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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
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`Plaintiff,
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC,
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`ATHENAHEALTH, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-11278-RGS
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`AMENDED COMPLAINT
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`Plaintiff, Uniloc 2017 LLC (“Uniloc), for its Amended Complaint against defendant,
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`athenahealth, Inc. (“Athenahealth”), alleges:
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`THE PARTIES
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`Uniloc is a Delaware limited liability company.
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`Athenahealth is a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business in
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`Watertown, Massachusetts.
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`JURISDICTION
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`Uniloc brings this action for patent infringement under the patent laws of the
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`United States, 35 U.S.C. § 271, et seq. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.
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`§§ 1331 and 1338(a).
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`COUNT I
`(INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,324,578)
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`Uniloc incorporates paragraphs 1-3 above by reference.
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`Uniloc is the owner, by assignment, of U.S. Patent No. 6,324,578 (“the ’578
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`Patent”), entitled METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR
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`MANAGEMENT OF CONFIGURABLE APPLICATION PROGRAMS ON A NETWORK,
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`which issued on November 27, 2001 on an application filed on December 14, 1998. A copy of
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`the ’578 Patent was attached as Exhibit A to the Complaint.
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`Athenahealth operated a centrally hosted Content Distribution Network known as
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`athenaNet.
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`Athenahealth infringed claims of the ’578 Patent by making, using, offering for
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`sale, and selling the athenaNet system, as further detailed in the attached Exhibit C.
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`Athenahealth also infringed the ’578 Patent by actively inducing the use of the
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`athenaNet system. Athenahealth’s customers who used the athenaNet system as Athenahealth
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`instructed infringed at least claims 15, 31, and 46 of the ’578 patent. Athenahealth intentionally
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`instructed its users to infringe, with knowledge they were infringing, by providing instructions
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`with its athenaNet system.
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`Athenahealth also infringed the ’578 patent by offering to sell, selling, or
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`otherwise commercializing the athenaNet system, which was used to infringe the ’578 Patent,
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`and constituted a material part of the invention. Athenahealth knew portions of the software in
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`the athenaNet system that provide the infringing functionality were especially written solely for
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`use to implement what it knew was infringement of the ’578 Patent, as described above.
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`Athenahealth also knew those portions had no use, other than for infringement.
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`Athenahealth has been on notice of the ’578 Patent since, at the latest, the service
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`of the complaint upon Athenahealth on May 17, 2017, in the previous action between Uniloc and
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`Athenahealth in the Eastern District of Texas. Athenahealth has known and intended (since
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`receiving such notice) that its continued actions would actively induce and contribute to
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`infringement of the ’578 Patent.
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`Athenahealth may have infringed the ’578 Patent through other software and
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`architecture utilizing the same or reasonably similar functionality, including other versions of the
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`athenaNet system.
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`Uniloc has been damaged by Athenahealth’s infringement of the ’578 Patent.
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`COUNT II
`(INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,069,293)
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`Uniloc incorporates by reference paragraphs 1-12 above.
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`Uniloc is the owner, by assignment, of U.S. Patent No. 7,069,293 (“the ’293
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`Patent”), entitled METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR
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`MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATION PROGRAMS TO A TARGET STATION ON A
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`NETWORK, which issued on June 27, 2006, claiming priority to an application filed on
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`December 14, 1998. A copy of the ’293 Patent was attached as Exhibit B to the Complaint.
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`Athenahealth has infringed, and continues to infringe, claims of the ’293 Patent
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`by making, using, offering for sale, or selling the athenaNet system, as further detailed in the
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`attached Exhibit D.
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`Athenahealth has been on notice of the ’293 Patent since, at the latest, the service
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`of the complaint upon Athenahealth on May 17, 2017 in a previous action between Uniloc and
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`Athenahealth in the Eastern District of Texas. By the time of trial, Athenahealth will have
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`known and intended (since receiving such notice) that its continued actions would infringe the
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`’293 Patent.
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`Athenahealth may have infringed the ’293 Patent through other software and
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`architecture utilizing the same or reasonably similar functionality, including other versions of the
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`athenaNet system.
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`Uniloc has been damaged by Athenahealth’s infringement of the ’293 Patent.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`Uniloc requests that the Court enter judgment against Athenahealth:
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`(A)
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`that Athenahealth has infringed the ’578 Patent and the ’293 Patent;
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`awarding Uniloc its damages suffered as a result of Athenahealth’s infringement
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`of the ’578 Patent and the ’293 Patent;
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`awarding Uniloc its costs, attorneys’ fees, expenses, and interest, and
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`granting Uniloc such further relief as the Court may deem proper.
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`Date: September 13, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ James J. Foster
`Paul J. Hayes
`James J. Foster
`Kevin Gannon
`PRINCE LOBEL TYE LLP
`One International Place, Suite 3700
`Boston, MA 02110
`Tel: (617) 456-8000
`Fax: (617) 456-8100
`Email: phayes@princelobel.com
`Email: jfoster@princelobel.com
`Email: kgannon@princelobel.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that all counsel of record who have consented to electronic service are being
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`served with a copy of this document via the Court’s CM/ECF system on September 13, 2019.
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`/s/ James J. Foster
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