaneous relief, 13 before Honorable LaShonda A. Hunt on 4/10/2025 at 10:00 AM.

DECLARATION of CHENGLIANG WANG regarding motion for temporary restraining order 10 and expedited discovery

DECLARATION of ZHIWEI HUA regarding motion for temporary restraining order 10 and expedited discovery

MOTION by Plaintiff Chengliang Wang for temporary restraining order and expedited discovery