Case details

Court: cacd
Docket #: 2:98-cv-01298
Case Name: Scholastic Inc v. Applied Scholastics, et al
PACER case #: 108325
Date filed: 1998-02-24
Date terminated: 1999-12-21
Assigned to: Judge Robert J. Kelleher
Referred to: Magistrate Judge James W. McMahon
Case Cause: 15:1114 Trademark Infringement
Nature of Suit: 840 Trademark
Jury Demand: Both
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Parties

Represented Party Attorney & Contact Info
Scholastic Inc
Plaintiff
a New York corporation
Anjani Mandavia
Weissmann Wolff Bergman Coleman Grodin & Evall 9665 Wilshire Blvd 9th Fl Beverly Hills, CA 90212 310-858-7888 Fax: 310-550-7191 Email: amandavia@wwllp.com
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Julie B Ephraim
Weissmann Wolff Bergman Coleman Grodin & Evall 9665 Wilshire Blvd 9th Fl Beverly Hills, CA 90212 310-858-7888 Fax: 310-550-7191 Email: jephraim@wwllp.com
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Michael Bergman
Weissmann Wolff Bergman Coleman Grodin & Evall 9665 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 900 Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2316 310-858-7888 Email: mbergman@wwllp.com
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Applied Scholastics International
Defendant
a California non-profit corporation
Christopher Craig Larkin
Seyfarth Shaw 2029 Century Park East Suite 3500 Los Angeles, CA 90067 310-277-7200 Fax: 310-201-5219 Email: clarkin@seyfarth.com
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Kenneth L Wilton
Seyfarth Shaw LLP 2029 Century Park East Suite 3500 Los Angeles, CA 90067-3021 310-277-7200 Fax: 310-201-5219 Email: kwilton@seyfarth.com
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Thomas M Small
Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch 10940 Wilshire Blvd 18th Fl Los Angeles, CA 90024-3945 310-209-4400 Fax: 310-209-4450
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Association For Better Living & Education
Defendant
a California non-profit corporation
Christopher Craig Larkin
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Kenneth L Wilton
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Thomas M Small
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Bridge Publications, Inc
Defendant
a California corporation
Christopher Craig Larkin
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Kenneth L Wilton
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Thomas M Small
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Applied Scholastics International
Counter Claimant
Christopher Craig Larkin
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Kenneth L Wilton
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Thomas M Small
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Association For Better Living & Education
Counter Claimant
Christopher Craig Larkin
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Kenneth L Wilton
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Thomas M Small
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Bridge Publications, Inc
Counter Claimant
Christopher Craig Larkin
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Kenneth L Wilton
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Thomas M Small
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Scholastic Inc
Counter Defendant
Anjani Mandavia
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Julie B Ephraim
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Michael Bergman
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Documents

