Arimathea LLC v. WM. Wrigley Jr. Company

1:08-cv-03796

Overview

Case Number 1:08-cv-03796

Filing Date 2008-07-02

Status Terminated

Termination Date 2008-12-15

Court District Court, N.D. Illinois (ilnd)

Presiding Judge Joan B. Gottschall

Nature of Suit 830 Patent

Jurisdiction Type Federal Question

Cause of Action 35:145 Patent Infringement

Jury Demand Both

Parties

Defendant

Jones Soda Co.

Represented By

4 Attorneys Listed

Brian J Sodikoff

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 902-5462

Fax: +1 (312) 577-4778

525 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60661

Robert B. Breisblatt

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 902-5200

525 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60661-3693

Claire Hollis Forster

Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 460-5665

131 S. Dearborn St., Suite 2400

Alexander S. Vesselinovitch

Freeborn & Peters, LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 360-6790

311 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3000

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.

Represented By

5 Attorneys Listed

Keith V. Rockey

Rockey & Lyons

Tel: +1 (312) 268-5703

Rockey & Lyons, 180 North Stetson

Avani C Macaluso

McDermott, Will & Emery LLP (Chicago)

Tel: +1 (312) 372-2000

227 West Monroe Street, #4400

Paul J Robbennolt

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Tel: +1 (612) 340-2913

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500

Matthew L. De Preter

Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd.

Tel: +1 (312) 580-1180

Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd., 20 N. Wacker Dr.

Devan V Padmanabhan

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Tel: +1 (612) 343-7990

Fax: +1 (612) 340-8856

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500

Big Sky Brands Inc.

Represented By

4 Attorneys Listed

Brian J Sodikoff

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 902-5462

Fax: +1 (312) 577-4778

525 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60661

Robert B. Breisblatt

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 902-5200

525 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60661-3693

Claire Hollis Forster

Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 460-5665

131 S. Dearborn St., Suite 2400

Alexander S. Vesselinovitch

Freeborn & Peters, LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 360-6790

311 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3000

North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.

Represented By

0 Attorneys Listed

No attorneys available

Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.

Represented By

4 Attorneys Listed

Lesley Gayle Smith

Schopf & Weiss LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 701-9300

One South Wacker Drive, 28th Floor

Todd H. Flaming

KrausFlaming LLC

Tel: +1 (312) 447-7217

KrausFlaming LLC, 20 South Clark Street

Peter Vincent Baugher

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 701-9315

One South Wacker Drive, 28th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606

Nicholas Groombridge

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Tel: +1 (212) 310-8000

767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10153

Starbucks Corporation

Represented By

3 Attorneys Listed

David Kenneth Callahan

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 876-7694

300 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60654

Ann Marie T Wahls

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 862-2000

Fax: +1 (312) 861-2200

300 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60654

Emily Rose Dempsey

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 862-2000

300 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60654

Plaintiff

Arimathea LLC

Represented By

4 Attorneys Listed

Laura Anne Kenneally

Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro

Tel: +1 (312) 236-0733

Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, 181 West Madison Street

Raymond P. Niro

Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Ltd.

Tel: +1 (312) 236-0733

Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Ltd., 181 West Madison Street

Lee F. Grossman

Miller Canfield

Tel: +1 (312) 460-4200

Fax: +1 (312) 460-4201

Miller Canfield, 225 W. Washington St.

Raymond Pardo Niro , Jr.

Niro McAndrews, LLC

Tel: +1 (312) 755-8576

Niro McAndrews, LLC, 200 West Madison Street

WM. Wrigley Jr. Company

Represented By

3 Attorneys Listed

William H. Frankel

Brinks, Gilson & Lione

Tel: +1 (312) 321-7736

Fax: +1 (312) 321-4299

Brinks, Gilson & Lione, NBC Tower, Suite 3600

Robert Steven Mallin

Brinks, Gilson & Lione

Tel: +1 (312) 321-4200

Brinks, Gilson & Lione, NBC Tower, Suite 3600

David Howard Bluestone

McDermott, Will & Emery LLP (Chicago)

Tel: +1 (312) 984-5484

Fax: +1 (312) 984-7700

227 West Monroe Street, #4400

Consol Defendant

The Hershey Company

Represented By

2 Attorneys Listed

David Kenneth Callahan

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 876-7694

300 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60654

Ann Marie T Wahls

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 862-2000

Fax: +1 (312) 861-2200

300 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60654

Court & Judges

Court

District Court, N.D. Illinois (ilnd)

Presiding Judge

Joan B. Gottschall

Patents Involved

No asserted patent numbers detected in initial docket filings yet.

