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`BROADSIGN INTERNATIONAL, LLC,
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`T-REX PROPERTY AB,
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`SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
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`Plaintiff, BroadSign International, LLC (“BroadSign”), brings this action for a
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`declaratory judgment against Defendant, T-Rex Property AB (“T-Rex”). BroadSign seeks,
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`among other things, a declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of U.S. Patent
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`No. RE39,470 (“the ’470 patent”); U.S. Patent No. 7,382,334 (“the ’334 patent”); and U.S.
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`Patent No. 6,430,603 (“the ’603 patent”) (collectively, the “Patents-in-Suit”), and that BroadSign
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`has intervening rights with respect to the ’470 patent. In support thereof, BroadSign alleges as
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`follows:
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`NATURE OF THE ACTION
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`1. This is an action for a declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity
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`of the ’470 patent, the ’334 patent, and the ’603 patent, and for intervening rights to the ’470
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`patent.
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`THE PARTIES
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`2. Plaintiff is a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of
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`business located at 453 N. Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri 63141. BroadSign is an industry
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`leader in the business of providing digital out-of-home software and solutions for digital signage
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`and displays in venues such as airports, cinemas, shopping malls and offices.
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`3. Upon information and belief, Defendant T-Rex is a company organized and
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`existing under the laws of Sweden.
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`4. Upon information and belief, T-Rex’s business is directed to owning and
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`enforcing in litigation the Patents-in-Suit. Upon information and belief, over the last several
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`years, T-Rex has filed approximately 59 patent infringement lawsuits against 80 defendants in 17
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`judicial districts throughout the United States. Upon information and belief, T-Rex does not
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`itself manufacture or sell any products or offer for sale any products or services in the United
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`States.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`5. This action arises under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§2201, et
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`seq., and under the Patent Laws of the United States, as enacted under Title 35 of the United
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`States Code. This Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 271, et seq.,
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`and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1338, 2201, and 2202.
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`6. This Court has both general and specific personal jurisdiction over T-Rex
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`because T-Rex regularly conducts its enforcement and licensing business in New York State. T-
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`Rex has also conducted business in and directed at New York pertaining to the Patents-in-Suit.
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`T-Rex has at least conducted business in New York by filing suit in this forum state in an attempt
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`to enforce the Patents-in-Suit. T-Rex most recently filed suit in the United States District Court
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`for the Southern District of New York on February 1, 2016, asserting these same three Patents-
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`in-Suit in an action against Blue Outdoor Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries (T-Rex Property
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`AB v. Blue Outdoor LLC, et. al., 1-16-cv-00733-DLC). T-Rex has filed numerous other suits
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`asserting one or more of these patents in the United States District Court for the Southern District
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`of New York located including the following: T-Rex Property AB, v. Adspace Networks, Inc., 1-
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`15-cv- 09073-DLC, filed on November 18, 2015 (’470 patent and ’334 patent); T-Rex Property
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`AB, v. Interactivation Health Networks, LLC, et al., 1-15-cv-08259-PKC, filed on October 20,
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`2015 (’470 patent); T-Rex Property AB, v. Wellness Network, LLC, 1-15-cv-07847-PKC, filed
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`on October 5, 2015 (’470 patent); and T-Rex Property AB, v. Captivate, LLC, 1-15-cv-04188-
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`PAE, filed on May 29, 2015 (’470 patent and ’334 patent).
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`7. Venue is proper in this Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1391 (b) and 1391(c) because
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`T-Rex is subject to personal jurisdiction in this judicial district and has conducted business in
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`this judicial district. Additionally, T-Rex has accused at least two of BroadSign’s customers
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`(Blue Outdoor Holdings and Adspace Networks) of patent infringement through their use of
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`BroadSign’s products in this judicial district, and such products are being used in this judicial
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`district.
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`A SUBSTANTIAL CONTROVERSY EXISTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES
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`8. Upon information and belief, T-Rex is the assignee and owner of the right, title
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`and interest in and to the Patents-in-Suit, including the right to assert all causes of action arising
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`under the Patents-in-Suit and the right to any remedies for infringement.
