Halo Creative & Design v. Comptoir Des Indes Inc., No. 15-1375 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 14, 2016)

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Halo Creative & Design Ltd., Halo Trademarks Ltd., and Halo Americas Ltd. (collectively , “Halo”), own two U.S. design p atents, thirteen U.S. copyright s, and one U.S. common law trademark relating to twenty -five of their furniture designs. Halo is located in Hong Kong. Halo sued Comptoir Des Indes, Inc. (“Comptoir”), a Cana- dian company, and its CEO, David Ouaknine (collectively, “appellees”), a Canadian resident , in the Northern Di s- trict of Illinois.