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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`SAN ANTONIO DIVISION
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` CASE NO.: 5:14-cv-1028-XR
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`MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.,
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`AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR
`PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
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`v.
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`COMPASS BANK, d/b/a BBVA COMPASS,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.’S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
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`Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (“Maxim”) hereby alleges for its Complaint for patent
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`infringement against defendant Compass Bank, N.A., a/k/a BBVA Compass (“BBVA
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`Compass”) on personal knowledge as to its own actions and on information and belief as to the
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`actions of others, as follows:
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`THE PARTIES
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`1.
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`Plaintiff Maxim is a Delaware corporation with places of business at 120 San
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`Gabriel Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94086, and 9651 Westover Hills, San Antonio, TX 78251.
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`2.
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`On information and belief, defendant BBVA Compass is a bank National
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`Association that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BBVA Compass Bancshares, Inc., a financial
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`holding company with its principal place of business in Birmingham, Alabama. BBVA Compass
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`is doing business in the Western District of Texas, and has its principal place of business in
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`Birmingham, Alabama.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`3.
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`This action for patent infringement arises under the patent laws of the United
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`States, Title 35 of the United States Code.
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`4.
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`This Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and
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`1338(a).
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`5.
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`Maxim maintains a substantial presence in Texas and this District, and does
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`business in Texas and this district, including operation of a semiconductor fabrication facility in
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`San Antonio, Texas, employing more than 500 people.
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`6.
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`This Court has general and specific personal jurisdiction over BBVA Compass.
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`BBVA Compass has substantial contacts with the forum as a consequence of conducting
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`substantial business in the State of Texas and within this district. On information and belief,
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`BBVA Compass maintains branches within Texas and this District; has transacted business in
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`Texas and/or in this district, including through the branches that it maintains within Texas and
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`this district; offers for sale, sells, and advertises its products and services utilizing the claimed
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`systems and methods with and for customers residing in Texas, including within this district; and
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`provides products and services directly to consumers in Texas, including within this district.
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`BBVA Compass has committed and continues to commit acts of patent infringement in Texas
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`and this district.
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`7.
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`Venue is proper in this District under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b) and (c), and 1400(b)
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`because a substantial part of the events giving rise to the claims against BBVA Compass
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`occurred and are occurring in this district, and/or because BBVA Compass has regular and
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`established practice of business in this district and has committed acts of infringement in this
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`district.
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`THE ASSERTED PATENTS
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`8.
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`On August 17, 1999, the United States Patent and Trademark Office duly and
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`legally issued U.S. Patent No. 5,940,510 (“the ’510 Patent”), entitled “Transfer of Valuable
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`Information Between a Secure Module and Another Module,” to Stephen M. Curry, Donald W.
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`Loomis, and Michael L. Bolan. A copy of the ’510 Patent is attached to the Complaint as
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`Exhibit A.
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`9.
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`The ’510 Patent is directed to a system for communicating data securely, such as
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`for secure mobile financial transactions, including a coprocessor for processing encryption
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`calculations and a real time clock circuit for time stamping data transactions.
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`10.
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`On August 15, 2000, the United States Patent and Trademark Office duly and
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`legally issued U.S. Patent No. 6,105,013 (“the ’013 Patent”), entitled “Method, Apparatus,
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`System, and Firmware for Secure Transactions,” to Stephen M. Curry, Donald W. Loomis, and
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`Christopher W. Fox. A copy of the ’013 Patent is attached to the Complaint as Exhibit B.
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`11.
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`The ’013 Patent is directed to a secure transaction integrated circuit including a
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`microcontroller core; a modular exponentiation accelerator circuit or a math coprocessor for
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`performing or handling encryption and decryption calculations; an input/output circuit for
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`exchanging data information with an electronic device; and real-time clock or a clock circuit for
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`providing a time measurement.
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`12.
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`On May 22, 2001, the United States Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally
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`issued U.S. Patent No. 6,237,095 (“the ’095 Patent”), entitled “Apparatus for Transfer of Secure
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`Information Between a Data Carrying Module and an Electronic Device,” to Stephen M. Curry,
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`Donald W. Loomis, and Christopher W. Fox. A copy of the ’095 Patent is attached to the
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`Complaint as Exhibit C.
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`13.
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`The ’095 Patent is directed to an apparatus for receiving and transmitting
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`encrypted data, such as for secure transfers of financial information.
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`14. Maxim is the owner by assignment of all rights, title, and interest to and in
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`the ’510,’013, and ’095 Patents (collectively, the “Asserted Patents”).
