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`FILED
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`2013 APR 12 P 4:2b
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`CLERK US DISTRICT COURT
`ALEXANDRIA. VIRGINIA
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`Alan M. Grimaldi Qvo hac vice application anticipated)
`Ann Marie Duffy (VSB No. 48653)
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`1999KSt.NW
`Washington, DC 20006-1101
`Tel: 202-263-3000
`Fax: 202-263-3300
`agrimaldi@mayerbrown.com
`aduffy@mayerbrown.com
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`A. John P. Mancini Qvo hac vice application anticipated)
`Vanessa M. Biondo {pro hac vice application anticipated)
`Elizabeth M. Winokur {pro hac vice application anticipated)
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`1675 Broadway
`New York, NY 10019-5820
`Tel: 212-506-2500
`Fax: 212-262-1910
`jmancini@mayerbrown.com
`vbiondo@mayerbrown.com
`ewinokur@mayerbrown.com
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`Counselfor Plaintiffs, Segin Systems, Inc. andSegin Software, LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
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`SEGIN SYSTEMS, INC. and SEGIN
`SOFTWARE, LLC (d/b/a RYNOHL/F£),
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`Plaintiffs,
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`vs.
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`STEWART TITLE GUARANTY
`COMPANY; PROPERTYINFO
`CORPORATION; and FIRST BANKING
`SERVICES, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`COMPLAINT FOR PRELIMINARY
`INJUNCTION AND OTHER RELIEF
`AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
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`STEWART EXHIBIT 1020
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`Plaintiffs Segin Systems, Inc. ("Segin Systems") and Segin Software, LLC (d/b/a
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`RynohLive) ("Segin Software") (collectively, "Segin" or "Plaintiffs"), by and through their
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`attorneys, Mayer Brown LLP, for their complaint against defendants Stewart Title Guaranty
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`Company ("STGC"); Propertylnfo Corporation ("PIC") (collectively, "Stewart"); and First
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`Banking Services, Inc. ("FBS") (collectively with Stewart, "Defendants"), allege as follows:
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`NATURE OF THE ACTION
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`1.
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`Failing in its attempt to acquire the rights to Segin's Rynohi/ve real estate
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`settlement software, Stewart misappropriated highly confidential material that was only
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`disclosed to Stewart pursuant to nondisclosure agreements governed by Virginia law. The
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`material that was misappropriated consists of RynohLive algorithms, interfaces, connection
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`points, and other information developed by Segin's founders. Stewart and FBS used this
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`material to launch, injust a few short months, a copycat real estate settlement technology that,
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`according to FBS, works justlike Rynoh. This action for breach of contract and patent
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`infringement seeks: (i) preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to prevent Defendants'
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`continued use of Segin's intellectual property; (ii) damages arising from the Defendants' patent
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`infringement and breach of contract; (iii) anorder directing Defendants to account for any
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`confidential material disclosed to third parties or otherwise used in violation of the nondisclosure
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`agreements; and (iv) an order directing Defendants to return all information furnished under the
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`nondisclosure agreements and reproductions of such information.
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`PARTIES
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`2.
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`Plaintiff Segin Systems is a startup corporation organized under the laws of
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`Virginia and having its principal place of business at 397 Little Neck Road, 3300 South
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`Building, Suite 306, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452. It was founded in January 2005 for the
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`purpose of developing software for the titleand real estate settlement industry, including
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`RynohLive.
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`3.
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`PlaintiffSegin Software is a limited liability company, 94% owned by Segin
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`Systems, organized in 2008 under the laws ofVirginia, and having its principal place ofbusiness
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`at 397 Little Neck Road, 3300 South Building, Suite 306, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452.
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`Segin Software is the owner of the patent in suit.
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`4.
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`Defendant STGC is a corporation organized under the laws of Texas and having
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`its principal place ofbusiness at 1980 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77056.
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`STGC is one of the nation's largest title insurers.
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`5.
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`Defendant PIC is a corporation organized under the laws of Texas and having its
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`principal place ofbusiness at 1980 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77056. PIC
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`is Stewart's real estate technology company, and the successor of former Stewart technology
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`divisions, Landata Systems, Inc. ("Landata") and First Data Systems, Inc. ("FDS").
