Morningware, Inc. v. Hearthware Home Products, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

AMY J. ST. EVE, District Judge.

On July 20, 2009, Plaintiff Morningware, Inc. (“Morningware”), filed its Complaint against Hearthware Home Products, Inc. (“Hearthware”), alleging that Hearthware had commercially disparaged Morning-ware’s goods, had committed the common-law tort of unfair competition, and had violated the Deceptive Trade Practices Act of Illinois, as well as the unfair-competition and product-disparagement provisions of the Lanham Act. (R. 1.) Separately, Hearthware brought an action against Morningware alleging that it had infringed U.S. Patent No.…