WINEKE v. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION JASON WINEKE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:20-cv-02285-JPH-DLP ) UNITED STATES PATENT AND ) TRADEMARK OFFICE, ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS Plaintiff, Jason Wineke, brought this claim in Marion County, Indiana small claims court against Defendant, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO"). Dkt. 5-1 at 1. The USPTO removed the case to this Court, dkt. 1, and filed a motion to dismiss, dkt. [7]. Because this Court lacks jurisdiction, that motion is GRANTED. I. Facts and…