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`6.
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`Defendant FBS is a corporation organized under the laws of Tennessee and
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`having its principal place ofbusiness at 315 Hickerson Drive, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129.
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`FBS develops banking, sub accounting, escrow accounting, and reconciliation products and
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`services that it offers to financial institutions and real estate title insurance companies.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`7.
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`This Court has federal subject matter jurisdiction over this action under 28 U.S.C.
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`§§1331 (federal question); 1338(a) (patent); and 1367 (supplemental jurisdiction).
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`8.
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`This Court has personal jurisdictionover Defendants because they have engaged
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`in substantial business activities in the State of Virginia. Defendants transacted, solicited, and
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`conducted business in Virginia through their employees, agents, and/or sales representatives, and
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`derived substantial revenue from such business causing injuries to Segin in Virginia. In addition,
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`this Court has personal jurisdiction over Stewart because this is a patent infringement and breach
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`of contract action "arisingout of and "relating to" nondisclosure agreements that Landata and
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`FDS (PIC's predecessors and STGC's affiliates) entered into with Segin Systems, by which PIC
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`and STGC are bound. The consent provisions provide that "[t]he Virginia state courts of the
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`City of Norfolk (or, if there is exclusive federal jurisdiction, the United States District Courtfor
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`the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division) shall have exclusive jurisdiction and venue
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`over any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and the Recipient hereby consents
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`to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts."
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`9.
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`Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(a), 1391(b), and
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`1391(c), including, without limitation, because a substantial part of the events giving rise to the
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`claims occurred in thisjudicial district, Defendants are advertising, marketing, using, selling
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`and/oroffering to sell products in thisjudicial district, and Defendants are subject to this Court's
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`personal jurisdiction with respect to the present action.
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`FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
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`I.
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`Segin's Market-Leading Real Estate Settlement Software
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`10.
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`In late 2004, Richard M. Reass ("Reass") and Kenneth A. Taylor ("Taylor")
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`began experimenting with the concept of a real estate settlement software that would combat the
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`pervasive escrow theft and mishandling of settlement funds resulting from the inability of the
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`title insurance industry to self police, which had been costing the industry hundreds of millions
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`of dollars in losses per year.
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`11.
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`In January 2005, Reass founded Segin Systems for the purpose of developing
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`software that would provide the internal controls that the title insurance/settlement industry
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`lacked, by ensuring the integrity of financial transactions. Among other things, Segin Systems
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`invested substantial amounts of time, money, and intellectual capital researching this novel
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`concept and developing the technology to actualize it.
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`12.
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`Segin Systems's significant expenditures of effort, years of trial-and-error, and
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`substantial financial commitment culminated in the successful launch of RynohLive nationally in
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`February 2009.
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`13.
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`RynohZ./vc, originally known as Transaction Assurance Program &
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`eReconcile/Positive Pay (the "TAP Project"), automates the various transactions required to
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`complete a real estate settlement and provides real-time (ornear real-time) performance of
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`several of these transactions, thereby simplifying the settlement processand reducing, if not
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`eliminating, fraudulent transactions.
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`14.
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`The RynohLive system is comprised of five interrelated modules working in
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`concert, described on the RynohLive website as follows:
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`RynohPay - a fully automated near real-time positive pay system that ensures that only
`validated checks are honored by the bank. RynohPay either provides automatic inputs to
`the clients' bank positive pay system, or is a standalone solution for those agents whose
`bank does not provide that service.
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`RynohTrax - verification and validation of user defined critical transactions, both receipts
`and disbursements. Typical reconciliation systems reflect only what hasoccurred.
`RynohTrax provides notification for those critical items that are not being posted to the
`account for either payment or credit.
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`RynohRccon - automatic daily three-way reconciliation with an embedded
`"Reconciliation Wizard" that identifies accounting and posting errors; timely alerts of
`potential issues mitigates or totally eliminates loss from fraud or error. A "Reconciliation
`Analysis" feature further identifies transactions whose status may represent audit or
`regulatory issues.
