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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
`WESTERN DIVISION
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
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`Defendant.
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`Civil Action No._____________
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`Plaintiff B.E. Technology, L.L.C. (“B.E.”) hereby brings this action against Microsoft
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`Corporation (“Microsoft”) for infringement of United States Patent No. 6,628,314 (the “’314
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`patent”) and United States Patent No. 6,771,290 (the “’290 patent”), and alleges as follows:
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`NATURE OF THE ACTION AND PARTIES
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`This is an action for patent infringement arising under the patent laws of the
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`United States, Title 35 of the United States Code.
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`2.
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`B.E. is a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the
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`State of Delaware with its principal place of business in Memphis, Tennessee.
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`3.
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`Microsoft is a corporation is a corporation organized and existing under the laws
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`of the State of Washington with its principal place of business in Redmond, Washington.
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`JURISDICTION
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`4.
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`This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
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`§§ 1331 and 1338(a), as this is an action arising under the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.
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`5.
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`Venue is proper in this district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b), 1391(c),
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`VENUE
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`1391(d), and 1400(b).
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`FACTUAL BACKGROUND
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`6.
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`The ’314 patent is entitled “Computer Interface Method And Apparatus With
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`Targeted Advertising.” A copy of the ’314 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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`7.
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`The invention of the ’314 patent generally relates to user interfaces for accessing
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`computer applications and information resources and, in particular, to user interfaces that provide
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`advertising obtained over a global computer network such as the Internet. The invention of the
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`’314 patent also relates to user interfaces for maintaining, organizing and communicating
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`information accessible to a computer network such as the Internet and, in particular, to user
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`interfaces that provide the user with availability to that information in a personalized manner.
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`8.
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`The application that issued as the ’314 patent was filed on October 30, 2000, and
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`the United States Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally issued the ’314 patent on
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`September 30, 2003. The ’314 patent claims priority to U.S. Patent Application No. 09/118,351,
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`filed on July 17, 1998.
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`9.
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`The ’290 patent is entitled “Computer Interface Method And Apparatus With
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`Portable Network Organization System And Targeted Advertising.” A copy of the ’290 patent is
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`attached to this Complaint as Exhibit B.
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`10.
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`The invention of the ’290 patent generally relates to user interfaces for accessing
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`computer applications and information resources and, in particular, to user interfaces that provide
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`advertising obtained over a global computer network such as the Internet. The invention of the
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`’290 patent also relates to user interfaces for maintaining, organizing and communicating
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`information accessible to a computer network such as the Internet and, in particular, to user
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`interfaces that provide the user with availability to that information in a personalized manner.
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`11.
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`The application that issued as the ’290 patent was filed on July 16, 1999, and the
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally issued the ’290 patent on August 3,
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`2004. The ’290 patent claims priority to U.S. Patent Application No. 09/118,351, filed on July
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`17, 1998.
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`12.
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`13.
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`COUNT I: INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,628,314
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`B.E. realleges and incorporates by reference the allegations of paragraphs 1-11.
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`B.E. owns all right, title, and interest in the ’314 patent, and has owned all right,
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`title, and interest throughout the period of the infringement complained of herein.
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`14. Microsoft has infringed the ’314 patent by using a method of providing
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`demographically targeted advertising that directly infringes at least Claim 11 of the ’314 patent
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`either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents.
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`COUNT II: INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,771,290
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`16.
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`B.E. realleges and incorporates by reference the allegations of paragraphs 1-14.
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`B.E. owns all right, title, and interest in the ’290 patent, and has owned all right,
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`title, and interest throughout the period of the infringement complained of herein.
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`17. Microsoft has infringed at least Claim 2 of the ’290 patent by using, selling, and
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`offering to sell in the United States tablet computer products that directly infringe at least Claim
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`2 of the ’290 patent either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents. The accused products
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`include Microsoft Xbox 360 Consoles.
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`JURY DEMAND
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`B.E. requests a trial by jury for all issues so triable.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`B.E. prays for relief as follows:
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`1.
