Seventh Circuit Cases Continue To Contract
The Annual Report of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit was recently issued. In 2024, 2,434 new appeals were filed. This is a 6% decrease from 2023, which had 2,588 cases filed. Further, the 2,434 figure is the second lowest number since 2006. Only the pandemic-hobbled 2022 with 2,363,...
Default Judgment Vacated
Yesterday, I successfully vacated a potential six-figure judgment on behalf of an Amazon seller. My client, a foreign-based business, was unaware of an infringement lawsuit against him that had been served via email. Unfortunately, the email went into his spam folder, and he never saw it. A few months later, the Plaintiff...
Christopher Keleher Quoted in Law360 Article
Yesterday, I had the honor of being interviewed and quoted in a Law360 article about Schedule A litigation. The article examines recent trends in Schedule A litigation and how Schedule A plaintiffs are increasingly experiencing difficulties in the Northern District of Illinois. A link to the Law360 piece can be found here:
Over $600,000 Returned to Two Amazon Sellers
Last week, I convinced a federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois to unfreeze two seller’s Amazon accounts in a Schedule A lawsuit. My clients, Amazon merchants, had their accounts frozen for three months. For one store, the revenue for the allegedly infringing items sold was $18,519 while the frozen...
Christopher Keleher Speaks At Schedule A Panel Discussion
Yesterday, I had the honor of speaking at Chicago-Kent College of Law about Schedule A litigation. I was on a distinguished panel which included Kent Law Professor Sarah Fackrell. The discussion was entitled "Enforcing IP in the Amazon Era." We took a deep dive into the nuances of Schedule A litigation and...
Publication in Indiana Bar Journal Magazine
I had the honor of being published as the cover article in the latest volume of the Indiana Bar magazine, Res Gestae. The article, "Litigating Speedy Trial Rights In Indiana," examines the difficult balancing act judges must take in ensuring criminal defendants' speedy trial rights are protected while recognizing the realities of litigation...
Federal Court Cites Article Written By Christopher Keleher
A federal district court, the Northern District of Illinois, recently cited an article by Christopher Keleher in an important employment case concerning the Fair Labor Standards Act, Arroyo v. Olde Eng. Gardens, No. 20-cv-2751, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 212005; 2024 WL 4851523 (Nov. 21, 2024). Keleher's article, The Perils of Unpaid Internships, 101 Ill. B.J....
Christopher Keleher Interviewed By Glossy Magazine About Counterfiters Selling on Amazon
I recently had the honor of being interviewed by Glossy Magazine about Schedule A litigation. The domestic implications of Schedule A litigation are wide and varied, and it was a great privilege to offer...
Keleher Appellate Law Group Recognized By China IP Law Association
A major new research report, entitled "2024 Report on Overseas IP Dispute of Chinese Entities," was released last week. The report was prepared by the prestigious China IP Law Association and the National Overseas IP Dispute Coordination Center in Beijing, China.
In the report, the organizations analyzed the number of Trademark Schedule A cases...
Lawsuit Dismissed
Last week, I obtained a significant victory for my clients in a Schedule A matter. My clients, Japanese online retailers, were sued for trademark/copyright infringement in the Northern District of Illinois. The case is Sega Corporation et al. v. The Individuals, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations identified on...