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`9. Upon information and belief, the business of T-Rex in the United States is to
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`enforce one or more of the Patents-in-Suit against operating businesses that provide information,
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`advertising, medical information and other content on digital displays over a digital signage
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`network in locations that are accessible to the public such as at airports, in elevators, in shopping
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`malls and at medical facilities (hereinafter referred to as “Digital Content Providers”).
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`10. BroadSign is a supplier of hardware and software solutions to operators of
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`networks of digital displays. BroadSign'sBroadSign’s platform includes an interface for
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`managing a network of BroadSign Players associated with the digital displays, and among other
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`things, upload desired content, book and manage advertising campaigns and monitor network
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`health. The BroadSign Players organize the content based on booked advertising campaigns and
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`enable content to be played on the associated digital displays.
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`As a supplier of digital out-of-home media products to the digital advertising
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`industry, Plaintiff is under threat of litigation because T-Rex’s aggressive litigation strategy
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`involves asserting the Patents-in-Suit against both customers and suppliers. T-Rex has filed
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`complaints alleging patent infringement of the Patents-in-Suit against suppliers similarly-situated
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`to BroadSign, including suppliers of digital out-of-home media software and/or hardware. T-
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`Rex has filed complaints against BroadSign’s direct-competitor suppliers, including at least:
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`Barco, Inc., Prismview, LLC (A Samsung Electronics Company), Table Top Media, LLC, Clear
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`Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., GPS Industries, LLC, Quality Systems Technology, Inc., Four
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`Winds Interactive, LLC, AutoNetTV Media, Inc., Cardinal Health, Inc., Zoom Media Corp.,
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`ANC Sports Enterprises, LLC, iPort Media Networks, LLC, Reach Sports Marketing Group,
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`Inc., RMG Networks Holding Corporation, and Time-O-Matic d/b/a Watchfire.
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`Each of these suppliers has supplied software and/or hardware products to
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`advertising customers in the digital out-of-home media space, and T-Rex’s complaints allege
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`infringement of the Patents-in-Suit against those products.
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`In its complaint against Barco, Inc., T-Rex alleged that the “infringing devices
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`and systems include Defendant’s digital signage network that employs Barco’s digital signage
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`platform, including its digital displays, digital media players, and DISplay Studio software
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`platform.” T-Rex Property AB v. Barco, Inc., Case No. 1:16-cv-6938 (N.D. Ill. July 1, 2016); T-
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`Rex Property AB v. Barco, Inc., Case No. 1:16-cv-6940 (N.D. Ill. July 1, 2016). Barco’s “digital
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`signage network that employs Barco’s digital signage platform, including its digital displays,
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`digital media players, and DISplay Studio software platform” makes it a direct competitor in the
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`same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against Prismview, LLC (A Samsung Electronics Company), T-
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`Rex alleged that “the infringing devices and systems include Defendant’s digital signs, other
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`electronic displays and its PrismView digital signage software and systems that are used to
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`control the display of images on its digital sign(s) and other electronic display(s).” T-Rex
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`Property AB v. Prismview, LLC, Case No. 4:16-cv-00404 (E.D. Tex. June 16, 2016).