Date Filed Document # Attachment # Short Description Long Description Upload date SHA1 hash
1998-02-24 1 0 COMPLAINT filed Summons(es) issued referred to Discovery James W. McMahon; jury demand (jp) (Entered: 03/02/1998)
1998-03-06 2 0 Proof of service of S/c executed upon defendant Bridge Publications on 2/25/98, by svng Lawrence E. Heller, authorized agent for svc of process (bp) (Entered: 03/09/1998)
1998-03-06 3 0 Proof of service of S/C executed upon defendant Applied Scholastics on 2/25/98, by svng Ian Lyons, president & authorized to accept svc of process (bp) (Entered: 03/09/1998)
1998-03-06 4 0 Proof of service of S/C executed upon defendant Assoc For Better on 2/27/98, Reina Weinberg, president, by svng security guard, refused to give name-latino male. (bp) (Entered: 03/09/1998)
1998-03-13 5 0 STIPULATION that dft's shall have an addtl 30 days to ans or otherwise resp to the cmp (bp) (Entered: 03/18/1998)
1998-04-17 6 0 ANSWER to complaint [1-1] and COUNTERCLAIM by defendant Applied Scholastics, defendant Assoc For Better, defendant Bridge Publications against plaintiff Scholastic Inc ; summons not issd (jag) Modified on 06/10/1998 (Entered: 04/22/1998)
1998-04-28 7 0 NOTICE by plaintiff Scholastic Inc of pendency of other actins or proceedings. (jc) (Entered: 05/01/1998)
1998-05-13 8 0 STIPULATION and ORDER by Judge Robert J. Kelleher extending time fr Scholastic Inc, hav to 5/18/98 to resp to cntclm (lc) Modified on 05/15/1998 (Entered: 05/15/1998)
1998-05-18 9 0 ANSWER TO COUNTERCLAIM [7-2] by counter-defendant Scholastic Inc (lc) (Entered: 05/19/1998)
1998-05-22 10 0 NOTICE OF CHANGE Of Address filed by atty Kenneth L Wilton for counter-claimant Bridge Publications, Christopher C Larkin for counter-claimant Bridge Publications, Thomas M Small for counter-claimant Bridge Publications (lc) (Entered: 05/29/1998)
1998-06-02 11 0 JOINT REPORT OF EARLY MEETING OF COUNSEL filed. Estimated length of trial 6 days (lc) (Entered: 06/02/1998)
1998-06-04 12 0 ORDER RE DISCOV CUTOFF AND NTC OF PTC: by Judge Robert J. Kelleher ; discovery ddl set on 8/3/98 ; pretrial conference on 10:00 10/5/98 . Crt ords a timely filing of carefully-prepared Memo of Contentions of Fact and Law and prop PTC ord (cc: all cnsl) (kh) (Entered: 06/08/1998)
1998-06-19 13 0 FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [1-1] by plaintiff Scholastic Inc; jury demand. Summons not issd (jag) (Entered: 06/24/1998)
1998-06-19 14 0 STIPULATION and ORDER that pltf may file the 1st A/C by Judge Robert J. Kelleher (mco) (Entered: 06/25/1998)
1998-07-27 15 0 STIPULATION and ORDER by Judge Robert J. Kelleher that the ; non-expert discovery ddl is CONT on 10/5/98 & pretrial conference is CONT on 10:00 1/11/99 . Ptys sh have until 10/13/98 to designate expert witnesses & fi 4exspert rpts in connection w/ their affirmative clms & ctrclms. Ptys sh have until 10/27/98 to designate experte witnesses & fi expert rpts. Ptys sh have utnil 11/3/98 to designate & fi expert rpts for expert witnesses whose testimony is intended to be used solely for impeachment or rebuttal & the ptys sh have until 11/17/98 to depose all expert witneses & the mot cutoff sh be 12/7/98 (jag) (Entered: 07/30/1998)
1998-10-07 16 0 STIPULATION and ORDER by Judge Robert J. Kelleher that the ; discovery ddl is RESET on 12/11/98 & pretrial conference is CONT on 10:00 4/19/99 ; Scholastic & dfts sh have until 12/22/98 to designate expert witnesses & provide expert rpts in connection w/ their affirmative clms & ctrclms. dfts sh have until 1/5/99 to designate expert witnesses & provide expert rpts for purposes of defending agnst the ctrclms & affirmative clms; Ptys sh have until 1/19/99 to designate & provide expert rpts for expert witnesses whose testimony is intended to be used for impeachment or rebuttal & pty shs have until 2/5/99 to depose all expert witnesses & the cut off for filing motions in this matter sh be 2/22/99. (jag) (Entered: 10/08/1998)
1999-01-20 17 0 STIPULATION and ORDER re cont of discov cutoff & pretrial conf to facilitate documentation & exec of sttlmnt agreement by Judge Robert J. Kelleher. The non expert discov cutoff in the above mtr is cont to 3/11/99; ; pretrial conference on 7/19/99 (twdb) (Entered: 01/22/1999)
1999-03-15 18 0 STIPULATION and ORDER: re cont of dco & ptc to facilitate documentation & execution of Settlement Agreement. by Judge Robert J. Kelleher ; discovery ddl set on 4/12/99 ; pretrial conference on 8/23/99 (pj) (Entered: 03/22/1999)
1999-06-23 19 0 MINUTES: It is ordered that the non expert ;discovery ddl is EXT on 7/5/99 & pretrial conference is CONT on 9/20/99 . Ptys sh have until 7/19/99 to designate expert witnesses & provide expert rpts in connection w/ their affirmative clms & ctrclms. Ptys will have until 8/2/99 to designate expert witnesses & provide expert rpts for purposes of defending agnst the ctrclms & affirmative defenses. by Judge Robert J. Kelleher CR: n/a (jag) (Entered: 06/24/1999)
1999-09-20 20 0 MINUTES: by Judge Robert J. Kelleher; pretrial conference held , ;discovery cut off on 10/4/99; all papers, names of experts & repts must be fld in accordance w/LR by: expert DCO 11/22/99; pretrial conference on 10:00 12/20/99 CR: Beth Zacarro (yc) (Entered: 09/21/1999)
1999-12-21 21 0 STIPULATION and ORDER that the cmp of plf & cntdft Scholastic Inc & the clms of dfts & cntclmnts Appled Scholastics Inc, Association for Better Living & Education & Bridge Publications Inc hereby are dism w/o prej. by Judge Robert J. Kelleher terminating case (MD JS-6) (ENT 12/22/99), SEND COPIE (pj) (Entered: 12/22/1999)