Hearst Communications, Inc. v. Rugs America Corp.

Summary

Hearst Communications sues Rugs America for trademark infringement over allegedly infringing rug designs.

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Cause

15:1114 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

Entities in this case

Parties

Hearst Communications, Inc. (plaintiff) Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. (plaintiff) Aaron Hakimian (defendant) Rugs America Holdings LLC (defendant) Rugs America Corp. (defendant)

Docket entries

1. 2025-09-19

   Order

2. 2025-08-26

   Show Cause Hearing

3. 2025-08-08

   Order on Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery

4. 2025-08-08

   Status Conference

5. 2025-08-05

   Set/Reset Hearings: Status Conference set for 8/7/2025 at 11:30 AM before Judge Jeannette A. Vargas. (jjc)

6. 2025-07-21

   Mediation Conference

7. 2025-06-23

   Minute Entry for proceedings held before SDNY Mediation: Mediation Conference held on 6/23/2025. Mediation Status due by 7/23/2025. (sni)

8. 2025-05-27

   FIRST MEDIATION CONFERENCE. Mediation Conference scheduled for 6/23/2025 at 11:00 AM in telephone or video conference.(sni)

9. 2025-05-27

   Mediation Conference Scheduled

10. 2025-05-08

    Notice of Mediator Assignment

11. 2025-05-06

    Pretrial Conference - Initial

12. 2025-05-06

    Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Jeannette A. Vargas: Initial Pretrial Conference held on 5/6/2025. Present were Tal Benschar, Matthew Greenfield, and Ravi Sitwala for the plaintiffs and Arvind Jayakumar for the defendants. (Court Reporter Rebecca Forman) (nmo)

13. 2025-03-30

    Order on Motion for Extension of Time to Answer

14. 2025-03-28

    Order

15. 2025-02-27

    Case Designated ECF. (jgo)

16. 2025-02-27

    Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang is designated to handle matters that may be referred in this case. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf. (jgo)

17. 2025-02-27

    CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Jeannette A. Vargas. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/district-judges. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Please download and review the ECF Rules and Instructions, located at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/ecf-related-instructions..(jgo)

18. 2025-02-27

    Case Opening Initial Assignment Notice

19. 2025-02-26

    ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT RULE 7.1 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. Notice to Attorney Tal S. Benschar to RE-FILE Document Nos. 4 Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement and 5 Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement. These filings are deficient for the following reason(s): the corporate parent/other affiliate was not added;. Re-file the document using the event type Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement found under the event list Other Documents - select the correct filer/filers - attach the correct signed PDF - when prompted with the message "Are there any corporate parents or other affiliates?", select the Yes or No radio button - If Yes - enter the corporate parent/other affiliate, click the Search button - select the correct corporate parent/other affiliate name from the search results list or if no person found, create a new corporate parent/other affiliate - select the party to whom the corporate parent/other affiliate should be linked - add corporate parent/other affiliate names one at a time. (lb)

20. 2025-02-26

    Notice to Attorney Regarding Deficient Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement

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