Docket Entries

COMPLAINT filed by Arimathea LLC; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 350.(vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

2008-07-02

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CIVIL Cover Sheet (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

2008-07-02

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ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Arimathea LLC by Lee F Grossman (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

2008-07-02

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ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Arimathea LLC by Laura Anne Kenneally (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

2008-07-02

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Arimathea LLC v. WM. Wrigley Jr. Company

Overview

Parties

Defendant

Jones Soda Co. Follow

Represented By

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. Follow

Represented By

Big Sky Brands Inc. Follow

Represented By

North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc. Follow

Represented By

Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. Follow

Represented By

Starbucks Corporation Follow

Represented By

Plaintiff

Arimathea LLC Follow

Represented By

WM. Wrigley Jr. Company Follow

Represented By

Consol Defendant

The Hershey Company Follow

Represented By

Court & Judges

Patents Involved

Docket Entries

COMPLAINT filed by Arimathea LLC; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 350.(vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

CIVIL Cover Sheet (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Arimathea LLC by Lee F Grossman (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Arimathea LLC by Laura Anne Kenneally (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Arimathea LLC by Raymond Pardo Niro, Jr. (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Arimathea LLC by Raymond P. Niro. (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Arimathea LLC (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

LOCAL Rule 3.4 Notice of Claims Involving Patents by Arimathea LLC (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

8 SUMMONS Issued as to Defendants North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc., Starbucks Corporation, The Hershey Company, WM. Wrigley Jr. Company, Big Sky Brands Inc., Caribou Coffee Company, Inc., Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., Jones Soda Co. (vmj, ) (Entered: 07/07/2008)

SUMMONS Returned Executed by Arimathea LLC as to Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. on 7/3/2008, answer due 7/23/2008. (Niro, Raymond) (Entered: 07/09/2008)

SUMMONS Returned Executed by Arimathea LLC as to Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. on 7/3/2008, answer due 7/23/2008. (Niro, Raymond) (Entered: 07/09/2008)

SUMMONS Returned Executed by Arimathea LLC as to The Hershey Company on 7/3/2008, answer due 7/23/2008. (Niro, Raymond) (Entered: 07/09/2008)

SUMMONS Returned Executed by Arimathea LLC as to Starbucks Corporation on 7/3/2008, answer due 7/23/2008. (Niro, Raymond) (Entered: 07/09/2008)

SUMMONS Returned Executed by Arimathea LLC as to WM. Wrigley Jr. Company on 7/7/2008, answer due 7/28/2008. (Niro, Raymond) (Entered: 07/09/2008)

NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal against Defendant North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc. by Arimathea LLC (Niro, Raymond) (Text Modified by Clerk's Office on 7/22/2008) (hp, ). (Entered: 07/18/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant The Hershey Company by David Kenneth Callahan (Callahan, David) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

MOTION by Defendant The Hershey Company for extension of time to answer or otherwise respond (Callahan, David) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

NOTICE of Motion by David Kenneth Callahan for presentment of extension of time 20 before Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 7/31/2008 at 09:30 AM. (Callahan, David) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Starbucks Corporation by David Kenneth Callahan (Callahan, David) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

MOTION by Defendant Starbucks Corporation for extension of time to answer or otherwise respond (Callahan, David) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

NOTICE of Motion by David Kenneth Callahan for presentment of extension of time 23 before Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 7/31/2008 at 09:30 AM. (Callahan, David) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. by Keith V. Rockey (Rockey, Keith) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. by Avani C Macaluso (Macaluso, Avani) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. by Matthew L. DePreter (DePreter, Matthew) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