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`15.
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`BBVA Compass was served with Maxim’s original Complaint, attached as
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`Exhibit D, on December 8, 2014. A copy of the executed summons for BBVA Compass is
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`attached as Exhibit E.
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`16.
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`At least by no later than the date of service of Maxim’s original Complaint,
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`BBVA Compass had actual notice of each of the Asserted Patents and actual notice that its
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`actions constituted and continue to constitute infringement of at least one claim of each of the
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`Asserted Patents.
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`COUNT I: Infringement of the ’510 Patent
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`17. Maxim incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1 – 16 above as if fully set forth
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`herein.
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`18.
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`On information and belief, BBVA Compass has and continues to infringe one or
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`more claims of the ’510 Patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), literally or under the doctrine of
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`equivalents, by making, using, selling, and/or offering to sell in the United States and without
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`authority products, devices, systems, and/or components of systems that embody the patented
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`invention, including for example products, devices, systems and/or components of systems that
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`include or make use of the “BBVA Compass Mobile Banking” smartphone applications. When,
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`for example, these applications are installed on a portable computing device, such as Android or
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`iOS™ devices, and combined with components of BBVA Compass’s banking infrastructure for
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`performing secure financial transactions, the resulting systems are made and/or used, thereby
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`infringing, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, one or more claims of the ’510 Patent.
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`19.
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`On information and belief, BBVA Compass has induced and continues to induce
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`infringement of the ’510 Patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) by encouraging its customers and
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`other third parties to make and/or use the claimed system for communicating data securely,
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`including a coprocessor for processing encryption calculations and a real time clock circuit for
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`time stamping data transactions. Such making and/or using of the claimed system for
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`communicating data securely constitutes infringement, literally or under the doctrine of
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`equivalents, of one or more claims of the ’510 Patent by such customers or third parties. BBVA
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`Compass’s acts of encouragement include: providing and intending its customers to use the
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`“BBVA Compass Mobile Banking” smartphone applications; providing other components of the
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`system that make use of these applications, including, e.g., servers and data storage; advertising
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`these applications through its own and third-party websites; and providing instructions to use
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`these applications.
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`20.
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`BBVA Compass has proceeded in this manner despite its actual knowledge of
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`the ’510 Patent and that the specific actions it actively induced on the part of its customers and
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`other third parties constitute infringement of the ’510 Patent, at least as of the date of service of
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`Maxim’s original Complaint. At the very least, because BBVA Compass has been and remains
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`on notice of the ’510 Patent and the accused infringement, it has been and remains willfully blind
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`regarding the infringement it has induced and continues to induce.
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`21.
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`On information and belief, BBVA Compass has contributed and continues to
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`contribute to the infringement of the ’510 Patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(c) by, without
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`authority, selling and/or offering to sell within the United States, importing, and/or supplying
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`components of the claimed system for communicating data securely, such as the “BBVA
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`Compass Mobile Banking” smartphone applications. When, for example, these applications are
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`installed on a portable device and connected to components of BBVA Compass’s banking
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`infrastructure, the claimed systems are made and/or used, thereby infringing, literally or under
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`the doctrine of equivalents, one or more claims of the ’510 Patent. These components supplied
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`by BBVA Compass, including, e.g., these applications, constitute material parts of the claimed
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`inventions of the ’510 Patent.
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`22.
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`On information and belief, at least as of the date of service of Maxim’s original
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`Complaint, BBVA Compass knows, for the reasons described in detail above, that these
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`components are especially made and/or especially adapted for use in infringing the ’510 Patent.
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`Moreover, these components are not staple articles of commerce suitable for substantial
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`noninfringing use at least because the components have no use apart from infringing the Asserted
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`Patents, including the ’510 Patent. For example, at least the “BBVA Compass Mobile Banking”
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`smartphone applications are used only in conjunction with or as part of the claimed systems for
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`securely communicating data.
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`23. Maxim has suffered damages as a result of BBVA Compass’s infringement of
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`the ’510 Patent. In addition, Maxim will continue to suffer severe and irreparable harm unless
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`this Court issues a permanent injunction prohibiting BBVA Compass, its agents, servants,
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`employees, representatives, and all others acting in active concert therewith from infringing
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`the ’510 Patent.
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`COUNT II: Infringement of the ’013 Patent
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`24. Maxim incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1 – 16 above as if fully set forth
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`herein.
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`25.