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`RynohReport - a comprehensive set of daily reports that enable proactive management
`and oversight of financial activities. One of those is the "Morning Report" - a daily
`analysis report of escrow account activity and integrity. Emailed to designated recipients,
`the report contains user defined alerts of critical transactions, reconciliation status, and
`available funds by file/subaccount. The "Morning Report" reflects those critical time
`sensitive items requiring immediate attention.
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`RynohSecure - enables the insurance underwriter or regulator to continuously monitor
`and fully audit account activity ona near real-time basis. Anti-fraud algorithms, funds
`verification protocols, and other techniques generate alerts whenevera suspect or
`potentially fraudulent event is detected.
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`http://www.rynoh.com/index.php/home/about-us (last accessed Apr. 9, 2013).
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`15.
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`Since its introduction, RynohLive has"identified defalcation, wire and ACH
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`fraud; stopped employee embezzlements; eliminated check fraud and disbursing errors and saved
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`its clients millions of dollars within the settlement industry." Id.
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`16.
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`RynohLive quickly became viewed as the salvation of the title insurance industry,
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`and its use has been mandated on numerous instances by title insurance underwriters to mitigate
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`the staggering losses caused by agent escrow theft and the mishandling of settlement funds.
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`17.
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`As explained in detail below, Segin Systems attempted to protect its intellectual
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`property in RynohLive by executing strict nondisclosure agreements ("NDAs") that limited
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`Stewart's use of Segin Systems's confidential information, and by patenting its invention. The
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`patent rights are held by Segin Systems's subsidiary, Segin Software, formed in 2008.
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`18.
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`Segin Systems could not have anticipated that Stewart, which purportedly sought
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`to promote RynohLive and solidify Rynohl/w's position as a market leader, was, in actuality,
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`upon information and belief, funneling over four years of Rynoh£/ve development details to a
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`third party (FBS) to enable and facilitate the cloning of RynohZ./ve and the launch ofa directly
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`competing software, in violation of the NDAs and Segin's intellectual property rights.
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`19.
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`Although the growth of RynohLive has continued, Defendants' unlawful conduct
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`has already caused Segin substantial and irreparable harm, and it will continue to do so if
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`Defendants are not stopped.
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`II.
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`The Nondisclosure Agreements and Stewart's Access to the Confidential
`Information
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`20.
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`RynohLive was not Reass's first major contribution to the title insurance industry.
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`Before developing RynohZ./ve, Reass created and deployed several software applications that
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`streamlined title agency operations, including, for example, the industry's first transaction
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`management system, a document scanning and imaging system with an automatic filing
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`capability, electronic storage of files, automated underwriting, and productivity management.
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`21.
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`These applications put Reass's pre-Segin company, Reliant Title Insurance
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`Agency, Inc. ("Reliant Title"), far ahead of its competitors and garnered the attention of Stewart,
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`which is one of the nation's largest title insurers.
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`22.
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`In light of Reliant Title's success, when Reass first spoke to Stewart about the
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`TAP Project/RynohZ./w in late 2004, Stewart was interested in getting involved.
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`23.
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`To protect Segin Systems's intellectual property, Segin Systems and certain
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`Stewart entitiesentered into nondisclosure agreements ("NDAs"). Landata and FDS, both
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`Stewart companies and predecessors of PIC, entered into the NDAs on their own behalf as well
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`as on behalfof their officers, directors, agents, employees, and affiliates. The Landata NDA was
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`executed on or around February 23, 2005. The FDS NDA was executed on or around April 24,
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`2005. True and correct copies of the NDAs are attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B
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`respectively.
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`24.
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`The NDAs provide in pertinent part:
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`The Recipient acknowledges that Segin claims its Confidential Information as a special,
`valuable and unique asset. For itself and on behalf of its officers, directors, agents,
`employees, and affiliates (each an "Affiliate"), the Recipient agrees that it shall:
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`a.
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`Keep in confidence all Confidential Information, and that it will not
`directly or indirectly disclose to any third party or use for its own benefit,
`or use for any purpose other than an assessment of the TAP Project, any
`Confidential Information it receives from Segin;
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`b.
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`c.
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`d.
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`e.
