Attorney Joel Matthew Leroy Huotari's Legal Cases

Class action

Handled website tracking pixel class action claims

May 01, 2026

OUTCOME: Resolved amicably

Represented a consumer products company with respect to a class action demand from California plaintiff’s counsel alleging violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code §§ 638.5 ... 0, 638.51), the federal Wiretap Act (18 U.S.C. § 2511), the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (Cal. Penal Code § 502), and common-law privacy and unjust enrichment claims premised on the company’s use of website tracking pixels.

Litigation

Trade secrets case in ND Ill.

May 01, 2026

OUTCOME: Resolved amicably

Litigated a federal trade secrets case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois involving alleged misappropriation of CV joint manufacturing trade secrets, including expert disc ... overy and Daubert briefing, motions in limine, jury instructions, and trial preparation under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and the Illinois Trade Secrets Act.

Internet

Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) enforcement campaign

May 01, 2026

OUTCOME: Won transfer if numerous domain names from typo squatters

Conducting a multi-domain Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) enforcement campaign on behalf of a SaaS company against typosquatted domain names, including filing complaints with the W ... orld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), managing registrant disclosure issues, and negotiating settlement transfers of disputed domains.

Trademark application

Trademark prosecution

May 01, 2026

OUTCOME: Successful

Managing trademark prosecution and portfolio matters for businesses, including filing intent-to-use and use-based applications with the USPTO, responding to office actions on grounds including likeliho ... od of confusion and Section 2(f) acquired distinctiveness, recording assignments, and handling maintenance filings.

Trademark infringement

Schedule A trademark cases

May 24, 2025

OUTCOME: Amicably resolved.

Successfully defended multiple "Schedule A" cases in the Northern District of Illinois.

Contracts and agreements

Trial over Motor Fuel Supply Agreement under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA)

Jan 01, 2025

OUTCOME: Won a judgment for my client, the plaintiff petroleum supply company

Bench trial before Judge Barch in Winnebago County Circuit Court over a Motor Fuel Supply Agreement under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA), in which his client won a judgment on its breach ... of contract claim and defeated the Defendants’ counterclaim, winning compensatory damages, fees and costs.

Litigation

Litigated significant trade secrets case in N.D. Ill. from start to successful finish

Dec 01, 2024

OUTCOME: Amicably resolved on the eve of trial for a confidential amount

Trade secrets, breach of contract, computer fraud, and conspiracy claims brought on behalf of a software company.

Trademark infringement

Preliminary injunction trial in trademark, trade secret and contract case in U.S. District Court in Miami

Oct 12, 2024

OUTCOME: Successfully resolved

Helped try a two-week preliminary injunction case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida over trade secrets, trademarks, and breach of contract concerning Major League baseball ... bats.

Litigation

Breach of fiduciary duty case

Oct 30, 2022

OUTCOME: Won a judgment for $3,482,007

Brought suit on behalf of interested trust beneficiaries against trustee accused of breaching his fiduciary duty.

Copyright infringement

Driveline v. Arctic Cat

Jan 23, 2018

OUTCOME: Client won and was awarded its attorney’s fees as a prevailing party under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 505, after having defeated an $11 million dollar claim on summary judgment.

Federal commercial litigation and copyright case, which was tried “on the papers” under Fed.R.Civ.P. 52.

Joel Matthew Leroy Huotari's Legal Cases (15)

Handled website tracking pixel class action claims

Trade secrets case in ND Ill.

Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) enforcement campaign

Trademark prosecution

Schedule A trademark cases

Trial over Motor Fuel Supply Agreement under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA)

Litigated significant trade secrets case in N.D. Ill. from start to successful finish

Preliminary injunction trial in trademark, trade secret and contract case in U.S. District Court in Miami

Breach of fiduciary duty case

Driveline v. Arctic Cat