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`On information and belief, BBVA Compass has and continues to infringe one or
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`more claims of the ’013 Patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), literally or under the doctrine of
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`equivalents, by making, using, selling, and/or offering to sell in the United States and without
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`authority products, devices, systems, and/or components of systems that embody the patented
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`invention, including for example products, devices, systems and/or components of systems that
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`include or make use of the “BBVA Compass Mobile Banking” smartphone applications. When,
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`for example, these applications are installed on a portable computing device, such as Android or
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`iOS™ devices, the resulting systems are made and/or used, thereby infringing, literally or under
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`the doctrine of equivalents, one or more claims of the ’013 Patent.
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`26.
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`On information and belief, BBVA Compass has induced and continues to induce
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`infringement of the ’013 Patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) by encouraging its customers and
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`other third parties to make and/or use the claimed secure transaction integrated circuit. Such
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`making and/or using of the claimed apparatus constitutes infringement, literally or under the
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`doctrine of equivalents, of one or more claims of the ’013 Patent by such customers or third
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`parties. BBVA Compass’s acts of encouragement include: providing and intending its customers
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`to use the “BBVA Compass Mobile Banking” smartphone applications; providing other
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`components of the system that make use of these applications, including, e.g., servers and data
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`storage; advertising these applications through its own and third-party websites; and providing
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`instructions to use these applications.
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`27.
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`BBVA Compass has proceeded in this manner despite its actual knowledge of
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`the ’013 Patent and that the specific actions it actively induced on the part of its customers and
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`other third parties constitute infringement of the ’013 Patent, at least as of the date of service of
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`Maxim’s original Complaint. At the very least, because BBVA Compass has been and remains
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`on notice of the ’013 Patent and the accused infringement, it has been and remains willfully blind
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`regarding the infringement it has induced and continues to induce.
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`28.
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`On information and belief, BBVA Compass has contributed and continues to
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`contribute to the infringement of the ’013 Patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(c) by, without
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`authority, selling and/or offering to sell within the United States, importing, and/or supplying
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`components of a system, including the “BBVA Compass Mobile Banking” smartphone
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`applications, which system as a result includes the claimed secure transaction integrated circuit.
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`When, for example, these applications are installed on a portable device, the resulting systems
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`are made and/or used, thereby infringing, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, of one or
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`more claims of the ’013 Patent. These components supplied by BBVA Compass, including, e.g.,
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`these applications, constitute material parts of the claimed inventions of the ’013 Patent.
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`29.
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`On information and belief, at least as of the date of service of Maxim’s original
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`Complaint, BBVA Compass knows, for the reasons described in detail above, that these
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`components are especially made and/or especially adapted for use in infringing the ’013 Patent.
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`Moreover, these components are not staple articles of commerce suitable for substantial
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`noninfringing use at least because the components have no use apart from infringing the Asserted
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`Patents, including the ’013 Patent. For example, at least the “BBVA Compass Mobile Banking”
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`smartphone applications are used only in conjunction with or as part of the claimed secure
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`transaction integrated circuit.
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`30. Maxim has suffered damages as a result of BBVA Compass’s infringement of
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`the ’013 Patent. In addition, Maxim will continue to suffer severe and irreparable harm unless
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`this Court issues a permanent injunction prohibiting BBVA Compass, its agents, servants,
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`employees, representatives, and all others acting in active concert therewith from infringing
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`the ’013 Patent.
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`COUNT III: Infringement of the ’095 Patent
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`31. Maxim incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1 – 16 above as if fully set forth
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`herein.
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`32.
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`On information and belief, BBVA Compass has and continues to infringe one or
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`more claims of the ’095 Patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), literally or under the doctrine of
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`equivalents, by making, using, selling, and/or offering to sell in the United States and without
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`authority products, devices, systems, and/or components of systems that embody the patented
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`invention, including for example products, devices, systems and/or components of systems that
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`include or make use of the “BBVA Compass Mobile Banking” smartphone applications. When,
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`for example, these applications are installed on a portable computing device, such as Android or
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`iOS™ devices, the resulting systems are made and/or used, thereby infringing, literally or under
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`the doctrine of equivalents, one or more claims of the ’095 Patent.
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`33.
