July 23, 2018
An Illinois federal judge has denied LoggerHead Tools' bid to reinstate a $6 million verdict against Sears for infringing two wrench patents, saying she would not reconsider her decision to order a new trial.
June 23, 2017
Sears Holdings Corp. and Apex Tool Group LLC asked an Illinois federal judge Thursday to overturn a jury's $6 million patent verdict against them, claiming the jury made an emotion-fueled decision unmoored by the law.
May 16, 2017
An Illinois federal jury awarded a small Chicago-area business almost $6 million after finding Sears Holdings Corp. and Apex Tool Group LLC infringed two patents for a hybrid pliers-wrench tool, in what the business owner called a "David vs. Goliath case."