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`Restrict disclosure of the Confidential Information solely to the minimum
`number of Affiliates necessary in orderto assess the TAP Project and only
`to those Affiliates who have executed binding and enforceable
`confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements with Recipient;
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`Advise Affiliates who receive Confidential Information under Section 2(b)
`of their binding obligations with respect to such Confidential Information
`and take all reasonable measures to protectthe confidentiality of such
`Confidential Information, including prohibiting such Affiliates from
`reproducing any Confidential Information in any form;
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`Use the Confidential Information only as needed in conjunction with the
`TAP Project, and in particular, not use the Confidential Information in
`competition with Segin noruse it in any unlawful manner; and
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`Use reasonable care to protect the Confidential Information, and in no
`event use less than the same degree of care to protect the Confidential
`Information as it would employ with respect to its own information of like
`importance which it does not desire to have published or disseminated.
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`Id. H2 (emphasis added).
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`25.
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`"Confidential Information" under the NDAs includes "any information related to
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`the TAP Project, whether provided in writing, orally or in any other medium." Exs. Aand B
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`(NDAs) 13.
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`26.
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`The NDAs further provide that no patent or copyright license is granted by
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`Segin's disclosure of any information to the Recipient. Id. \ 7.
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`27.
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`The NDAs also state that"[a]ll information furnished under this Agreement shall
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`remain Segin's property and shall be returned to it at its request together with all copies, extracts,
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`plans, schematics, or other reproductions in whole or in part made of such information by the
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`Recipient." Id. H6.
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`28.
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`Additionally, the NDAs provide that "[t]he Recipient acknowledges that its
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`breach of this Agreement will result in immediate and irreparable harm to Segin, for which there
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`will be no adequate remedy at law, and Segin shall be entitled to equitable reliefto compel the
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`Recipient to ceaseand desist all unauthorized use and disclosure of Segin's Confidential
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`Information." Id. ^ 9.
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`29.
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`The NDAs are governed by Virginia law, and provide for the exclusive
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`jurisdiction and venue of this Court over any federal dispute arising out of or relating to the
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`NDAs. See id. ffll 16-17. Specifically, the NDAs provide that "[t]he Virginiastate courtsof the
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`City of Norfolk (or, if there is exclusive federal jurisdiction, the United States District Court for
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`the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division) shall have exclusivejurisdictionand venue
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`over any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and the Recipient hereby consents
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`to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts." Id. f 16.
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`30. With the NDAs in placeand enforceable against the Stewart entities and their
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`successors {see id. ffi| 2, 14), the parties' discussions advanced. Over the course of the next
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`several years, while developing the TAP Project/RynohA/ve, Reass met on numerous occasions
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`with Stewart representatives in Houston, Nashville, and Virginia Beach to discuss the prospect of
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`forming a Stewart-RynohZ./ve relationship.
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`31.
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`Underthe arrangementdiscussed by the parties, Stewart would purchase from
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`Segin Systems the rights to utilize Segin Systems's RynohLive technology, Segin Systems would
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`integrate RynohLive with Stewart's settlement software (AIM/AIM+), and Stewart would use its
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`resources and strong industry presence to promote the use of RynohLive. Per the proposed
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`arrangement, Segin Systems's RynohLive technology would be launched as a joint initiative
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`between Segin Systems and Stewart.
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`32.
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`In 2008, negotiations continued, reaching the point of finalizing the Stewart-
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`RynohLive relationship, and Stewart, through PIC, made its first official offer that December.
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`33.
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`Stewart's offer was insufficient and was rejected by Segin Systems.
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`34.
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`After being told that its offer was too low, Stewart continued to express interest in
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`utilizing RynohZive and made additional, targeted requests for information, under the pretext of
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`intending to finalize a deal.
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`35. With the NDAs in place, Segin Systems continued providing Stewart with
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`Confidential Information, including, among otherthings, the essential data elements for the
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`AIM+ interface along with the RynohZ,/ve infrastructure requirements.
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`36.
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`OnAugust 21, 2009, Stewart made another targeted request for Confidential
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`Information (details regarding Ryno\\Secure, the latest of the five interrelated RynohL/ve
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`modules), offering no hint of Stewart's plan to launch a competing settlement software system.