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`On information and belief, BBVA Compass has induced and continues to induce
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`infringement of the ’095 Patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) by encouraging its customers and
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`other third parties to make and/or use the claimed apparatus for receiving and transmitting
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`encrypted data. Such making and/or using of the claimed apparatus constitutes infringement,
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`literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, of one or more claims of the ’095 Patent by such
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`customers or third parties. BBVA Compass’s acts of encouragement include: providing and
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`intending its customers to use the “BBVA Compass Mobile Banking” smartphone applications;
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`providing other components of the system that make use of these applications, including, e.g.,
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`servers and data storage; advertising these applications through its own and third-party websites;
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`and providing instructions to use these applications.
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`34.
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`BBVA Compass has proceeded in this manner despite its actual knowledge of
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`the ’095 Patent and that the specific actions it actively induced on the part of its customers and
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`other third parties constitute infringement of the ’095 Patent, at least as of the date of service of
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`Maxim’s original Complaint. At the very least, because BBVA Compass has been and remains
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`on notice of the ’095 Patent and the accused infringement, it has been and remains willfully blind
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`regarding the infringement it has induced and continues to induce.
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`35.
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`On information and belief, BBVA Compass has contributed and continues to
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`contribute to the infringement of the ’095 Patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(c) by, without
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`authority, selling and/or offering to sell within the United States, importing, and/or supplying
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`components of a system, including the “BBVA Compass Mobile Banking” smartphone
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`applications, which system as a result embodies the claimed apparatus. When, for example,
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`these applications are installed on a portable device, the resulting systems are made and/or used,
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`thereby infringing, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, one or more claims of the ’095
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`Patent. These components supplied by BBVA Compass, including, e.g., these applications,
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`constitute material parts of the claimed inventions of the ’095 Patent.
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`36.
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`On information and belief, at least as of the date of service of Maxim’s original
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`Complaint, BBVA Compass knows, for the reasons described in detail above, that these
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`components are especially made and/or especially adapted for use in infringing the ’095 Patent.
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`Moreover, these components are not staple articles of commerce suitable for substantial
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`noninfringing use at least because the components have no use apart from infringing the Asserted
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`Patents, including the ’095 Patent. For example, at least the “BBVA Compass Mobile Banking”
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`smartphone applications are used only in conjunction with or as part of the claimed apparatus.
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`37. Maxim has suffered damages as a result of BBVA Compass’s infringement of
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`the ’095 Patent. In addition, Maxim will continue to suffer severe and irreparable harm unless
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`this Court issues a permanent injunction prohibiting BBVA Compass, its agents, servants,
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`employees, representatives, and all others acting in active concert therewith from infringing
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`the ’095 Patent.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`For the above reasons, Maxim respectfully requests that this Court grant the following
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`relief in favor of Maxim and against BBVA Compass:
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`(a)
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`A judgment in favor of Maxim that BBVA Compass has infringed (either literally
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`or under the doctrine of equivalents) one or more claims of the Asserted Patents;
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`(b)
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`A permanent injunction enjoining BBVA Compass and its officers, directors,
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`agents, servants, affiliates, employees, divisions, branches, subsidiaries, parents,
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`and all others acting in active concert or participation with BBVA Compass, from
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`infringing the Asserted Patents;
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`(c)
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`A judgment and order requiring BBVA Compass to pay Maxim its damages,
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`costs, expenses, and pre-judgment and post-judgment interest for BBVA
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`Compass’s infringement of the Asserted Patents;
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`(d)
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`A judgment and order finding that this is an exceptional case within the meaning
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`of 35 U.S.C. § 285 and awarding Maxim its reasonable attorney fees; and
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`(e)
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`Any and all such other relief as the Court deems just and proper.
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`DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
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`Pursuant to Rule 38(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Maxim demands
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`a trial by jury of this action.
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`Dated: February 16, 2015
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`By, /s/ Matthew D. Powers
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`Henry B. Gonzalez III
`State Bar No. 00794952
`hbg@gcaklaw.com
`GONZALEZ, CHISCANO, ANGULO &
`KASSON, PC
`613 NW Loop 410, Suite 800
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`San Antonio, Texas 78216
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`Of Counsel:
`Matthew D. Powers
`CA Bar No. 104795
`Steven S. Cherensky
`CA Bar No. 168275
`TENSEGRITY LAW GROUP LLP
`555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 650
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`Phone: (650) 802-6000
`Fax: (650) 802-6001
`Email:
`matthew.powers@tensegritylawgroup.com
`steven.cherensky@tensegritylawgroup.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff,
`Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that on February 16, 2015, the foregoing document was
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`electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will issue an
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`electronic notification of filing to all counsel of record.
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`/s/ Matthew D. Powers
`Matthew D. Powers
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