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`Prismview’s “digital signage software and systems that are used to control the display of images
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`on its digital sign(s) and other electronic display(s)” make it a direct competitor in the same
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`industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against Table Top Media, LLC, T-Rex alleged that “the
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`infringing devices and systems include Defendant’s digital signage network and displays that use
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`the Android OS based digital signage platform.” T-Rex Property AB v. Table Top Media, LLC,
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`Case No. 1:16-cv-6932 (N.D. Ill. July 1, 2016). Table Top Media’s “digital signage network and
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`displays that use the Android OS based digital signage platform” make it a direct competitor in
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`the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., T-Rex alleged that
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`“the infringing devices and systems include Clear Channel’s digital advertising network and the
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`Clear Channel Airports digital media and advertising network, which is also marketed as the
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`ClearVision Network and/or the ClearVision Airport Television Network.” T-Rex Property AB
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`v. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. et al, Case No. 6:16-cv-00974 (E.D. Tex. June 30,
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`2016); T-Rex Property AB v. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Case No. 5:12-cv-01162
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`(N.D. Tex. Dec. 11, 2012). Clear Channel Outdoor’s “digital advertising network and the Clear
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`Channel Airports digital media and advertising network, which is also marketed as the
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`ClearVision Network and/or the ClearVision Airport Television Network” make it a direct
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`competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against GPS Industries, LLC, T-Rex alleged that “the infringing
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`devices and systems include Defendant’s Visage Media Network.” T-Rex Property AB v. GPS
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`Industries, LLC, Case No. 4:16-cv-00458 (E.D. Tex. June 30, 2016). GPS Industries’s “Visage
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`Media Network” make it a direct competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against Quality Systems Technology, Inc., T-Rex alleged that
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`“the infringing devices and systems include Defendant’s digital signage network, including its
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`digital signage platform, displays, and Quest Player software.” T-Rex Property AB v. Quality
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`Systems Technology, Inc., Case No. 1:16-cv-6942 (N.D. Ill. July 1, 2016). Quality Systems
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`Technology’s “digital signage network, including its digital signage platform, displays, and
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`Quest Player software” make it a direct competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against Four Winds Interactive, LLC, T-Rex alleged that “the
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`infringing devices and systems include Defendant’s digital signage network and displays that use
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`FWI’s Content Manager and FWI’s Content Player Software.” T-Rex Property AB v. Four
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`Winds Interactive, LLC, Case No. 1:16-cv-6934 (N.D. Ill. July 1, 2016). Four Winds
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`Interactive’s “digital signage network and displays that use FWI’s Content Manager and FWI’s
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`Content Player Software” make it a direct competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against AutoNetTV Media, Inc., T-Rex alleged that “the
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`infringing devices and systems include Defendant’s digital network that uses 1-2-1 VIEW’s
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`content management software.” T-Rex Property AB v. AutoNetTV Media, Inc., Case No. 1:16-
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`cv-6649 (N.D. Ill. July 1, 2016). AutoNetTV Media’s “digital network that uses 1-2-1 VIEW’s
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`content management software” make it a direct competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against Cardinal Health, Inc., T-Rex alleged that “the infringing
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`devices and systems include Defendant’s Pharmacy Health Network.” T-Rex Property AB v.
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`Cardinal Health, Inc., Case No. 1:16-cv-5484 (N.D. Ill. May 23, 2016). Cardinal Health’s
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`“Pharmacy Health Network” makes it a direct competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against Zoom Media Corp., T-Rex alleged that “the infringing
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`devices and systems include Defendant’s Zoom Fitness Video Network, which includes…digital
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`signage.” T-Rex Property AB v. Zoom Media Corp., Case No. 0:16-cv-581 (N.D. Ill. March 21,
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`2016). Zoom Media’s “Zoom Fitness Video Network, which includes…digital signage” make it
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`a direct competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against ANC Sports Enterprises, LLC, T-Rex alleged that “the
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`infringing devices and systems include Defendant’s digital media software, signage operation
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`and control systems, which include integrated digital signage, and media management and
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`playback software that is used to broadcast dynamic images” and “vSOFT, Defendant’s
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`proprietary media management and playback software.” T-Rex Property AB v. ANC Sports
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`Enterprises, LLC, Case No. 0:16-cv-581 (D. Minn. March 7, 2016). ANC Sports Enterprises’s
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`“digital media software, signage operation and control systems, which include integrated digital
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`signage, and media management and playback software that is used to broadcast dynamic
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`images” and “vSOFT, Defendant’s proprietary media management and playback software” make
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`it a direct competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against iPort Media Networks, LLC, T-Rex alleged that “the
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`infringing devices and systems include Defendant’s digital place-based media networks that
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`operate under the iPort Optical Network and the Your Life Your Skin Network branding.” T-Rex
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`Property AB v. iPort Media Networks, LLC, Case No. 1:16-cv-1583 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 29, 2016).