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`Judgment that Microsoft has infringed the ’314 patent and the ’290 patent as
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`alleged herein;
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`Compensatory damages in an amount according to proof, and in no event less
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`than a reasonable royalty;
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`3.
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`4.
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`Prejudgment interest on the compensatory damages awarded to B.E.;
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`Post-judgment interest on all sums awarded to B.E. from the date of judgment;
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`A preliminary and permanent injunction forbidding Microsoft and its officers,
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`agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and all those in active concert or participation with
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`them, from further infringing the ’314 patent and the ’290 patent;
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`6.
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`Costs of suit incurred herein; and
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`Any and all other relief that the Court deems just and equitable.
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`Dated: September 21, 2012
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`By: s/Robert E. Freitas
`Robert E. Freitas
`Craig R. Kaufman
`FREITAS TSENG & KAUFMAN LLP
`100 Marine Parkway, Suite 200
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`Telephone:
`(650) 593-6300
`Facsimile:
`(650) 593-6301
`rfreitas@ftklaw.com
`ckaufman@ftklaw.com
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`Richard M. Carter (TN B.P.R. #7285)
`Adam C. Simpson (TN B.P.R. #24705)
`MARTIN, TATE, MORROW & MARSTON, P.C.
`6410 Poplar Avenue, Suite 1000
`Memphis, TN 38119-4839
`Telephone: (901) 522-9000
`Facsimile: (901) 527-3746
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`rcarter@martintate.com
`asimpson@martintate.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`B.E. Technology, L.L.C.
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`EXHIBIT A
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` CIVIL COVER SHEET
`JS 44 (Rev. (cid:19)(cid:28)(cid:18)(cid:20)(cid:20))
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`(SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON NEXT PAGE OF THIS FORM.)
`I. (a) PLAINTIFFS
`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.
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`DEFENDANTS
`MICROSOFT CORPORATION
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`(cid:117) 240 Torts to Land
`(cid:117) 245 Tort Product Liability
`(cid:117) 290 All Other Real Property
`
`IV. NATURE OF SUIT (Place an “X” in One Box Only)
`CONTRACT
`TORTS
` PERSONAL INJURY
`PERSONAL INJURY
`(cid:117) 110 Insurance
`(cid:117) 120 Marine
`(cid:117) 310 Airplane
`(cid:117) 365 Personal Injury -
`(cid:117) 130 Miller Act
`(cid:117) 315 Airplane Product
` Product Liability
`(cid:117) 140 Negotiable Instrument
` Liability
`(cid:117) 367 Health Care/
`(cid:117) 150 Recovery of Overpayment (cid:117) 320 Assault, Libel &
` Pharmaceutical
` & Enforcement of Judgment
` Slander
` Personal Injury
`(cid:117) 151 Medicare Act
`(cid:117) 330 Federal Employers’
` Product Liability
`(cid:117) 152 Recovery of Defaulted
` Liability
`(cid:117) 368 Asbestos Personal
` Student Loans
`(cid:117) 340 Marine
` Injury Product
`LABOR
` (Excl. Veterans)
`(cid:117) 345 Marine Product
` Liability
` PERSONAL PROPERTY (cid:117) 710 Fair Labor Standards
`(cid:117) 153 Recovery of Overpayment
` Liability
` of Veteran’s Benefits
`(cid:117) 350 Motor Vehicle
`(cid:117) 370 Other Fraud
` Act
`(cid:117) 160 Stockholders’ Suits
`(cid:117) 355 Motor Vehicle
`(cid:117) 371 Truth in Lending
`(cid:117) 720 Labor/Mgmt. Relations
`(cid:117) 190 Other Contract
` Product Liability
`(cid:117) 380 Other Personal
`(cid:117) 740 Railway Labor Act
`(cid:117) 195 Contract Product Liability (cid:117) 360 Other Personal
`Property Damage
`(cid:117) 751 Family and Medical
`(cid:117) 196 Franchise
` Injury
`(cid:117) 385 Property Damage
` Leave Act
`(cid:117) 362 Personal Injury -
` Product Liability
`(cid:117) 790 Other Labor Litigation
` Med. Malpractice
`(cid:117) 791 Empl. Ret. Inc.