MOTION by Defendant Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. for extension of time to file answer (Agreed) (Rockey, Keith) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

NOTICE of Motion by Keith V. Rockey for presentment of motion for extension of time to file answer 28 before Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 7/31/2008 at 09:30 AM. (Rockey, Keith) (Entered: 07/23/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant WM. Wrigley Jr. Company by William H. Frankel (Frankel, William) (Entered: 07/24/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant WM. Wrigley Jr. Company by Robert Steven Mallin (Mallin, Robert) (Entered: 07/24/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant WM. Wrigley Jr. Company by David Howard Bluestone (Bluestone, David) (Entered: 07/24/2008)

MOTION by Defendant WM. Wrigley Jr. Company for extension of time to file answer (stipulated) (Bluestone, David) (Entered: 07/24/2008)

NOTICE of Motion by David Howard Bluestone for presentment of motion for extension of time to file answer 33 before Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 7/31/2008 at 09:30 AM. (Bluestone, David) (Entered: 07/24/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. by Peter Vincent Baugher (Baugher, Peter) (Entered: 07/24/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. by Lesley Gayle Smith (Smith, Lesley) (Entered: 07/24/2008)

MOTION by Defendant Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. for extension of time to file answer regarding complaint 1 Agreed Motion for Extension of Time (Smith, Lesley) (Entered: 07/24/2008)

NOTICE of Motion by Lesley Gayle Smith for presentment of motion for extension of time to file answer, motion for relief 37 before Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 7/31/2008 at 09:30 AM. (Smith, Lesley) (Entered: 07/24/2008)

NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. (Smith, Lesley) (Entered: 07/25/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Starbucks Corporation by Emily Rose Dempsey.(aac, ) (Entered: 08/01/2008)

MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 50, receipt number 07520000000002982129. (Pathmanaban, Srinivas Giriraj) (Entered: 07/31/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant The Hershey Company by Ann Marie T Wahls (Wahls, Ann Marie) (Entered: 08/04/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Starbucks Corporation by Ann Marie T Wahls (Wahls, Ann Marie) (Entered: 08/04/2008)

NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by The Hershey Company (Wahls, Ann Marie) (Entered: 08/04/2008)

NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Starbucks Corporation (Wahls, Ann Marie) (Entered: 08/04/2008)

NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by WM. Wrigley Jr. Company (Bluestone, David) (Entered: 08/04/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. by Todd H. Flaming (Flaming, Todd) (Entered: 08/05/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Big Sky Brands Inc., Jones Soda Co. by Alexander S. Vesselinovitch (Vesselinovitch, Alexander) (Entered: 08/07/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Big Sky Brands Inc., Jones Soda Co. by Robert B. Breisblatt (Breisblatt, Robert) (Entered: 08/07/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Big Sky Brands Inc., Jones Soda Co. by Brian J Sodikoff (Sodikoff, Brian) (Entered: 08/07/2008)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Big Sky Brands Inc., Jones Soda Co. by Claire Hollis Forster (Forster, Claire) (Entered: 08/07/2008)

AMENDED attorney appearance 50 (Breisblatt, Robert) (Entered: 08/07/2008)

SUMMONS Returned Executed by Arimathea LLC as to Jones Soda Co. on 7/9/2008, answer due 7/29/2008. (Niro, Raymond) (Entered: 08/18/2008)

SUMMONS Returned Executed by Arimathea LLC as to Big Sky Brands Inc. on 7/10/2008, answer due 7/30/2008. (Niro, Raymond) (Entered: 08/18/2008)

MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 50, receipt number 07520000000003038328. (Attachments: # 1 Motion For Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice)(Groombridge, Nicholas) (Entered: 08/20/2008)

MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 50, receipt number 07520000000003044219. (Robbennolt, Paul) (Entered: 08/22/2008)

Jones Soda Co.

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.

Big Sky Brands Inc.

North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.

Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.

Starbucks Corporation

Arimathea LLC

WM. Wrigley Jr. Company

The Hershey Company