Paradine, LLC v. FelFel Corp.

Filing 11

MEMORANDUM Order issued regarding the submission that was signed by an individual, Walid Hendi. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 8/31/2016:Mailed notice(clw, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION

PARADINE, LLC, a Colorado limited
liability company,
Plaintiff,
v.
FELFEL CORP. d/b/a FILFEL
MEDITERRANEAN FAST FOOD
RESTAURANT,
Defendant.

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Case No. 16 C 7586

MEMORANDUM ORDER
On July 26, 2016 Paradine, LLC ("Paradine") filed suit against Felfel Corp. d/b/a Filfel
Mediterranean Fast Food Restaurant ("Felfel"), charging it with trademark infringement and
false designation for unfair competition in violation of the federal Lanham Act, coupling those
charges with related state and common law claims. No responsive pleading has been filed -instead the attached hand-printed page was delivered to this Court's chambers yesterday
(August 30), having been received in the Clerk's Office the preceding day.
That submission was signed by an individual, Walid Hendi ("Hendi"), who under the law
has no individual standing in this action. With Hendi having chosen to conduct business in
corporate form, defendant Felfel can act only through a lawyer, and this Court is not in the
position to act on Hendi's individual request. If he is the owner (or one owner) of Felfel's stock,
as would seem to be the case, he would be well advised to act swiftly to retain a lawyer for Felfel

to avoid the possibility of a motion for default being filed by Paradine's counsel.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: August 31, 2016

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Case: 1:16-cv-07586 Document #: 10 Filed: 08/29/16 Page 1 of 1 PageID #:70

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