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Don Ramos v. Schedule A Defendants — Design Patent D1,062,292 | PatSnap
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Case ID1:25-cv-09781
FiledAug 2025
ClosedNov 2025
Patent Litigation

Don Ramos v. Schedule A Defendants: Default Judgment in 97 Days

Don Ramos pursued anonymous e-commerce sellers across platforms including Amazon, AliExpress, and Wish.com for counterfeiting his registered design patent USD1062292S — a storage container for grocery and trash bags. The Northern District of Illinois entered default judgment in 97 days, awarding damages, a permanent injunction, and asset freeze against all non-appearing defendants.

Resolution time
97days
97 days — faster than the N.D. Ill. median for default judgment proceedings
Patents asserted
1
USD1062292S — storage container for grocery and trash bags, ornamental design patent
Outcome
Default Judgment
Plaintiff wins on uncontroverted allegations; defendants failed to appear or answer
Cost ruling
$5,000 Bond
Surety bond released to plaintiff; statutory damages of $250 minimum per defendant awarded
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Case overview

Design patent counterfeit sweep yields default judgment against online sellers

On August 15, 2025, Don Isaac B. Ramos filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against an anonymous group of e-commerce sellers identified only through domain names and online marketplace accounts listed in Schedule A. The action centred on alleged infringement and counterfeiting of U.S. Design Patent USD1062292S (Application No. 29/854623), which protects the ornamental design of a storage container for grocery and trash bags. Defendants operated storefronts across major platforms including Amazon, AliExpress, Alibaba, eBay, Wish.com, and DHgate.

Because none of the Schedule A defendants appeared or responded, the court entered default and then default judgment on November 20, 2025 — 97 days after filing. The judgment granted a permanent injunction barring defendants from manufacturing, selling, or advertising products bearing the claimed design, ordered domain registrars to transfer or disable defendant domain names within seven days, and directed payment processors including PayPal, Alipay, Amazon Pay, and Ant Financial to freeze and release restrained funds to the plaintiff as partial satisfaction of damages. Statutory damages of a $250 minimum per defendant were awarded pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c)(2).

The 97-day resolution is consistent with the accelerated pace typical of Schedule A ‘design counterfeit’ cases in the Northern District of Illinois, where electronic service and ex parte asset freezes are commonly granted. The public record does not disclose the total number of Schedule A defendants, the aggregate funds restrained, or whether supplemental proceedings under FRCP Rule 69 were subsequently commenced. The case suggests plaintiff had screenshot evidence sufficient to satisfy the court’s jurisdictional and merits thresholds without full merits litigation.

Case at a glance
Case no.1:25-cv-09781
PlaintiffDon Ramos
CourtIllinois Northern
JudgeJorge L. Alonso
FiledAugust 15, 2025
ClosedNovember 20, 2025
Duration97 days
OutcomeDefault Judgment
Verdict causeInfringement Action
BasisDefault Judgment
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Case timeline

Filing to Default Judgment in 97 days

97 days — faster than the N.D. Ill. median for default judgment proceedings

Case timeline: Complaint filed AUG 15 2025, OCT–NOV — 97 days total Horizontal timeline showing the three key events in Don Ramos v The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations in Schedule A from filing to resolution. Source: PACER, Illinois Northern District Court. AUG 15 2025 Complaint filed Pre-trial proceedings NOV 20 2025 Default Judgment 97 DAYS TOTAL
Default judgment

Default judgment entered: what the ruling means for both parties

Legal mechanism

Default judgment: allegations deemed admitted when defendants don’t appear

A default judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 55 is entered when a defendant fails to plead or otherwise defend. The court accepted Ramos’s uncontroverted allegations as admitted and found the screenshot evidence sufficient to establish design patent infringement. Importantly, the court confirmed personal jurisdiction based on defendants’ deliberate targeting of Illinois consumers through U.S.-shipping e-commerce stores.

FRCP Rule 55 default
Plaintiff outcome

Ramos obtains injunction, asset freeze, and domain seizure

The default judgment gives Ramos a permanent injunction, the ability to seize or disable defendant domain names, and access to frozen financial accounts held by third-party payment processors. The $5,000 surety bond is returned, and plaintiff retains ongoing authority to pursue supplemental proceedings under FRCP Rule 69 until full damages are recovered. The judgment functions as a broad enforcement toolkit against the named defendants.

