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Case: 1:12-cv-06418 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/14/12 Page 1 of 4 PageID #:1
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`ADC TECHNOLOGY INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`KYOCERA COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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`Defendants.
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`COMPLAINT
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`Civil Action No. 1:12-cv-6418
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Plaintiff ADC Technology Inc., for its complaint against Defendants
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`Kyocera Communications
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`Inc. and Kyocera Corporation
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`“Defendants”), alleges as follows:
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`NATURE OF THE SUIT
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`This is a claim for patent infringement arising under the patent laws
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`of the United States, Title 35 of the United States Code.
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`PARTIES
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`ADC Technology Inc. (“ADC”) is a corporation organized under the
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`laws of Japan with a principal place of business in Nagoya, Japan. Among other
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`things, ADC develops technology and has sold products used in wireless
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`communication.
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`ADC is the owner of a series of patents on inventions made by
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`Toshiharu Enmei for ADC, in the field of mobile communication devices.
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`ADC owns all right, title, and interest in, and has standing to sue
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`for, the infringement of United States Patent No. 8,103,313 B2, titled “Portable
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`PX 1048
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`Kyocera PX 1048_1
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`Communicator” (“the ‘313 Patent”).
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`5.
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`Each of the following Defendants have infringed the ‘313 Patent by
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`selling, offering to sell, and/or importing mobile communication devices in the
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`United States, including sales in Illinois and this judicial district.
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`Kyocera Communications Inc. (“Kyocera USA”) is a Delaware
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`corporation with an office at 10300 Campus Point Drive, San Diego, California
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`92121. Kyocera USA is in the business of designing, importing, selling, and
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`distributing mobile communication devices in the United States.
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`Kyocera Corporation (“Kyocera”) is the parent of Kyocera USA, and
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`is a corporation organized under the laws of Japan with principal offices in Kyoto,
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`Japan. Kyocera is in the business of designing, manufacturing, importing into the
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`United States, and selling mobile communication devices, among other
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`businesses.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`This Court has exclusive jurisdiction over the subject matter of this
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`case for patent infringement under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a).
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`9.
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over Kyocera USA and
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`Kyocera because they conduct business in Illinois, and have committed acts of
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`patent infringement in Illinois and this judicial district, such as the marketing and
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`sale of mobile communication devices to customers in Illinois.
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`10. Each of the defendants has placed its infringing products in the
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`stream of commerce with knowledge and intent that the products would be
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`distributed and sold, directly or through others in a distribution chain, to
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`Kyocera PX 1048_2
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`customers in Illinois and this judicial district.
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`11. Venue is proper in this judicial district under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1400(b)
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`and 1391. All defendants reside in this district because they are subject to
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`personal jurisdiction here. All defendants have committed acts of infringement in
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`this district, and a substantial part of the infringing acts have occurred here.
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`Kyocera Corporation is an alien corporation that can be sued in any district.
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`PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`12. Kyocera USA and Kyocera have infringed at least one claim of the
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`‘313 Patent, at least by importing, using, selling, and offering to sell mobile
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`communication devices under the Kyocera and Sanyo brand names, including
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`but not limited to phones designated by the names Zio, Brio, Milano, Torino,
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`Incognito and/or Innuendo.
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`13. Each Defendant’s infringement has injured ADC, and ADC is
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`entitled to recover damages adequate to compensate it for such infringement, but
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`in no event less than a reasonable royalty.
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`14. ADC’s injury will continue unless and until this Court enters an
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`injunction against further infringement by all Defendants.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`WHEREFORE, Plaintiff ADC Technology Inc. respectfully requests that
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`this Court enter judgment against each of Defendants Kyocera Communications
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`Inc. and Kyocera Corporation, and against their subsidiaries, successors,
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`parents, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, servants, employees, and all
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`persons in active concert or participation with them, granting the following relief:
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`Kyocera PX 1048_3
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`A.
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`The entry of judgment in favor of ADC Technology Inc. on the claim
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`of infringement for the ‘313 Patent;
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`An award of damages adequate to compensate ADC Technology
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`Inc. for the infringement that has occurred (together with prejudgment interest
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`from the date the infringement began), but in no event less than a reasonable
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`royalty as permitted by 35 U.S.C. § 284;
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`A permanent injunction against further infringement of the ‘313
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`Patent;
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`A finding that this case is exceptional and an award to ADC
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`Technology Inc. of all relief provided by 35 U.S.C. § 285; and
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`Such other and further relief that ADC Technology Inc. is entitled to
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`under law, and any additional relief that this Court or a jury may deem just and
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`proper.
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`JURY DEMAND
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`ADC Technology Inc. demands a trial by jury on all issues presented in
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`this amended complaint.
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`Dated: August 14, 2012
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`ADC Technology Inc.
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`/s/Richard B. Megley, Jr.
`Raymond P. Niro
`Dean D. Niro
`Patrick F. Solon
`Richard B. Megley, Jr.
`Niro, Haller & Niro
`181 West Madison, Suite 4600
`Chicago, Illinois 60602-4515
`Telephone: (312) 236-0733
`Facsimile: (312) 236-3137
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`Kyocera PX 1048_4
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