| 1 | 2026-08-10 | COMPLAINT filed by Victoria's Secret & Co.; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-25508048. |
| 4 | 2026-08-10 | CIVIL Cover Sheet |
| 5 | 2026-08-10 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Victoria's Secret & Co. by Alison K Carter |
| — | 2026-08-11 | CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Daniel P. McLaughlin. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). |
| — | 2026-08-11 | 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 | 2026-08-11 | MAILED trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA |
| 7 | 2026-08-11 | MAILED to plaintiff(s) counsel Lanham Mediation Program materials |
| 8 | 2026-08-12 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: A joint initial status report is due on or before October 14, 2026. This deadline is subject to extension if all parties have not been served. As a general rule, a joint initial status report should be filed only after all defendants have been served and had an opportunity to participate in the planning conference required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). Requests to extend the deadline to file a joint initial status report must be made by motion filed in the docket, rather than by contacting court staff. Counsel and parties are directed to familiarize themselves with Judge Gottschall's case procedures, which can be obtained from the following URL: https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/judge_display.php?LastName=Gottschall. Please review the "Joint Initial Status Report" case procedure for instructions and required contents of the report. Every status report except the joint initial status report must comply with, and include everything listed in, the "Status Reports" case procedure. Mailed notice |
| 9 | 2026-08-12 | STANDING ORDER IN "SCHEDULE A" CASES Signed by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 8/12/2026. Mailed notice |
| 10 | 2026-08-12 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Enter order giving plaintiff until and including August 19, 2026, to show cause why joinder is permissible under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a)(2). Mailed notice |
| 11 | 2026-08-12 | JOINDER ORDER Signed by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 8/12/2026. Mailed notice |
| 12 | 2026-08-12 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Plaintiff is instructed to file its Local Rule 3.2 notice of affiliates as soon as possible and in any event by no later than August 19, 2026. Plaintiff is further given until and including August 19, 2026, to file a Local Rule 26.2 motion showing good cause to maintain the seal on Schedule A 2 and the exhibits 3 attached to its complaint. Mailed notice |
| 13 | 2026-08-18 | NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Victoria's Secret & Co. |
| 14 | 2026-08-18 | MOTION by Plaintiff Victoria's Secret & Co. for leave to file Certain Documents Under Seal |
| 15 | 2026-08-19 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Temporarily File Certain Documents Under Seal 14 is granted. Mailed notice |
| 16 | 2026-08-19 | AMENDED complaint by Victoria's Secret & Co. against Guangzhou Samwestart Technology Co., Ltd. and terminating The Partnerships Identified on Schedule A |
| 17 | 2026-08-20 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: The filing of the Amended Complaint 16 by plaintiff moots the joinder order entered on August 12, 2026. Mailed notice |