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`After providing the requested information that day, Segin Systems heard nothing more from
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`Stewart. AgencySecure, Stewart's product, was launched just two months later.
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`HI.
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`The Launch of AgencySecure
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`37.
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`In October 2009, two months after Stewart requested and received the last of the
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`Confidential Information, Stewart launched AgencySecure - a real estate settlement technology,
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`the primary component of which is a RynohLive clone that FBS allegedly "developed" for
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`Stewart.
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`38. When questioned by Segin Systems, Stewart indicated that it had chosen to utilize
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`a competing vendor's technology instead of Segin's RynohZ,/ve What Stewart did not explain,
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`however, is that, upon information and belief, Stewart had agreed to provide FBS with the
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`RynohLive algorithms, interfaces, connection points, and other information developed by Segin
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`that would (and did) enable FBS to "develop" a competing technology for AgencySecure almost
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`instantly and with minimal expenditures of itsown; in exchange, FBS had agreed toanexclusive
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`three-year contract with Stewart.
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`39.
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`As a result, from 2009-2012, AgencySecure was used only by Stewart entities.
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`40.
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`Now that the three-year exclusivity period has expired, FBS intends to expand
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`AgencySecure beyond Stewart and launch it across the market.
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`41.
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`FBS likely would not have agreed to any period of exclusivity if it had
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`independently developed the AgencySecure technology.
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`42.
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`Upon information and belief, the Stewart representatives - who, under the NDAs
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`in place, spent years studying the development of Segin's RynohLive, including several days and
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`weeks in face-to-face meetings in addition to communicating by email and telephone about
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`RynohLive - were instrumental in the launch of AgencySecure, providing FBS the Confidential
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`Information of Segin Systems that it needed in order to duplicate RynohLive.
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`43.
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`The settlement software utilized in AgencySecure was and is identical to
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`Rynoh£/v<? in all material respects. Indeed, in "developing" AgencySecure, FBS- with
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`Stewart's help - copied each and every key feature and function of RynohZ,/ve: (1) its fully
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`automated near real-time positive pay system that ensures that only validated checks are honored
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`by the bank; (2) its verification and validation feature that provides notification for certain user-
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`defined critical transactions; (3) its automatic daily three-way reconciliation service that
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`identifies accounting and postingerrors, alerts users of potential fraud and error, and identifies
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`transactions whose status may represent audit or regulatory issues; (4) its comprehensive daily
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`reporting system; and (5) its anti-fraud algorithms, funds verification protocols, and other
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`techniques that generate alerts whenever a suspect or potentiallyfraudulent event is detected,
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`thereby enabling the insurance underwriteror regulatorto continuously monitor and fully audit
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`account activity on a near real-time basis.
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`44.
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`Segin did not discover until 2012 that FBS played a role in developing
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`AgencySecure.
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`45.
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`At a product demonstration for AgencySecure, when questioned about the
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`similarities between AgencySecure and RynohLive, FBS itself announced that AgencySecure
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`works just like Rynoh.
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`46.
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`Defendants have not only misappropriated Segin's technology, but they are
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`exploiting its goodwill and reputation to promote AgencySecure, and are unfairly benefiting
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`from the expense, time, effort, and labor that Segin expended in developing and promoting
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`RynohLive.
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`IV.
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`The '939 Patent
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`47.
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`In addition, Defendants are infringing one or more claims of Segin Software's
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`patent.
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`48.
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`On April 23, 2007, Reass and Taylor filed U.S. Patent Application No.
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`11/788,876 to provide additional protection for the intellectual property in RynohLive.
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`49.
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`On or around September 25, 2007, Reass and Taylor assigned and transferred to
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`eReconcile LLC the entire right, title, and interest in and to any and all patents that may issue
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`from Application No. 11/788,876. On March 13, 2008,eReconcile LLC assigned and
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`transferred to Segin Software the entire right, title, and interest in and to any and all patents that
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`may issue from Application No. 11/788,876.
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`50.
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`The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally issued U.S. Patent No.
