Alan Ross Machinery Corporation v. Machinio Corp.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ALAN ROSS MACHINERY ) CORPORATION, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 17-cv-3569 ) MACHINIO CORPORATION, ) Judge Thomas M. Durkin ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Alan Ross Machinery Corporation brings this action against Defendant Machinio Corporation alleging Machinio “scraped” sales listings of industrial machinery from Alan Ross’s website and duplicated those listings on its website. Alan Ross originally brought a Lanham Act claim, a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim, and a number of state…