(January 30, 2017, 11:58 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — Efforts by an individual defendant accused of trademark infringement to obtain dismissal on jurisdictional grounds were rejected Jan. 25 by an Illinois federal judge, who noted that the person — as owner and director of a co-defendant corporation — would be “be significantly involved in the case regardless of the claims against him personally” (Deckers Outdoor Corporation v. Australian Leather Pty. Ltd., et al., No. 16-3676, N.D. Ill.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11087)....