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`8,165,939 ("the '939 patent") to Segin Software on April 24, 2012. Entitled "Method of Settling
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`a Real Estate Transaction and System Implementing the Method," the '939 patent teaches a
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`method for settling real estate transactions and outlines a web-based, automated, and integrated
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`system for ensuring the integrity of financial transactions. A true and correct copy of the '939
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`patent is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
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`51.
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`The claims of the '939 patent are valid and enforceable.
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`52.
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`Segin Software is the owner of all right, title, and interest in the '939 patent,
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`including the right to sue and recover damages and equitable relief for its infringement.
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`53.
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`Segin Software has complied with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 287 and marks
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`its products by identifying the '939 patent on the"Registration" page of the RynohLive website.
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`54.
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`At the latest, Stewart became aware of the '939 patent on or about June 15, 2012,
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`when Reass spoke with Stewart representatives at a Texas Land Title Association meeting.
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`During this conversation, Reass informed Stewart that Segin Software had received a patent on
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`the RynohLive invention in April 2012.
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`55.
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`Among other things, Defendants have created settlement software virtually
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`identical to RynohLive, incorporated that identical software into theircompeting product,
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`AgencySecure, and actively produced, marketed, solicited sales for, and sold their AgencySecure
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`product, which infringes one or more claims of the '939 patent.
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`56.
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`At least as of June 15, 2012, when Stewart became aware of the '939 patent, it has
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`known or should have known that its nearly-identical product likely infringes the '939 patent and
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`has been willfully and deliberately infringing one or more claims of the '939 patent.
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`57.
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`Defendants continue to violate Segin's rights, and show no signs of terminating
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`their infringing conduct.
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`V.
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`The Substantial and Irreparable Harm to Segin
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`58.
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`Defendants' exploitation of Segin Systems'sConfidential Information in violation
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`of the NDAs and their infringement of the '939 patent have caused Segin substantial and
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`irreparable harm.
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`59.
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`Defendants have unlawfully exploited, and are continuing to exploit and profit
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`from, Segin'sConfidential Information and the hard-earned goodwill and reputation of Segin's
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`RynohLive, and are unfairly benefiting from the expense, time, effort, and laborthat Segin
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`expended in developing and promoting RynohZ./vtj.
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`60. Moreover, pursuant to the arrangement that Segin Systems and Stewart discussed
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`extensively and in detail from 2005 to 2009, Stewart should have launched RynohLive instead of
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`the cloned technology. The Stewart-Rynohl/ve relationship would likely have been finalized
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`absent the Defendants' unlawful conduct.
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`61.
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`Underthe arrangement discussed by the parties, Segin Systems would have
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`profited from the substantial fees and royalties that Stewart and Stewart customers would have
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`paid Segin for the use of RynohZ,/ve; the product marketing and advertising that Stewart would
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`have contributed; the resources and global reach and presence that only Stewart could have
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`offered; the expanded customer base that Segin would have realized; the increased profitability
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`of each customer relationship; and the numerous other business opportunities that would have
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`presented themselves to Segin as a result of RynohZ,/ve's increased exposure, market dominance,
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`and prestige. But instead, Defendants' gain was, and continues to be, Segin's irreparable loss of,
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`inter alia, prestige, recognition, goodwill, profits, and customers.
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`62.
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`Absent an injunction, the anticipated launch of AgencySecure across the market
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`will increase the irreparable harm to Segin.
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`COUNT I
`(Patent Infringement)
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`Stewart's Infringement of the '939 Patent
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`63.
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`Segin incorporates the foregoing allegations in Paragraphs 1 through 62 as if fully
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`set forth herein.
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`64.
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`Segin Software is the owner of all right, title, and interest in the '939 patent.
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`65.
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`Upon information and belief, Stewart is now and has been directly infringing the
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`'939 patent by making, using, offering to sell, and/or selling in the United States, and/or
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`importing into the United States, products and/orservices that are covered by at leastclaim 1 of
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`the '939 patent, including, by way of example and not limitation, Defendants' AgencySecure.
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`66.
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`On or around June 15, 2012, Stewart had full and actual knowledge of the '939
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`patent.
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`67.
