| 1 | 2026-06-12 | Complaint |
| 2 | 2026-06-12 | Seal Document |
| 3 | 2026-06-15 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Plaintiff's Motion to Seal [8] is granted. Enter Order on joinder. Pursuant to this order, plaintiff is ordered to show cause by and including June 22, 2026, why joinder is permissible in this case under Rule 20(a)(2) and Bailie. Mailed notice |
| 4 | 2026-06-15 | ORDER: A joint initial status report is due on or before August 14, 2026. Counsel and parties are directed to familiarize themselves with Judge Gottschall's case procedures, which are available from the court's website at https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/. To locate the case procedures, Follow the "judges" link, and select "Hon. Joan B. Gottschall." Please pay particular attention to the requirement to exchange initial disclosures within fourteen days of the parties' initial discovery planning conference and the court's requirement that the parties are to explore settlement opportunities and identify areas of agreement before filing the joint initial status report. Signed by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 6/15/2026. Mailed notice |
| 5 | 2026-06-15 | STANDING ORDER IN "SCHEDULE A" CASES Signed by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 6/15/2026. Mailed notice |
| 6 | 2026-06-15 | ORDER Signed by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 6/15/2026. Mailed notice |
| 7 | 2026-06-16 | Amended Complaint |
| 8 | 2026-06-22 | MOTION by Plaintiff Robert Bosch LLC for temporary restraining order Plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion for Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order, Including a Temporary Injunction, a Temporary Asset Restraint |
| 9 | 2026-06-22 | MEMORANDUM by Robert Bosch LLC in support of motion for temporary restraining order 19 |
| 10 | 2026-06-22 | MOTION by Plaintiff Robert Bosch LLC to expedite Plaintiff's Motion for Expedited Discovery |
| 11 | 2026-06-22 | CERTIFICATE of Service by John Wilson on behalf of Robert Bosch LLC |
| 12 | 2026-06-22 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Plaintiff's motion 19 for temporary restraining order is ex parte as to defendant, but plaintiff gave notice of the motion to the non-party service provider named in the proposed temporary restraining order. Plaintiff asks the court to find that the third-party provider will be bound by the temporary restraining order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2). The third-party provider has until and including June 29, 2026, to file a written response to, or request a hearing on, plaintiff's motion. A response or request for hearing must be filed on the docket. Any motion hearing will be held by teleconference. Any response or request for hearing must be accompanied by: i) a notice of appearance and (ii) a Local Rule 3.2 notice of affiliates. Plaintiff is instructed to serve the third-party provider with this minute order in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5(b). Plaintiff must file a certificate of service of this minute order by and including June 23, 2026. Mailed notice |
| 13 | 2026-06-22 | CERTIFICATE of Service by John Wilson on behalf of Robert Bosch LLC |
| 14 | 2026-06-22 | RESPONSE by Plaintiff Robert Bosch LLC Memorandum in Response to Order of June 15, 2026 [Dkt. Nos. 13, 16] |
| 15 | 2026-06-23 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: In view of plaintiff's filing of an amended complaint, the order of June 15, 2026 16 is withdrawn. Mailed notice |
| 16 | 2026-07-02 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Conduct Expedited Discovery 22 is granted. The deadline 24 of June 29, 2026, to object to, or request a hearing on, plaintiff's motion for temporary restraining order has come and gone, and nothing has been received. Upon consideration of the certificate of service 25 filed June 22, 2026, plaintiff's motion 22 for entry of a sealed temporary restraining order is granted. Enter sealed temporary restraining order. A preliminary injunction hearing to be held by teleconference is tentatively set for July 16, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. The court will rule on any preliminary injunction motion without holding a hearing unless a hearing is requested at least 48 hours before the time of the scheduled hearing. A hearing may be requested by contacting Judge Gottschall's courtroom deputy at Chambers_Gottschall@ilnd.uscourts.gov.Mailed notice |
| 17 | 2026-07-02 | SEALED TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Signed by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 7/2/2026. Mailed notice |
| 18 | 2026-07-09 | MOTION by Plaintiff Robert Bosch LLC to reassign case Plaintiff's Motion to Reassign Case No. 26-cv-7502 |
| 19 | 2026-07-10 | MOTION by Plaintiff Robert Bosch LLC for extension of time Plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion to Extend the Temporary Restraining Order |
