Chicago-Kent Law Review Symposium on "Unsealing Schedule A"

You are cordially invited to the Fall 2025 Chicago-Kent Law Review Symposium, "Unsealing Schedule A”:

Over the last decade, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has quietly become one of the most important IP courts in the country—maybe the world—due to the rise of a new form of mass-defendant IP litigation. In a “Schedule A” case, a plaintiff accuses online sellers of infringing one or more IP rights then seeks a TRO shutting down the alleged infringers’ stores and freezing their assets—all before the defendants even know they’ve been sued. This litigation model operated largely under the radar until recently, when judges and academics started voicing concerns.

This symposium will be the first to focus on the Schedule A phenomenon, bringing together prominent scholars to discuss this litigation model and the issues that it raises. Although these cases involve IP claims, they don’t only raise IP issues. They raise issues relating to civil procedure, remedies, and fundamental due process. Please join us on Friday, September 26, via Zoom. For more information and to register: https://studentorgs.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/symposium/unsealing-schedule-a/.