So, Grecia was ordered to appear, by Zoom, for the hearing and he refused. The attorneys' motions to withdraw were granted.

Also: "Plaintiff Wepay Global Payments, LLC is ORDERED to retain new counsel within thirty (30) days of the date of this order. Failure to obtain counsel will result in this case being recommended for dismissed for want of prosecution."

https://www.scribd.com/document/625185368/Wepay-v-Wells-Fargo-Order-Granting-Withdrawl

#DesignPatents #Litigation #WDTX #Greciaverse

For a bit of background on the #Greciaverse saga, see this post: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/06/animated-design-patents.html

Wells Fargo also has a pending motion to dismiss in this case: https://www.scribd.com/document/624303891/Wepay-v-Wells-Fargo-Motion-to-Dismiss

#Greciaverse #DesignPatents

Today in the #Greciaverse: Judge Gilliland has ordered Grecia to appear, by Zoom, today in connection with his attorneys' motions to withdraw in Wepay v. Wells Fargo: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1168722/gov.uscourts.txwd.1168722.22.0.pdf

#DesignPatents #Litigation #WDTX

The attorney who filed all those #Greciaverse cases seems to be having trouble with at least one of his motions to withdraw: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1164008/gov.uscourts.txwd.1164008.26.0.pdf

"A signature for Wepay has not be obtained ... because Counsel has been expressly instructed by Wepay not to contact Wepay and Counsel has no meaningful communications with Wepay."

Almost a month after being fired, the attorney who filed all those #Greciaverse cases seeks to withdraw from another one: https://www.scribd.com/document/622040327/Wepay-v-Tesla-Motion-to-Withdraw

"A signature for Wepay has not be obtained, however, because Counsel has been expressly instructed by Wepay not to contact Wepay and Counsel has no meaningful communications with Wepay."

ICYMI - More drama in the #Greciaverse yesterday: https://mastodon.social/@design_law/109581162163601003

#DesignPatents #Litigation

Oh, and it looks like Grecia has fired the attorney who filed all these suits: https://www.scribd.com/document/616437046/Wepay-v-JP-Morgan-Chase-Withdraw-as-Attorney

#Greciaverse

Oh, and it looks like Grecia's lawyer withdrew from another one of these cases on Friday.

#Greciaverse

PayPal has also moved to dismiss its Wepay case for failure to prosecute: https://www.scribd.com/document/614999891/Wepay-v-PayPal-MTD-for-Failure-to-Prosecute.

More details and discussion here: https://mastodon.social/@design_law/109540341566527611

#Greciaverse #DesignPatents

Bank of America recently got its Wepay case dismissed for failure to prosecute: https://www.scribd.com/document/616434960/Wepay-v-Bank-of-America-Order-Dismissing-Case-for-Failure-to-Prosecute

#Greciaverse #DesignPatents

Remember that really great order from the WDPA dismissing Wepay's design patent infringement complaint against PNC? https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/06/animated-design-patents.html

Well, the Federal Circuit just dismissed Wepay's appeal for failure to prosecute:
https://www.scribd.com/document/616434395/Wepay-v-PNC-Order-Dismissing-Appeal

#Greciaverse #DesignPatents

ICYMI: More drama in the #Greciaverse.

PayPal has moved to dismiss the case filed against it by Wepay for failure to prosecute: https://www.scribd.com/document/614999891/Wepay-v-PayPal-MTD-for-Failure-to-Prosecute

And Bank of America got its case dismissed (also failure to prosecute): https://mastodon.social/@design_law/109540297023927320

#DesignPatents #Litigation #FailureToProsecute

Anyway, if you're interested in more background on the #Greciaverse, see this post: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/06/animated-design-patents.html #DesignPatents

The brief also appears to quote a number of these emails but that text has been redacted (I'm not sure why).

#Greciaverse

In support of its motion, Grecia asserts that "Mr. Grecia has sent over 75 emails to PayPal directly in the last three months, that demonstrate he has no interest in prosecuting these cases. Mr. Grecia's litigation strategy instead appears to be focused on filing a high volume of cases paired with a never-ending stream of e-mail threats to try and extract settlements from defendants to get him to stop the harassment, rather than actually pursuing any of his cases in court." #Greciaverse

Wepay v. PayPal: PayPal has moved to dismiss the case for failure to prosecute: https://www.scribd.com/document/614999891/Wepay-v-PayPal-MTD-for-Failure-to-Prosecute #Greciaverse #DesignPatents

I am VERY curious about what's behind these redactions:

Update: The judge dismissed Wepay v. Bank of America for want of prosecution.

#Greciaverse

"Plaintiff's attempt to compare what is essentially nothing but unadorned squares and circles with McDonald's sales items, food menu, and condiments, might perhaps be good fodder for a Seinfeld episode, but borders on the ridiculous in a federal court."

WePAY GLOBAL PAYMENTS v. McDONALD'S CORP., No. 1:22-cv-1064, 2022 WL 17279115, at *2 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 29, 2022), https://www.scribd.com/document/611374737/WePay-v-McDonalds-Order-Granting-MTD

#DesignPatents #Litigation #Greciaverse

What are the biggest developments/trends/issues in your area of law right now?

I'll start. For #DesignPatents, I'd day:

1. The NDIL #ScheduleA debacle

2. The #Greciaverse

a) Related: All the ridiculous GUI DPs

b) Related: How the do we interpret broken line claims?

3. The USPTO gearing up to "interpret" the phrase "for an article of manufacture" out of 35 U.S.C. § 171.

4. The utter mess that is the Federal Circuit's body of case law on ornamentality

#LawProfs #IPLawProfs #LawFedi