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Intellectual Property,
Civil Procedure

Aug. 20, 2025

Judge dismantles SAD strategy in IP mass joinder cases

Judge Kness's Eicher Motors opinion unravels the "Schedule A" litigation model, finding that mass joinder TROs and ex parte asset freezes don't comport with fairness or the rules of civil procedure.

Milord A. Keshishian

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Email: milord@milordlaw.com

Pepperdine University SOL; Malibu CA

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Judge dismantles SAD strategy in IP mass joinder cases
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Critics use "SAD" as the acronym for the "Schedule A Defendants" model of litigation. Judge John Kness's opinion in Eicher Motors Ltd. v. Schedule A Defendants unraveled the practice of joining sometimes hundreds -- or thousands -- of unrelated defendants in infringement cases to obtain temporary restraining orders ...

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