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`iPort Media Networks’s “digital place-based media networks” make it a direct competitor in the
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`same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against Reach Sports Marketing Group, Inc., T-Rex alleged that
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`“the infringing devices and systems include Defendant’s digital place-based media network.” T-
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`Rex Property AB v. Reach Sports Marketing Group, Inc., Case No. 0:16-cv-070 (D. Minn. Jan.
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`13, 2016). Reach Sports Marketing Group’s “digital place-based media network” make it a
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`direct competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against RMG Networks Holding Corporation, T-Rex alleged
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`infringement of the Patents-in-Suit because “content management systems, which include, for
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`example and without limitation, the Symon Design Studio to manage and schedule broadcast
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`content for display in its corporate headquarters in Texas at least during certain demonstrations
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`for customers or for prospective customers.” T-Rex Property AB v. RMG Networks Holding
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`Corporation, Case No. 3:15-cv-738 (N.D. Tex. March 5, 2015). RMG Networks Holding’s
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`“content management systems, which include, for example and without limitation, the Symon
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`Design Studio to manage and schedule broadcast content for display…for customers or for
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`prospective customers” make it a direct competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`In its complaint against Time-O-Matic (d/b/a Watchfire), T-Rex alleges that
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`Watchfire’s “digital display boards that operate on a digital information system through its Ignite
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`software, user manuals, and other documents that instruct customers” to infringe the Patents-in-
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`Suit. T-Rex Property AB v. Time-O-Matic, LLC, Case No. 1:14-cv-1488 (C.D. Ill. Dec. 23,
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`2014). Watchfire’s “digital display boards that operate on a digital information system through
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`its Ignite software” make it a direct competitor in the same industry as BroadSign.
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`11. To date, at least fiveseven (57) BroadSign customers who are Digital Content
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`Providers have been sued by T-Rex for patent infringement on one or more of the Patents-in-
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`Suit. One of those customers, Health Media Network, LLC ("“HMN"”), was sued on May 27,
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`2016, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in an action entitled
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`T-Rex Property AB v. Health Media Network, LLC, Case No. 1:16-cv-05673 (hereinafter, the
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`"“TRex/HMN Action"”). In the T-Rex/HMN Action, T-Rex accuses BroadSign’s customer of
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`infringing the ’470 patent and identifies the allegedly infringing devices and systems as the
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`defendant’s “digital health media advertising network.” The accused “digital health media
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`advertising network” which T-Rex claims to infringe the ’470 patent is the product that
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`BroadSign sold and delivered to HMN. HMN has no other platform provider for its “digital
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`health media network.”
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`12. In the T-Rex/HMN Action, HMN has also been accused by T-Rex of
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`infringing the ’334 patent. Again, T-Rex identifies HMN'sHMN’s “digital health media
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`advertising network” provided to HMN by BroadSign as the allegedly infringing product. HMN
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`has no other platform provider for its “digital health media network.”
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`13. In the T-Rex/HMN Action, HMN has also been accused by T-Rex of
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`infringing the ’603 patent. Again, T-Rex identifies HMN'sHMN’s “digital health media
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`advertising network” provided to HMN by BroadSign as the allegedly infringing product. HMN
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`has no other platform provider for its “digital health media network.”
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`14. In another action filed by T-Rex against a BroadSign customer, T-Rex, in its
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`Amended Complaint against ContextMedia Inc. and ContextMedia Health, LLC, filed on July
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`11, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Case No. 1:16-
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`cv-04826 (“the ContextMedia Amended Complaint” attached hereto as Exhibit A), accuses the
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`defendants' "’ “Digital Waiting Room Screen"” product of infringing the '‘470 Patent, the '‘334
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`Patent and the '‘603 Patent. The ContextMedia defendants have no other platform provider for its
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`"“Digital Waiting Room Screen"” product other than the BroadSign platform.
