One of my quotes: "The whole point of the [SAD Scheme] is to bypass multiple due process checks in our system to reach conclusions that don't comply with due process. Due process is being systematically undervalued in our society, & I think we're worse off for it" #StopTheSADScheme
https://www.law.com/2026/06/02/far-reaching-implications-hague-service-convention-bans-email-process-service-to-chinese-defendants-seventh-circuit-rules-/
'Far-Reaching Implications': Hague Service Convention Bans Email Process Service to Chinese Defendants, Seventh Circuit Rules
"It ... means that many thousands of cases were wrongly decided, and default judgments were wrongly entered," said defendant-appellant counsel Wesley Johnson of Cross-Border Counselor.
Seventh Circuit Limits Email Service to Chinese SAD Scheme Defendants-Kangol v. Hangzhou Silk - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
There have been thousands of SAD Scheme cases in the Northern District of Illinois, but this extensive litigation activity has produced only a small handful of Seventh Circuit opinions. This lack of appellate review has played a major role in...
SAD Scheme Defendant Gets Damages Payout from the Bond-Bright Head v. Schedule A Defendants - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
[This is a ruling from a month ago…I just learned about it.] The court starts out: “Plaintiff’s pursuit of a preliminary injunction in this “Schedule A” patent infringement suit fizzled out after plaintiff abandoned its appeal of my order denying...
SAD Scheme Plaintiff Gets Default Win But Blows the Layup on Damages-Shenzen Huajie v. Shenzen Leyibei - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
This is a rare Seventh Circuit opinion on the SAD Scheme (it’s nonprecedential). The defense didn’t contest the appeal, but even without opposition, the rightsowner still whiffs. The court contextualizes the case: Intellectual property lawsuits like this one have flooded...
SAD Scheme Copyright Plaintiff Must Compensate Defendants-Shenzhen Langmi v. Schedule A Defendants - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Shenzhen Langmi Technology is a Chinese-based vendor of cosmetics and hair products. It claims that the defendants used its copyrights as part of their products. Initially, it sued 36 defendants, but eventually it reduced that to just eight defendants. The...
Greer Burns Law Firm Sanctioned for "Willfully Abusive" and "Egregious" SAD Scheme Judge-Shopping - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Currently, the Northern District of Illinois judges do not apply consistent standards for SAD Scheme joinder. Some judges still permit the joinder of dozens or hundreds of seemingly unrelated defendants in a single case; other judges essentially make SAD Scheme...
Schedule A: Ten Notable Developments in 2025 (Guest Blog Post) - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
By Sarah Fackrell, Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law It’s been a busy year on the Schedule A beat. In reflecting on the year, I’ve put together this quick round-up of ten of the top developments, in (rough)...
Second Circuit Rejects Email Service on Chinese Defendants in Baby Shark SAD Scheme Case - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
This case involves the “Baby Shark” earworm song, which has billions of YouTube views and ranks as the #1 most viewed YouTube video of all time. You already know the lyrics (and associated hand/arm movements) by heart, but the high-quality...
Court Sanctions Plaintiff's Lawyer for Unverified Claims That the Defendant Was Hiding-Guangzhou Youlan Technology Co. Ltd. v. Onbrill World - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
This is a SAD Scheme-adjacent design patent case against an Amazon merchant. I say “adjacent” because the plaintiff’s lawyer apparently cloned-and-revised SAD Scheme templates but made two major variations: (1) the complaint only names one defendant, not hundreds, and (2)...
Judge Kness: the SAD Scheme "Should No Longer Be Perpetuated in Its Present Form"-Eicher Motors v. Schedule A Defendants - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
When I first encountered the SAD Scheme, I felt like Alice entering Wonderland. The scheme was so obviously whacked that I felt like I had tumbled into an upside-down jurisprudential world. I was sure that the SAD Scheme’s illegitimacy was...
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