Loggerhead Tools, LLC v. Sears Holdings Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LOGGERHEAD TOOLS, LLC ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 12 C 9033 ) SEARS HOLDING CORPORATION and ) APEX TOOL GROUP, LLC ) Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer ) Defendant(s). ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff LoggerHead Tools, LLC sued Defendants Sears Holdings Corporation and Apex Tool Group, LLC alleging, inter alia, willful infringement of United States Patents No. 6,889,579 (hereafter “‘579 patent”) and No. 7,992,470 (hereafter “‘470 patent”). Judge John Darrah construed the claims of the patents, and after his death the…