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`In the ContextMedia Amended Complaint, T-Rex set forth its basis for alleging
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`that ContextMedia infringes the ’470 Patent, the ’334 Patent, and the ’603 Patent by comparing
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`each of the limitations of at least one claim of each patent to the Digital Waiting Room Screen
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`product, which includes BroadSign components and software (the Broadsign Player).
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`For example, in the ContextMedia Amended Complaint, T-Rex alleged that each
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`of the limitations of claim 25 of the ’470 Patent are met by BroadSign’s software within the
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`Digital Waiting Room Screen product in the form of a prose claim chart.
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`Claim 25 of the ’470 Patent recites:
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`A method of selectively displaying digital information at one or more of a
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`plurality of locations, said method comprising:
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`receiving control instructions from at least one external information mediator;
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`using said control instructions to generate an exposure list, said exposure list specifying
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`three or more of the following items:
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`what information content is to be displayed;
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`at which of said plurality of locations said information content is to be displayed;
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`when said information content is to be displayed for each location at which
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`content is to be displayed; and
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`how long said information content is to be displayed for each location at which
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`content is to be displayed
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`displaying images at one or more of said locations in accordance with said exposure list;
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`permitting said exposure list to be dynamically updated.
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`T-Rex alleged that the Digital Waiting Room Screen product meets the first
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`limitation of claim 25 of the ’470 Patent: “receives control instructions from at least one external
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`information mediator.” See, Exhibit A at ¶ 50. While BroadSign disputes the ultimate issue of
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`whether its components meet this limitation, the functionality identified by T-Rex that allegedly
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`meets this claim limitation is provided by BroadSign’s software components within the Digital
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`Waiting Room Screen product (i.e. the BroadSign Player).T-Rex alleged that the Digital Waiting
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`Room Screen product meets the second limitation of claim 25 of the ’470 Patent: “generate an
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`exposure list, with said exposure list specifying three or more of the following items: i) what
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`information content is to be displayed; ii) at which of the plurality of locations the information
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`content is to be displayed; iii) when the information content is to be displayed for each location
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`at which content is to be displayed; and iv) how long the information content is to be
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`displayed for each location at which content is to be displayed.” See, Exhibit A at ¶ 51. T-
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`Rex further alleged that the Digital Waiting Room Screen product meets this limitation by using
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`“smart playlist technology [to curate] programming that is customized to each office
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`according to its specific patient population.” See, Exhibit A at ¶ 51. While BroadSign
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`disputes the ultimate issue of whether its components meet this limitation, the functionality
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`identified by T-Rex that allegedly meets this claim limitation is provided by BroadSign’s
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`software components within the Digital Waiting Room Screen product (i.e. the BroadSign
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`Player).
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`T-Rex alleged that the Digital Waiting Room Screen product meets the third
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`limitation of claim 25 of the ’470 Patent: “displays images at one or more of said locations in
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`accordance with the exposure list.” See, Exhibit A at ¶ 52. T-Rex further alleged that the Digital
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`Waiting Room Screen product meets this limitation by delivering “condition-specific content to
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`patients while they wait.” See, Exhibit A at ¶ 52. While BroadSign disputes the ultimate issue
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`of whether its components meet this limitation, the functionality identified by T-Rex that
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`allegedly meets this claim limitation is provided by BroadSign’s software components within the
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`Digital Waiting Room Screen product (i.e. the BroadSign Player).
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`T-Rex alleged that the Digital Waiting Room Screen product meets the fourth and
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`final limitation of claim 25 of the ’470 Patent: “permit[] the exposure list to be dynamically
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`updated.” See, Exhibit A at ¶ 53. T-Rex further alleged that the Digital Waiting Room Screen
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`product meets this limitation because “content is refreshed daily and sent to screens based on
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`patient demographic data.” See, Exhibit A at ¶ 53. While BroadSign disputes the ultimate issue
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`of whether its components meet this limitation, the functionality identified by T-Rex that
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`allegedly meets this claim limitation is provided by BroadSign’s software components within the
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`Digital Waiting Room Screen product (i.e. the BroadSign Player).