Permanent injunction granted
Defendant outcome

Non-appearing defendants face permanent ban and frozen accounts

Defaulting defendants received no merits adjudication and have no appeal path on the merits since they never appeared. Their online marketplace accounts must be disabled, domain names transferred or deactivated, and funds restrained by payment processors released to plaintiff. Defendants retain the theoretical ability to move to vacate the default judgment, but the burden to do so is substantial and requires showing excusable neglect and a meritorious defence.

Assets frozen; accounts disabled
Commercial implications

Schedule A enforcement signals continued court appetite for fast design IP sweeps

The Northern District of Illinois continues to be a preferred venue for Schedule A counterfeit cases involving design patents on consumer goods. A 97-day path from filing to default judgment — including electronic service, ex parte asset freezes, and third-party platform compliance orders — reinforces that U.S. design patents over everyday consumer products can be enforced quickly against anonymous overseas online sellers when supported by screenshot evidence.

N.D. Ill. Schedule A enforcement
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Parties and representation

Full party and counsel information

RoleNameTypeDetail
PlaintiffDon RamosIndividualIndividual design patent holder — holder of USD1062292S for a grocery and trash bag storage containerSearch in Eureka ↗
DefendantThe Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations in Schedule AIndividualAnonymous e-commerce sellers operating across Amazon, AliExpress, eBay, Wish.com, and DHgate storefrontsSearch in Eureka ↗
Plaintiff counselRobert Michael DewittyAttorneyCounsel for Don RamosSearch in Eureka ↗
Plaintiff law firmDewitty And Associates, Chtd.Law FirmRepresenting Don RamosSearch in Eureka ↗
Presiding judgeJudge Jorge L. AlonsoJudgeIllinois Northern District CourtSearch in Eureka ↗
Official verdict