` PRISONER PETITIONS
` CIVIL RIGHTS
` Security Act
`(cid:117) 510 Motions to Vacate
`(cid:117) 440 Other Civil Rights
` Sentence
`(cid:117) 441 Voting
`Habeas Corpus:
`(cid:117) 442 Employment
`(cid:117) 530 General
`(cid:117) 443 Housing/
`IMMIGRATION
`(cid:117) 535 Death Penalty
` Accommodations
`(cid:117) 445 Amer. w/Disabilities - (cid:117) 540 Mandamus & Other (cid:117) 462 Naturalization Application
` Employment
`(cid:117) 550 Civil Rights
`(cid:117) 463 Habeas Corpus -
`(cid:117) 446 Amer. w/Disabilities - (cid:117) 555 Prison Condition
` Alien Detainee
` Other
`(cid:117) 560 Civil Detainee -
` (Prisoner Petition)
`(cid:117) 465 Other Immigration
`(cid:117) 448 Education
` Conditions of
` Confinement
` Actions
`
`V. ORIGIN
`(cid:117) 1 Original
`Proceeding
`
`VI. CAUSE OF ACTION
`
`VII. REQUESTED IN
` COMPLAINT:
`VIII. RELATED CASE(S)
` IF ANY
`DATE
`09/21/2012
`FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
`
`(Place an “X” in One Box Only)
`Transferred from
`(cid:117) 4 Reinstated or
`(cid:117) 2 Removed from
`(cid:117) 3 Remanded from
`another district
`Reopened
`State Court
`Appellate Court
`(specify)
`Cite the U.S. Civil Statute under which you are filing (Do not cite jurisdictional statutes unless diversity):
`35 U.S.C. section 271 et. seq.
`Brief description of cause:
`Patent infringement action
`(cid:117) CHECK IF THIS IS A CLASS ACTION
`UNDER F.R.C.P. 23
`
`(cid:117) 5
`
`(cid:117) 6 Multidistrict
`Litigation
`
`DEMAND $
`
`(See instructions):
`
`JUDGE
`
`Samuel H. Mays, Jr.
`SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD
`s/Robert E. Freitas
`
`CHECK YES only if demanded in complaint:
`✔
`(cid:117) Yes
`(cid:117) No
`JURY DEMAND:
`2:12-cv-02767-SHM-cgc
`2:12-cv-02769-SHM-tmp
`
`DOCKET NUMBER
`
`RECEIPT #
`
`AMOUNT
`
`APPLYING IFP
`
`JUDGE
`
`MAG. JUDGE
`
`Petitioner Microsoft Corporation - Ex. 1013, p. 73
`
`

`

`Case 2:12-cv-02829-JPM-tmp Document 1-2 Filed 09/21/12 Page 1 of 1 PageID 74
`
`AO 440 (Rev. 12/09) Summons in a Civil Action
`
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`
`for the
` Western District of Tennessee
`__________ District of __________
`
`Civil Action No.
`
`)))))))
`
`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.
`
`Plaintiff
`v.
`MICROSOFT CORPORATION
`
`Defendant
`
`SUMMONS IN A CIVIL ACTION
`
`To: (Defendant’s name and address)
`
`MICROSOFT CORPORATION
`ONE MICROSOFT WAY
`REDMOND, WA 98052-6399
`
`A lawsuit has been filed against you.
`
`Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it) — or 60 days if you
`are the United States or a United States agency, or an officer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ.
`P. 12 (a)(2) or (3) — you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of
`the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney,
`whose name and address are:
`Richard M. Carter (TN B.P.R. #7285)
`Adam C. Simpson (TN B.P.R. #24705)
`MARTIN, TATE, MORROW & MARSTON, P.C.
`6410 Poplar Avenue, Suite 1000
`Memphis, TN 38119-4839
`Telephone: (901) 522-9000 / Facsimile: (901) 527-3746
`
`If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
`You also must file your answer or motion with the court.
`
`Date:
`
`CLERK OF COURT
`
`Signature of Clerk or Deputy Clerk
`
`Petitioner Microsoft Corporation - Ex. 1013, p. 74
`
`

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