| 20 | 2026-07-10 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Plaintiff's Motion to Reassign Case No. 26-cv-7502 30 is denied without prejudice for the following reasons. Plaintiff relies on Local Rules 40.3 and 40.4. Direct assignment under Local Rule 40.3(b)(2) is required when "a case is dismissed with prejudice or without, and a second case is filed involving the same parties and relating to the same subject matter." The lowest-numbered case has not been dismissed, No. 26-cv-6936, and a temporary restraining order 29 has been entered. Plaintiff offers no argument or authority showing that Local Rule 40.3(b)(2) requires direct assignment where: (1) plaintiff drops certain defendants from the lowest-numbered case; (2) the lowest-numbered case remains pending; and (3) plaintiff refiles against the defendants dropped from the lowest-numbered case. Local Rule 40.4 applies when two or more cases "are pending before this court." L.R. 40.4(b)(1). But plaintiff has not complied with Local Rule 40.4's procedural requirements. Among other things, Local Rule 40.4(c) provides, regarding a motion to reassign as related: "The party filing the motion must also file a Notice of Filing in the higher numbered cases, along with a copy of the motion filed as an attached exhibit. In order that all parties to a proceeding be permitted to respond on the questions of relatedness and possible reassignment, such motions should not generally be filed until after the appearances of all parties have been filed in each of the proceedings involved." According to the docket sheet of Case No. 26-cv-7502, no notice of filing of the instant motion to reassign has been filed. Additionally, no defendant has appeared or been served in either putatively related action. In short: while plaintiff's reading of the local rules and the civil cover sheet is not frivolous, this court does not interpret them to require the direct assignment of defendants dropped from plaintiff's amended complaint in 26-cv-6936 to this district judge.Mailed notice |
| 21 | 2026-07-10 | CERTIFICATE certificate of service |
| 22 | 2026-07-07 | SURETY BOND in the amount of $ 1000.00 posted by Robert Bosch LLC |
| 23 | 2026-07-13 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Enter Order granting plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion to Extend the Temporary Restraining Order 31 for fourteen (14) days, to and including July 30, 2026. The preliminary injunction hearing set for July 16, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. is stricken and reset to July 30, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. See Order for details.Mailed notice |
| 24 | 2026-07-13 | ORDER TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Signed by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 7/13/2026. Mailed notice |
| 25 | 2026-07-20 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(a), the Minute Order 28 dated July 2, 2026, is amended to read as follows to correct a scrivener's error in the citation to plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion for Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order: Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Conduct Expedited Discovery 22 is granted. The deadline 24 of June 29, 2026, to object to, or request a hearing on, plaintiff's motion for temporary restraining order has come and gone, and nothing has been received. Upon consideration of the certificate of service 25 filed June 22, 2026, plaintiff's motion 19 for entry of a sealed temporary restraining order is granted. Enter sealed temporary restraining order. A preliminary injunction hearing to be held by teleconference is tentatively set for July 16, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. The court will rule on any preliminary injunction motion without holding a hearing unless a hearing is requested at least 48 hours before the time of the scheduled hearing. A hearing may be requested by contacting Judge Gottschall's courtroom deputy at Chambers_Gottschall@ilnd.uscourts.gov. Mailed notice |
| 26 | 2026-07-23 | MOTION by Plaintiff Robert Bosch LLC for preliminary injunction Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of a Preliminary Injunction |
| 27 | 2026-07-23 | MEMORANDUM by Robert Bosch LLC in support of motion for preliminary injunction 38 |
| 28 | 2026-07-23 | DECLARATION of Michael A. Hierl regarding motion for preliminary injunction 38 |
| 29 | 2026-07-23 | CERTIFICATE of Service by Elizabeth Aubree Miller on behalf of Robert Bosch LLC |
| 30 | 2026-07-23 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: In its memorandum of law in support of its motion for a temporary restraining order, plaintiff asked the court to impose a pre-judgment asset restraint to "preserve the right to an equitable accounting of Defendant's profits." Dkt. No. 20 at 13-14 (citing Grupo Mexicano de Desarrollo, S.A. v. Alliance Bond Fund, 527 U.S. 308 (1999). Plaintiff's memorandum of law in support of its motion for preliminary injunction offers a very different rationale for continuing to freeze defendant's assets: "In the absence of a preliminary injunction, Defendant may attempt to move any assets from any accounts in U.S.-based financial institutions to offshore accounts. The amount of damages to which Plaintiff is entitled as set forth in the Amended Complaint most likely exceeds any amount contained in any of the Defendant's frozen accounts." Dkt. No. 39 at 4-5. Unlike preserving the right to an equitable accounting, this rationale is insufficient, for Grupo Mexicano holds that a pre-judgment asset freeze may not be imposed solely to preserve the plaintiff's ability to collect any money judgment it obtains. 527 U.S. at 319-25; CSC Holdings, Inc. v. Redisi, 309 F.3d 988, 996 (7th Cir. 2002). For this reason, plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction 38 is denied without prejudice. Mailed notice |
| 31 | 2026-07-24 | NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Robert Bosch LLC Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Defendant No. 1 |
| 32 | 2026-07-27 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Pursuant to Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Defendant No. 1 43, this action is dismissed with prejudice as to Defendant No. 1 FAMOUGOS. The temporary restraining order 29 entered on dated July 2, 2026, is dissolved, and the date set for a preliminary injunction hearing, July 30, 2026, is stricken. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice |
| 33 | 2026-07-28 | MAILED Closing Trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA. |