Official order — verbatim text

“This action having been commenced by Plaintiff DON ISAAC B. RAMOS (“PLAINTIFF”) against the defendants identified on Schedule A, and using the Defendant Domain Names and Online Marketplace Accounts identified on Schedule A (collectively, the “Defendant Internet Stores”), and PLAINTIFF having moved for entry of Default and Default Judgment against the defendants identified on Schedule A attached hereto which have not yet been dismissed from this case (collectively, “Defaulting Defendants”) (see Exhibit A) PLAINTIFF having properly completed service of process on Defaulting Defendants, the combination of providing notice via electronic publication and e-mail, along with any notice that Defaulting Defendants received from domain name registrars and payment processors, being notice reasonably calculated under all circumstances to apprise Defaulting Defendants of the pendency of the action and affording them the opportunity to answer and present their objections; and none of the Defaulting Defendants having answered or appeared in any way, and the time for answering having expired, so that the allegations of the Complaint are uncontroverted and are deemed admitted. Case: 1:25-cv-09781 Document #: 33 Filed: 11/20/25 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:157 2 This Court finds that it has personal jurisdiction over Defaulting Defendants because Defaulting Defendants directly target their business activities toward consumers in the United States, including Illinois. Specifically, PLAINTIFF has provided a basis to conclude that Defaulting Defendants have targeted sales to Illinois residents by setting up and operating ecommerce stores that target United States consumers using one or more seller aliases, offer shipping to the United States, including Illinois, and have sold products using infringing and counterfeit versions of PLAINTIFF’s federally registered claimed design in patent D1,062,292 (the “PLAINTIFF’s Claimed Design”) to residents of Illinois. In this case, PLAINTIFF has presented screenshot evidence that each Defendant e-commerce store is reaching out to do business with Illinois residents by operating one or more commercial, interactive internet stores through which Illinois residents can and do purchase products using counterfeit versions of the PLAINTIFF’s Claimed Design. See Docket No.14, which includes screenshot evidence confirming that each Defendant e-commerce store does stand ready, willing and able to ship its counterfeit goods to customers in Illinois bearing infringing and/or counterfeit versions of the PLAINTIFF’s Claimed Design. This Court further finds that Defaulting Defendants are liable for design patent infringement based on screenshot evidence showing the Defaulting Defendants’ products. Accordingly, this Court orders that PLAINTIFF’s Motion for Entry of Default and Default Judgment is GRANTED as follows, that Defaulting Defendants are deemed in default, and that this Default Judgment is entered against Defaulting Defendants. This Court further orders that: Case: 1:25-cv-09781 Document #: 33 Filed: 11/20/25 Page 2 of 7 PageID #:158 3 1. Defaulting Defendants, their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons acting for, with, by, through, under, or in active concert with them be permanently enjoined and restrained from: a. using the PLAINTIFF’s Claimed Design or any reproductions, counterfeit copies, or colorable imitations in any manner in connection with the distribution, marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or sale of any product that is not a genuine PLAINTIFF product or not authorized by PLAINTIFF to be sold in connection with the PLAINTIFF Claimed Design; b. passing off, inducing, or enabling others to sell or pass off any product as a genuine PLAINTIFF product or any other product produced by PLAINTIFF, that is not PLAINTIFF’s or not produced under the authorization, control, or supervision of PLAINTIFF and approved by PLAINTIFF for sale under the PLAINTIFF Claimed Design; c. committing any acts calculated to cause consumers to believe that Defaulting Defendants’ products are those sold under the authorization, control, or supervision of PLAINTIFF, or are sponsored by, approved by, or otherwise connected with PLAINTIFF; and d. manufacturing, shipping, delivering, holding for sale, transferring or otherwise moving, storing, distributing, returning, or otherwise disposing of, in any manner, products or inventory not manufactured by or for PLAINTIFF, nor authorized by PLAINTIFF to be sold or offered for sale, and which bear any of PLAINTIFF’s Claimed Design, including the PLAINTIFF Claimed Design, or any reproductions, counterfeit copies or colorable imitations. Case: 1:25-cv-09781 Document #: 33 Filed: 11/20/25 Page 3 of 7 PageID #:159 4 2. The domain name registries for the Defendant Domain Names, including, but not limited to, VeriSign, Inc., Neustar, Inc., Afilias Limited, CentralNic, Nominet, and the Public Interest Registry, and the domain name registrars, including, but not limited to, GoDaddy Operating Company LLC, Name.com, PDR LTD. d/b/a/ PublicDomainRegistry.com, and Namecheap Inc., within seven (7) calendar days of receipt of this Order, shall, at PLAINTIFF’s choosing: a. transfer the Defendant Domain Names to PLAINTIFF’s control, including unlocking and changing the registrar of record for the Defendant Domain Names to a registrar of PLAINTIFF’s selection, and the domain name registrars shall take any steps necessary to transfer the Defendant Domain Names to a registrar of PLAINTIFF’s selection; or b. disable the Defendant Domain Names and make them inactive and untransferable. 3. Defaulting Defendants and any third party with actual notice of this Order who is providing services for any of the Defaulting Defendants, or in connection with any of the Defaulting Defendants’ Online Marketplaces, including, without limitation, any online marketplace platforms such as eBay, Inc., AliExpress, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (“Alibaba”), Amazon.com, ContextLogic, Inc. d/b/a Wish.com (“Wish.com”), and Dhgate (collectively, the “Third Party Providers”), shall within seven (7) calendar days of receipt of this Order cease: a. using, linking to, transferring, selling, exercising control over, or otherwise owning the Online Marketplace Accounts, or any other online marketplace account that is being used to sell or is the means by which Defaulting Defendants could continue to sell counterfeit and infringing goods using the PLAINTIFF Claimed Design; and Case: 1:25-cv-09781 Document #: 33 Filed: 11/20/25 Page 4 of 7 PageID #:160 5 b. operating and/or hosting websites that are involved with the distribution, marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or sale of any product bearing the PLAINTIFF Claimed Design or any reproductions, counterfeit copies or colorable imitations thereof that is not a genuine PLAINTIFF product or not authorized by PLAINTIFF to be sold in connection with the PLAINTIFF Claimed Design. 4. Upon [PLAINTIFF’S]’s request, those with notice of this Order, including the Third Party Providers as defined in Paragraph 3, shall within seven (7) calendar days after receipt of such notice, disable and cease displaying any advertisements used by or associated with Defaulting Defendants in connection with the sale of counterfeit and infringing goods using the PLAINTIFF’s Claimed Design. 5. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c)(2), PLAINTIFF is awarded damages equivalent to total profits, or statutory damages of $250 minimum. 6. Any Third Party Providers holding funds for Defaulting Defendants, including PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”), Alipay, Alibaba, Wish.com, Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”), and Amazon Pay, shall, within seven (7) calendar days of receipt of this Order, permanently restrain and enjoin any accounts connected to Defaulting Defendants or the Defendant Internet Stores from transferring or disposing of any funds (up to the statutory damages awarded in Paragraph 6 above) or other of Defaulting Defendants’ assets. 7. All monies (up to the amount of the statutory damages awarded in Paragraph 6 above) currently restrained in Defaulting Defendants’ financial accounts, including monies held by Third Party Providers such as PayPal, Alipay, Alibaba, Wish.com, Ant Financial, and Amazon Pay, are hereby released to PLAINTIFF as partial payment of the above-identified damages, and Third Party Providers, including PayPal, Alipay, Alibaba, Wish.com, Ant Case: 1:25-cv-09781 Document #: 33 Filed: 11/20/25 Page 5 of 7 PageID #:161 6 Financial, and Amazon Pay, are ordered to release to PLAINTIFF the amounts from Defaulting Defendants’ financial accounts within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of this Order. 8. Until PLAINTIFF has recovered full payment of monies owed to it by any Defaulting Defendant, PLAINTIFF shall have the ongoing authority to commence supplemental proceedings under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 69. 9. In the event that PLAINTIFF identifies any additional online marketplace accounts or financial accounts owned by Defaulting Defendants, PLAINTIFF may send notice of any supplemental proceeding, including a citation to discover assets, to Defaulting Defendants by e-mail at the e-mail addresses identified in Exhibit B to the Declaration of Robert M. DeWitty and any e-mail addresses provided for Defaulting Defendants by third parties. 10. The five thousand dollars ($$5000.00) surety bond posted by PLAINTIFF is hereby released to PLAINTIFF or its counsel, RM DEWITTY, U.S. PAT. ATTY., LLC. The Clerk of the Court is directed to return the surety bond previously deposited with the Clerk of the Court to PLAINTIFF or its counsel. This is a Default Judgment.”
Source: PACER Docket, Case 1:25-cv-09781, Illinois Northern District Court

