( June 2, 2026, 11:44 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel reversed an Illinois federal judge’s finding that the Hague Service Convention allowed a plaintiff clothing company to serve alleged counterfeiters in China through email, holding that the convention bars email service to entities based in China; however, the panel also determined that the judge failed to address the threshold issue of whether the Hague Service Convention applies to the case at all....