2025-cv-06855

COMPLAINT filed by DreamWorks Animation LLC; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23650020.

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 1

SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC Schedule A regarding complaint[1]

Exhibit 2

Exhibit 2

MOTION by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC for leave to file under seal

Exhibit 3

CIVIL Cover Sheet

(Exhibit 4)

NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by DreamWorks Animation LLC

Notice of Claims Involving Trademarks by DreamWorks Animation LLC

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC by Justin R. Gaudio

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC by Amy Crout Ziegler

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC by Berel Yonathan Lakovitsky

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC by Luana Faria De Souza (Faria De Souza, Luana)

MAILED copyright report to Registrar, Washington DC.

MAILED trademark report to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA.

CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable April M. Perry. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Keri L. Holleb Hotaling. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). (Text entry; no document attached.)

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. (Text entry; no document attached.)

MAILED to plaintiff(s) counsel Lanham Mediation Program materials.

MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: It appearing that the case filed is a "Schedule A" case, Plaintiff is directed to the Court's standing order on its website directing the filing of the Court's Schedule A Template within 14 days. Upon review of the complaint, the Court sua sponte raises the propriety under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a)(2) of joining 96 defendants to this action. See, e.g, Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. v. Partnerships & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, 334 F.R.D. 182 (N.D. Ill. 2020). Plaintiff is reminded that "[c]ourts in this district generally agree that alleging that multiple defendants have infringed on the same copyright in the same way does not create the substantial evidentiary overlap required to find a similar transaction or occurrence." See Roadget Bus. Pte. Ltd. v. Individuals, Corps, Ltd. Liab. Companies, Partnerships & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, No. 23-cv-17036, 2024 WL 1858592, at *6 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 29, 2024) (collecting cases). Plaintiff should reference this Court's opinion in Zaful v. Schedule A Defs., 24-cv-11111, Doc. 12 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 10, 2025), where the Court expressed its views on joinder in such cases. By July 8, 2025, Plaintiff must file a supplemental memorandum addressing the propriety of joinder in light of the principles described above. In the alternative, Plaintiff has leave to file an amended complaint by July 8, 2025, with a smaller subset of defendants along with a memorandum explaining why each defendant is properly joined to all of the others. Plaintiff's Motion to Seal [3] is granted. Mailed notice. (jcc,)

AMENDED complaint by DreamWorks Animation LLC against SupercoolMK, the Individuals and Entities Operating SupercoolMK and terminating The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A

EXHIBIT by Plaintiff DreamWorks Animation LLC Amended Schedule A regarding amended complaint, 15