Vogue Tyre & Rubber Company v. Mendez

Filing 16

MEMORANDUM ORDER. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 10/1/2014. Mailed notice (sxw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
VOGUE TYRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
v.
FERNANDO BOLO MENDEZ,
Defendant.

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Case No. 14 C 5839

MEMORANDUM ORDER
This intellectual property action, involving claims of trademark infringement, false
designation of origin and false representation, trade dress infringement, unfair competition and
the violation of the Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act, has been filed by Vogue
Tyre & Rubber Company ("Vogue") against Fernando Bolo Mendez ("Mendez"). Because
(1) Mendez's In Forma Pauperis Application discloses that he qualifies financially for the
designation of an attorney to represent him, (2) it is clear that all concerned -- Vogue, Mendez
and this Court -- will be better served by his having counsel competent to address the intricacies
of intellectual property rights in the respects advanced by Vogue and (3) Mendez has made
appropriate (and unsuccessful) efforts to obtain counsel on his own as our Court of Appeals
requires, this Court has obtained the name of this member of the trial bar to serve Mendez as pro
bono counsel:
Paul G. Juettner, Esq. 1
Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
300 South Wacker Drive, 25th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
[phone]
[e-mail].

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Attorney Juettner has represented to the court personnel responsible for monitoring the
trial bar system that his field of practice comprises both trademark law and patent law.

During the September 30 status hearing in this matter this Court advised both Vogue's
counsel and Mendez that it would draw upon the trial bar for such a designation, and it set the
next status hearing for 9 a.m. November 3, 2014. In preparation for that status hearing
designated counsel Juettner is expected to meet with Mendez, review Vogue's Complaint and file
a responsive pleading on or before October 24, 2014 (although if that timetable creates special
problems for attorney Juettner, this Court would be prepared to entertain a request for a modest
extension of both the responsive pleading date and the next status hearing date).

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: October 1, 2014

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