Case details

Court: ilnd
Docket #: 1:13-cv-01742
Case Name: Zambezia Film Pty Ltd. v. John Does 1-60
PACER case #: 280843
Date filed: 2013-03-06
Assigned to: Honorable Edmond E. Chang
Case Cause: 17:101 Copyright Infringement
Nature of Suit: 820 Copyright
Jury Demand: Plaintiff
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Parties

Represented Party Attorney & Contact Info
Zambezia Film Pty Ltd.
Plaintiff
Matthew Lee Stone
Schneider & Stone 8424 Skokie Blvd Suite 200 Skokie, IL 60077 847 933-0300 Fax: 847 676-2676 Email: mstone@windycitylawgroup.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

John Does 1-60
Defendant

Documents

Date Filed Document # Attachment # Short Description Long Description Upload date SHA1 hash
2013-03-06 1 0 COMPLAINT filed by Zambezia Film Pty Ltd.; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 350, receipt number 0752-8117127. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Civil Cover Sheet)(Stone, Matthew) (Entered: 03/06/2013)
2013-03-06 2 0 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Zambezia Film Pty Ltd. by Matthew Lee Stone (Stone, Matthew) (Entered: 03/06/2013)
2013-03-22 3 0 MOTION by Plaintiff Zambezia Film Pty Ltd.Leave to File Expedited Discovery Prior to Rule 26(f) Conference (Stone, Matthew) (Entered: 03/22/2013)
2013-03-22 4 0 MEMORANDUM by Zambezia Film Pty Ltd. in support of motion for miscellaneous relief 3 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B)(Stone, Matthew) (Entered: 03/22/2013)
2013-03-22 5 0 NOTICE of Motion by Matthew Lee Stone for presentment of motion for miscellaneous relief 3 before Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 3/28/2013 at 09:00 AM. (Stone, Matthew) (Entered: 03/22/2013)
2013-03-22 6 0 MINUTE entry before Honorable Edmond E. Chang: The electronic filing system notes that Judge Chang is not holding a motion call on March 28, 2013, but Plaintiff noticed a motion for that date. The motion is stricken. Mailed notice (slb, ) (Entered: 03/22/2013)
2013-03-23 7 0 NOTICE of Motion by Matthew Lee Stone for presentment of before Honorable Edmond E. Chang on 4/4/2013 at 09:00 AM. (Stone, Matthew) (Entered: 03/23/2013)
2013-04-03 8 0 MINUTE entry before Honorable Edmond E. Chang: On Plaintiff's motion for early discovery 3 , Plaintiff shall file a supplement to the motion that explains what criteria Plaintiff applied in deciding that the named Does (at least named via their ISP addresses) were part on one swarm. The supplement must include (but not be limited to) an explanation of why the defined swarm ranges in time from November 6, 2012 through December 25, 2012. Here is another area of inquiry: the named Does are limited to ISP addresses located in the Northern District of Illinois, which is an appropriate limitation for personal jurisdiction reasons, but if there were not a geographic limitation applied to the defined swarm, then would the number of defendants be greater than presently named? Any facts that form the premise of the supplement should be supported with an under-oath declaration, such as the one filed with the current motion. The supplement is due on or before 04/17/13. The motion hearing of 04/04/13 is reset to 05/06/13 at 9:30 a.m.Mailed notice (slb, ) (Entered: 04/03/2013)
2013-04-17 9 0 MOTION by Plaintiff Zambezia Film Pty Ltd. to supplement (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B)(Stone, Matthew) (Entered: 04/17/2013) 2013-05-11 14:18:04 6fc37643b671be13f4164ad2a69dc02145b7799e
9 1 Exhibit A
9 2 Exhibit B
2013-05-06 10 0 MINUTE entry before Honorable Edmond E. Chang: The motion hearing of 05/06/13 was called and is reset to 05/09/13 at 8:30 a.m. Plaintiff's counsel mis-calendared the date. Mailed notice (slb, ) (Entered: 05/06/2013)
2013-05-09 11 0 MINUTE entry before Honorable Edmond E. Chang: Motion hearing held on Plaintiff's supplemental motion for early discovery 9 . For the reasons stated in open court, Plaintiff's motion 9 is granted. As discussed during the hearing, the Court is still not entirely convinced that Plaintiff' joinder theory (the unique hash tag value) is correct in all situations, especially if applied over an extended time period. But here Plaintiff did limit the time period in defining the swarm (limited to less than 2 months), so at this stage of the litigation (where there is not even an adversarial presentation), it is permissible at least to engage in discovery to identify the defendants. Defendants may re-raise the joinder issue later in the case. Status hearing set for June 26, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Mailed notice (slb, ) (Entered: 05/09/2013)