Unsealing “Schedule A”
2025 Chicago-Kent Law Review Online Live Symposium
Symposium Editor
Sarah Fackrell, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Chicago–Kent College of Law
September 26, 2025 | 10:00 am – 3:45 pm (CST)
Contact: Colleen Christensen | cchristensen@hawk.illinoistech.edu
The Symposium is free.
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Schedule
Friday, September 26, 2025 | 10:00 am – 3:45 pm CST | On Zoom
All times are listed in Central Standard Time. Each panel will consist of three 15-minute presentations, after which there will be 30 minutes for questions and discussion.
10:00 – 10:15 am – Welcome Remarks
Chicago-Kent Dean Jason J. Czarnezki, Law Review Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline Garcia, and Faculty Editor Sarah Fackrell
10:15 – 10:30 am – “Schedule A” Litigation: A Very Short Introduction
Sarah Fackrell, Illinois Tech
10:30 – 11:45 am – Panel I
Elizabeth Rosenblatt, Case Western Reserve University: “A Critical Examination of Schedule A Pleading”
Qin Bin-Wu, Xiangtan University: “Procedural Problems in the Schedule A Litigation—Jurisdiction, Joinder of Defendants, Email Service and Injunctions”
Michael Goodyear, New York Law School: “Schedule A’s Third-Party Injunction Problem”
Moderator: Paul Rogerson, Illinois Tech
11:45 am – 12:00 pm – Break
12:00 – 1:15 pm – Panel II
Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Yeshiva University & Sarah Fackrell, Illinois Tech: “Schedule A: An Empirical Study”
Cynthia Ho, Loyola University Chicago & Kate Pearson, Loyola University Chicago: “(Historical) Lessons for Alleged Online Infringement”
Phil Malone, Stanford University: “Less SAD: Litigation and Advocacy Strategies to Reduce Abusive Schedule A Lawsuits”
Moderator: Alexandra Yelderman, Illinois Tech
1:15 – 2:15 pm – Lunch
2:15 – 3:30 pm – Panel III
Kali Murray, Marquette University: “Artificial Procedure: Solving the Small Scale Litigation Problem in IP”
Greg Reilly, Illinois Tech: “From Mass Plaintiffs to Mass Defendants”
Daniel C.K. Chow, The Ohio State University: “Will Schedule A Litigation, the Shop Safe Act, or the Consumers Information Act Have any Effect on China’s Online Counterfeiters?”
Moderator: Graeme Dinwoodie, Illinois Tech
3:30 – 3:45 pm – Concluding Remarks
Presenters
Qin Bin-Wu, Professor of Law, Xiangtan University School of Law.
Daniel C.K. Chow, Frank E. & Virginia H. Bazler Chair in Business Law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Sarah Fackrell, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Program in Intellectual Property Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Tech.
Michael Goodyear, Associate Professor Professor of Law, New York Law School.
Cynthia M. Ho, Clifford E. Vickrey Research Professor and Director, Intellectual Property Program, Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Phillip R. Malone (Phil), Professor of Law and Director, Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic, Stanford Law School.
Kali Murray, Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School.
Kate Pearson, Beazley Institute of Health Law Fellow, Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Greg Reilly, Professor of Law; Co-Director of the Program in Intellectual Property Law; and Associate Dean for Scholarship and Faculty Development, Faculty and Research, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Tech.
Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt (Betsy), Tom J.E. and Bette Lou Walker Professor of Law; Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished Research Scholar and Associate Director, Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts; and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Professor of Law and Director, Intellectual Property and Information Law Program, Cardozo Law, Yeshiva University.
Moderators
Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Co-Director of the Program in Intellectual Property Law, University Distinguished Professor, Global Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Tech.
Alexandra F. L. Yelderman, Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Tech.
Paul Rogerson, Visiting Assistant Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Tech.
Recommended Reading
Attendees who are not yet familiar with the Schedule A litigation model may wish to review some of the following decisions and articles:
- Memorandum Opinion and Order, Eicher Motors Ltd. v. Individuals, Corps., Ltd. Liab. Cos., P’ships, & Unincorporated Ass’ns Identified on Schedule A Hereto, No. 1:25-cv-02937 (Aug. 8, 2025), ECF 22 (Kness, J.) (explaining and critiquing Schedule A).
- Order, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. v. P’ships & Unincorporated Ass’ns Identified on Schedule A, No. 1:24-cv-09401 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 18, 2024), ECF 27 (Daniel, J.) (discussing different approaches to Schedule A joinder).
- Memorandum Opinion and Order, Zorro Prods., Inc. v. Individuals, Corps., Ltd. Liab. Cos., P’ships, & Unincorporated Ass’ns Identified on Schedule A Hereto, No. 1:23-cv-05761 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 20, 2023), ECF 36 (Seeger, J.) (describing the Schedule A phenomenon and discussing asset freezes).
- Memorandum Opinion and Order, Bose Corporation v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule “A”, Docket No. 1:19-cv-07467 (N.D. Ill. Nov 12, 2019).
- Complaint, Hallmark Licensing, LLC v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, No. 1:25-cv-04970 (N.D. Ill. May 06, 2025), ECF 1 (example of a Schedule A complaint).
- Sarah Fackrell, The Counterfeit Sham, 138 Harv. L. Rev. 471 (2024).
- Eric Goldman, A SAD Scheme of Abusive Intellectual Property Litigation, 123 Colum. L. Rev. F. 183 (2023).