The default judgment is entered on uncontroverted allegations following defendants’ failure to appear — the court did not conduct a full merits review but did independently assess jurisdiction and the sufficiency of screenshot evidence to establish infringement of USD1062292S. The broad injunctive relief, covering manufacturing, distribution, advertising, domain names, and financial accounts, is characteristic of Schedule A counterfeit judgments in the Northern District of Illinois. The reference to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c)(2) suggests the court applied statutory damages rather than actual damages, consistent with cases where defendant revenue data is unavailable.

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Patent at issue

USD1062292S — Ornamental design for a storage container for grocery and trash bags

Publication No.USD1062292S
Application No.US29/854623
Patent details
ProductStorage container for grocery and trash bags — ornamental design
Cited in actionAugust 15, 2025

USD1062292S (Application No. 29/854623) is a U.S. design patent protecting the ornamental appearance of a storage container for grocery and trash bags. Design patents under 35 U.S.C. § 171 protect the visual characteristics of a functional article — not the article’s utility — and are infringed when an ordinary observer would find the accused product substantially similar to the claimed design. The patent is federally registered, which is a prerequisite for the statutory damages remedy invoked here.

Design patents on everyday consumer storage products occupy a commercially significant niche because the products are easily manufactured and widely cloned on overseas e-commerce platforms. USD1062292S demonstrates that even a low-cost household item can carry enforceable IP rights capable of supporting injunctions, asset freezes, and platform takedowns. For competitors and private-label sellers developing similar bag storage or organiser products, the existence of this registered design creates clearance obligations that should be assessed before launch.

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Freedom to operate

Should you run an FTO against USD1062292S before launching a similar product?

Any manufacturer, importer, or e-commerce seller developing a storage container, organiser, or dispenser for grocery bags, trash bags, or similar flexible packaging should assess USD1062292S before entering the market. The enforcement pattern in this case — screenshot-based infringement analysis, rapid asset freezes, and platform-level account disabling — means that design patent risk can materialise quickly and with limited warning, particularly for sellers on Amazon, AliExpress, or Wish.com.

PatSnap Eureka’s FTO Search Agent can map the design patent landscape around bag storage and household organiser products, identify visually similar registered designs, and flag prosecution history that may narrow or broaden the claim scope of USD1062292S. For product teams and importers operating in this category, a proactive FTO review is materially cheaper than defending against a Schedule A enforcement action in the Northern District of Illinois.

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Strategic implications

What this case signals for the consumer goods design patent IP landscape

This case illustrates how U.S. design patents on commodity consumer products can be wielded as aggressive enforcement tools against anonymous e-commerce counterfeiting networks.

N.D. Illinois remains a fast-track venue for design patent counterfeit sweeps

The 97-day filing-to-judgment timeline confirms the Northern District of Illinois processes Schedule A design patent default judgments efficiently. For design patent holders facing mass counterfeit distribution on platforms like Amazon and AliExpress, this venue offers electronic service, rapid asset freezes, and compliant third-party platform orders without requiring defendant identification.

Screenshot evidence is sufficient — but the design patent must be federally registered

The court relied entirely on screenshot evidence to establish infringement and jurisdiction. This case confirms that a federally registered design patent (here, USD1062292S) can support a default judgment without extensive claim construction — particularly where the infringing products are visually compared against the claimed ornamental design via e-commerce listings.

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