Spotlight On Upcoming Oral Arguments - July 2017

Monday, July 10, 2017

Nalco Company v. Chem-Mod, LLC, No. 17-1036, Courtroom 201

This appeal arises from a Northern District of Illinois decision dismissing Nalco's infringement complaint with prejudice and denying its motion for reconsideration. Nalco argues that the law does not require pleading all underlying evidence, but rather only requires evidence sufficient to establish entitlement to relief and notice of its claim. Chem-Mod argues that the district court properly dismissed Nalco's complaint with prejudice after Nalco repeatedly failed to plead sufficient facts to establish a plausible claim and properly rejected Nalco's attempt to bolster its complaint with materials put before the court in its motion for reconsideration.