| 1 | 2026-08-27 | COMPLAINT filed by Kia Corporation; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-25584929. |
| 4 | 2026-08-27 | MOTION by Plaintiff Kia Corporation for leave to file under seal |
| 5 | 2026-08-27 | CIVIL Cover Sheet |
| 6 | 2026-08-27 | NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Kia Corporation |
| 7 | 2026-08-27 | Notice of Claims Involving Trademarks by Kia Corporation |
| 8 | 2026-08-27 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Kia Corporation by Justin R. Gaudio |
| 9 | 2026-08-27 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Kia Corporation by Amy Crout Ziegler |
| 10 | 2026-08-27 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Kia Corporation by Justin Tyler Joseph |
| 11 | 2026-08-27 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Kia Corporation by Trevor Christian Talhami |
| 12 | 2026-08-28 | MAILED trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA |
| 13 | 2026-08-28 | MAILED to plaintiff(s) counsel Lanham Mediation Program materials |
| 15 | 2026-08-28 | MOTION by Plaintiff Kia Corporation for temporary restraining order including a Temporary Injunction, a Temporary Asset Restraint, and Expedited Discovery |
| 16 | 2026-08-28 | MEMORANDUM by Kia Corporation in support of motion for temporary restraining order[15] |
| 17 | 2026-08-28 | DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion[16] |
| 18 | 2026-08-28 | DECLARATION of Choae Kim regarding memorandum in support of motion[16] |
| 20 | 2026-08-29 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff's motion for leave to file under seal [4] is granted. Plaintiff's motion for entry of an ex parte temporary restraining order [15] is denied, without prejudice to refiling if and when plaintiff reduces the number of defendants to 15 or fewer (as the Court has made clear recently in other cases filed by plaintiff's counsel). The amended schedule A here includes 20 defendants. |
| 22 | 2026-08-31 | MOTION by Plaintiff Kia Corporation for temporary restraining order including a Temporary Injunction, a Temporary Asset Restraint, and Expedited Discovery (Renewed) |
| 23 | 2026-09-01 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff's ex parte motion for entry of a temporary restraining order [21] is granted. Enter Sealed Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order. Telephonic preliminary injunction hearing is set for 9/15/2026 at 8:50 AM. The following call-in number will be used for the hearing: 650-479-3207; access code 2305-915-8729. Motion for preliminary injunction or motion to extend TRO (the latter is the Court's preference) is to be filed by 9/11/2026. Mailed notice. |
| 24 | 2026-09-01 | SEALED ORDER: Signed by the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly on 9/1/2026. |
| 25 | 2026-09-01 | Registry Deposit Information Form by Kia Corporation |
| 26 | 2026-09-10 | MOTION by Plaintiff Kia Corporation for extension of time of Temporary Restraining Order |
| 27 | 2026-09-10 | MEMORANDUM by Kia Corporation in support of extension of time[26] |
| 28 | 2026-09-10 | DECLARATION of Justin T. Joseph regarding memorandum in support of motion[27] |
| 29 | 2026-09-11 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff's motion for extension of the temporary restraining order [26] is granted; the ex parte TRO entered by the Court on 9/1/2026 is extended through 9/24/2026 (the Court will not be available the week of 9/28/2026). The telephonic preliminary injunction hearing set for 9/15/2026 is vacated and reset to 9/24/2026 at 8:50 AM. The following call-in number will be used for the hearing: 650-479-3207; access code 2305-915-8729. Motion for preliminary injunction is to be filed by 9/21/2026. |
| 30 | 2026-09-08 | SURETY BOND in the amount of $ 10,000 posted by Kia Corporation |
| 31 | 2026-09-16 | MOTION by Plaintiff Kia Corporation for preliminary injunction |
| 32 | 2026-09-16 | MEMORANDUM by Kia Corporation in support of motion for preliminary injunction[31] |
| 33 | 2026-09-22 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: No defendant in this case has filed an appearance or a response to the motion for preliminary injunction. The telephonic preliminary injunction hearing set for 9/24/2026 is vacated. Plaintiff's motion for entry of a preliminary injunction is granted 26. Enter Preliminary Injunction Order. The Clerk is directed to unseal all documents that were previously filed under seal. Law Firm Greer, Burns and Crain, Ltd. is ordered to add all defendant names listed in the Schedule A to the docket within three business days. Instructions can be found on the court's website located at https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/_assets/_documents/_forms/_cmecf/pdfs/v60/Add_Terminate_Instructions.pdf. The case is set for a telephonic status hearing on 10/23/2026 at 8:50 AM. The following call-in number will be used for the hearing: 650-479-3207; access code 2305-915-8729. Plaintiff is directed to file a status report on 10/16/2026. Mailed notice. |
| 34 | 2026-09-22 | PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER: Signed by the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly on 9/22/2026. Mailed notice. |
| 35 | 2026-09-24 | NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Kia Corporation as to Certain Defendants |
| 36 | 2026-10-01 | NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Kia Corporation as to Certain Defendants |