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`T-Rex has also alleged in an element by element textual claim chart that each
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`limitation of claim 22 of the ’334 Patent is met by BroadSign’s Digital Waiting Room Screen
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`product. See, Exhibit A at ¶ ¶ 63-75. While BroadSign disputes the ultimate issue of whether its
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`components meet these limitations, the functionality identified by T-Rex that allegedly meets
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`these claim limitations is provided by BroadSign’s software components within the Digital
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`Waiting Room Screen product (i.e. the BroadSign Player).
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`T-Rex has also alleged in an element by element textual claim chart that each
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`limitation of claims 42 and 43 of the ’603 Patent is met by BroadSign’s Digital Waiting Room
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`Screen product. See, Exhibit A at ¶ ¶ 77-87. While BroadSign disputes the ultimate issue of
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`whether its components meet these limitations, the functionality identified by T-Rex that
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`allegedly meets these claim limitations is provided by BroadSign’s software components within
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`the Digital Waiting Room Screen product (i.e. the BroadSign Player).
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`41.
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`The claim charts set forth as prose in the ContextMedia Amended Complaint are
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`sufficient to support declaratory judgment standing. Arris Group v. British Telecomm., 639 F.3d
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`1368, 1375, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2011).
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`42.
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`BroadSign has knowledge of T-Rex’s allegations that the components of the
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`Digital Waiting Room product provided by BroadSign are specially made and adapted to
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`function in a way that meets each limitation of at least one claim of each of the ’470, ’334, and
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`’603 Patents.
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`43.
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`In another action filed by T-Rex against a BroadSign customer, T-Rex, in its
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`Complaint against JCDecaux North America Holdings, Inc. and JCDecaux North America, Inc.,
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`filed on May 9, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Case
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`No. 4:16-cv-00303, accused the defendants’ products (i.e., “Showscreens, a digital media
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`product that is used in their Mallscape network, Defendants’ digital billboards, and Defendants’
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`digital airport advertising network, including their Prestige digital network”) of infringing the
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`Patents-in-Suit. BroadSign is a platform provider for the accused JCDecaux products.
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`44.
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`As a direct result of T-Rex’s complaints, customers including ContextMedia and
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`JCDecaux, have sought indemnification from BroadSign.
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`45.
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`BroadSign knows that its hardware and software solutions, including the
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`BroadSign Player product, is used in HMN’s “digital health media advertising network,”
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`ContextMedia’s “Digital Waiting Room Screen,” and JCDecaux’s “Showscreens,” “Mallscape
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`network,” “digital billboards,” “digital airport advertising network,” and “Prestige digital
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`network.” BroadSign works with customers HMN, ContextMedia, and JCDecaux to make its
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`hardware and software solutions (including the BroadSign Player product) and to adapt its
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`hardware and software solutions (including the BroadSign Player product) for use in HMN’s
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`“digital health media advertising network,” ContextMedia’s “Digital Waiting Room Screen,” and
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`JCDecaux’s “Showscreens,” “Mallscape network,” “digital billboards,” “digital airport
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`advertising network,” and “Prestige digital network.”
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`46.
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`BroadSign’s hardware and software solutions (including the BroadSign Player
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`portion of the Digital Waiting Room Screen product) (e.g., Exhibit A at ¶¶ 50-87) are built to
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`order for its customers.
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`47.
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`15. T-Rex has also had direct discussions and in-person meetings with BroadSign
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`in which T-Rex has demanded that BroadSign take a license to the Patents-in-Suit in order for T-
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`Rex to stop suing BroadSign'sBroadSign’s customers for patent infringement. On June 28, 2016,
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`BroadSign and T-Rex met in a meeting room in Landvetter Airport Conference, Gothenberg,
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`Sweden. During that meeting, BroadSign requested that T-Rex agree to dismiss the pending
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`lawsuits against BroadSign’s customers and give BroadSign a covenant not to sue that would
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`cover BroadSign and its customers. In the first week of July, 2016, and without prior discussion
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`of a license, Mats Hylin, T-Rex’s CEO, sent BroadSign a “Patent Agreement.” The agreement
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`required an unspecified monetary payment in exchange for a license. The agreement expressly
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`provides that one of the purposes for the parties entering into it is so that BroadSign can obtain
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`from T-Rex a covenant not to sue its customers to the extent they operate digital display systems
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`consisting of BroadSign’s products. T-Rex assured BroadSign that agreeing to take a license was
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`the only way to protect BroadSign and its customers from litigation and future law suits.