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`Upon information and belief, Stewart is now and has been, since at least June 15,
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`2012, contributingto infringement of the '939 patent by others by selling and/or offeringto sell
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`within the United States, and/or importing into the United States, materials and/or apparatuses
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`for use in practicingthe method described in at least claim 1 of the '939 patent, including, by
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`way of example and not limitation, Defendants' AgencySecure. Upon information and belief,
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`Stewart knew that these materials and/or apparatuses were especially made or adapted for use in
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`an infringement of the '939 patent, are a material part of Segin's invention, and have no
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`substantial, non-infringing use; and Stewart's actions have in fact contributed to another's direct
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`infringement of at least claim 1 of the '939 patent.
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`68.
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`Further, upon information and belief, Stewart is now and has been actively and
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`knowingly inducing the infringement of the '939 patent by others, with knowledge of Segin
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`Software's patent rights and without reasonable basis for believing that its conduct is lawful.
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`Upon information and belief, Stewart is now and has been, since at least June 15, 2012, with
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`specific intent and requisite knowledge, actively and knowingly inducing infringement of the
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`'939 patent by soliciting, assisting, and/or fostering customers' use of products and/or services
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`that are covered by at least claim 1 of the '939 patent, including, by way of example and not
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`limitation, Defendants' AgencySecure. Upon further information and belief, Stewart knew or
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`willfully blinded itself from knowing that such products and/or services infringe at least claim 1
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`of the '939 patent, and that the induced acts constitute infringement of at least claim 1 of the
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`'939 patent.
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`69.
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`Stewart, with full and actual knowledge of the '939 patent, nonetheless committed
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`and continues to commit at least the aforementioned infringing acts despite an objectively high
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`likelihood that these actions constitute infringement of a valid patent. Further, under the
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`circumstances, Stewart knew or should have known of this objectively high risk.
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`70.
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`Thus, Stewart's infringing activities constitute willful and deliberate infringement
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`of the '939 patent, entitling Segin Software to enhanced damages under 35 U.S.C. § 284 and
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`reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.
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`71.
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`Stewart's infringement of the '939 patent has been withoutexpress or implied
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`license from Segin Software, and will continue unless enjoined by this Court.
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`72.
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`As a direct and proximate consequence of Stewart's infringement of the '939
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`patent, Segin Software has suffered and will continue to suffer irreparable injury and damages in
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`an amount not yet determined, for which Segin Software is entitled to relief.
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`FBS's Infringement of the '939 Patent
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`73.
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`Segin incorporates the foregoing allegations in Paragraphs 1 through 72 as if fully
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`set forth herein.
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`74.
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`75.
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`Segin Software is the owner of all right, title, and interest in the '939 patent.
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`Upon information and belief, FBS is now and has been directly infringing the
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`'939 patent by making, using, offering to sell, and/or selling in the United States, and/or
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`importing into the United States, products and/or services that are covered by at leastclaim 1 of
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`the '939 patent, including, by way of example and not limitation, Defendants' AgencySecure.
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`76.
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`FBS's infringement of the '939 patent has been without express or implied license
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`from Segin Software, and will continue unless enjoined by this Court.
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`77.
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`As a direct and proximate consequence of FBS's infringement of the '939 patent,
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`Segin Software hassuffered and will continue to suffer irreparable injury and damages in an
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`amount not yet determined, for which Segin Software is entitled to relief.
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`COUNT II
`(Breach of Contract)
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`78.
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`Segin incorporates the foregoing allegations in Paragraphs 1 through 77 as if fully
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`set forth herein.
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`79.
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`On or about February 23, 2005, PIC's predecessors, Landata and FDS, entered
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`into the NDAs with Segin Systems.
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`80.
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`81.
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`The NDAs are valid contracts.
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`Among other things, the NDAs provide that Landata, FDS, their affiliates, and
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`their successors must not use the Confidential Information for their own benefit, in competition
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`with Segin Systems, or for any purpose other than to assess the TAP Project/RynohZ,/ve.
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`82.
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`Because PIC is the successor of Landata and FDS, and STGC is and was an
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`affiliate of PIC and its predecessors, the confidentiality provisions of the NDAs are binding on
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`and enforceable against the Stewart entities.
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`83.
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`Pursuant to the NDAs, Segin Systems furnished Confidential Informatio