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`BroadSign did not request any sample agreements or any draft or form of license agreement.
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`48.
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`16. As a result of (a) the T-Rex lawsuits filed against BroadSign’s customers over
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`the past year accusing BroadSign’s products and services of infringing each of the Patents-in-
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`Suit, and as a further result of the; (b) the T-Rex lawsuits filed against suppliers similarly-
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`situated to BroadSign accusing those suppliers’ products and services of infringing each of the
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`Patents-in-Suit; and (c) the demands by T-Rex that BroadSign take a license to the patents in
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`suitPatents-in-Suit
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`to
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`prevent
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`further
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`patent
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`infringement
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`actions
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`against
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`BroadSign'sBroadSign’s customers, there isexists a real, immediate and justiciable controversy
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`between T-Rex and BroadSign concerning infringement of sufficient immediacy to warrant the
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`issuance of a declaratory judgment. There isexists a real and palpable threat of suit by T-Rex
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`against BroadSign and/or against additional BroadSign customers arising from their use of
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`BroadSign’s products. This threat is real and not idle. Not only has T-Rex demanded that
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`BroadSign take a license to the patents in suitPatents-in-Suit and has brought suits against its
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`customers, but .in addition T-Rex has brought suits against BroadSign’s existing customers and
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`will likely continue to sue other BroadSign customers and has filed at least 43 patent
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`infringement suits asserting one or more of these same patents in 17 separate judicial districts
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`throughout the United States.direct competitors in the same industry.
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`49.
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`17. Given the lawsuits against BroadSign’s customers, the demand for licensing
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`made to BroadSign and T-Rex’s litigious business model and conduct, T-Rex’s actions have
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`placed a cloud over BroadSign and its business and have injured or are injuringcontinues to
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`injure BroadSign’s business, creating a concrete and immediate justiciable controversy between
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`BroadSign and T-Rex. BroadSign cannot simply stand by while its business suffers irreparable
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`harm to await yet another filing of litigation by T-Rex at a future date. BroadSign seeks a
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`declaratory judgment so that its business can move forward without the imminent and ever-
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`present threat of litigation.
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`CAUSES OF ACTION
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`COUNT ONE
`Declaratory Judgment of Non-Infringement of U.S. Patent No. RE39,470
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`50.
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`18. BroadSign repeats and reasserts each of the allegations contained in
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`paragraphs 1 through 1549 as if fully set forth herein.
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`51.
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`19. BroadSign has not directly infringed and does not directly infringe, either
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`literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, any valid and enforceable claim of the ’470 patent.
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`52.
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`20. BroadSign has not indirectly infringed and does not indirectly infringe any
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`valid and enforceable claim of the ’470 patent, either by inducing infringement or contributory
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`infringement.
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`53.
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`21. T-Rex has accused BroadSign’s products of infringing at least claims 25 and
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`26 of the ’470 patent. Claim 26 depends from claim 25.
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`54.
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`22. BroadSign’s products do not infringe claim 25 of the ’470 patent, and
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`therefore do not infringe any dependent claim of claim 26, for at least the reason that
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`BroadSign’s products do not “receiv[e] control instructions from at least one external
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`information mediator” as required by the claim.
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`55.
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`23. Accordingly, BroadSign seeks a declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
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`§§ 2201-02 that no valid and enforceable claim of the ’470 patent is infringed by BroadSign.
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`COUNT TWO
`Declaratory Judgment of Non-Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,382,334
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`56.
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`24. BroadSign repeats and reasserts each of the allegations contained in
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`paragraphs 1 through 1549 as if fully set forth herein.
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`57.
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`25. BroadSign has not directly infringed and

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