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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`JOAO CONTROL & MONITORING
`SYSTEMS, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-523
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`FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR
`PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Plaintiff Joao Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC (“Plaintiff” or “JCMS”), by and
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`through its undersigned counsel, files its First Amended Complaint for Patent Infringement
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`against Defendant Nissan North America, Inc. (“Defendant” or “Nissan”) as follows:
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`NATURE OF THE ACTION
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`1.
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`This is a patent infringement action to stop Defendant’s infringement of
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`Plaintiff’s United States Patent No. 5,917,405 entitled “Control Apparatus and Methods for
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`Vehicles” (hereinafter, the “’405 Patent”; a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A),
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`United States Patent No. 6,542,076 entitled “Control, Monitoring and/or Security Apparatus and
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`Method” (the “’076 Patent”; a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B), United States
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`Patent No. 6,549,130 entitled “Control Apparatus and Method for Vehicles and/or for Premises”
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`(the “’130 Patent”; a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C) (hereinafter the “Patents-in-
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`Suit”), and United States Patent No. 7,397,363 entitled “Control and/or Monitoring Apparatus
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`and Method”(the”’363 Patent”; a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D). Plaintiff is the
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 1
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 2 of 16 PageID #: 303
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`owner of the ’405 Patent, the ’076 Patent, the ’130 Patent, and the ‘363 Patent. Plaintiff seeks
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`injunctive relief and monetary damages.
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`PARTIES
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`2.
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`JCMS is a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the
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`state of Delaware. Plaintiff maintains its principal place of business at 122 Bellevue Place,
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`Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, 10703. Plaintiff is the owner of the Patents-in-Suit,
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`and possesses all rights thereto, including the exclusive right to exclude the Defendant from
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`making, using, selling, offering to sell or importing in this district and elsewhere into the United
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`States the patented invention(s) of the Patents-in-Suit, the right to sublicense the Patents-in-Suit,
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`and to sue the Defendant for infringement and recover past damages.
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`3.
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`Upon information and belief, Nissan is a corporation duly organized and existing
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`under the laws of the State of Delaware having its principal place of business located at One
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`Nissan Way, Franklin, Tennessee, 37067. Defendant may be served through its registered agent,
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`The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc., 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington,
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`Delaware, 19808.
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`4.
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`Upon information and belief, Nissan ships, distributes, offers for sale, sells, and/or
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`advertises its Products and Services, namely vehicles equipped with systems that may be
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`electronically controlled from a remote location, under the brand name “Nissan.”
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`5.
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`This action arises under the Patent Laws of the United States, 35 U.S.C. § 1 et
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`seq., including 35 U.S.C. §§ 271, 281, 283, 284, and 285. This Court has subject matter
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`jurisdiction over this case for patent infringement under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a).
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 2
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 3 of 16 PageID #: 304
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`6.
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`The Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendant because: Defendant has
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`minimum contacts within the State of Delaware and in the District of Delaware; Defendant has
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`purposefully availed itself of the privileges of conducting business in the State of Delaware and
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`in the District of Delaware; Defendant has sought protection and benefit from the laws of the
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`State of Delaware; Defendant regularly conducts business within the State of Delaware and
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`within the District of Delaware, and Plaintiff’s causes of action arise directly from Defendant’s
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`business contacts and other activities in the State of Delaware and in the District of Delaware.
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`7.
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`More specifically, Defendant, directly and/or through its intermediaries, ships,
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`distributes, offers for sale, sells, and/or advertises (including the provision of an interactive web
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`page) its products and services in the United States, the State of Delaware, and the District of
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`Delaware. Upon information and belief, Defendant has committed patent infringement in the
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`State of Delaware and in the District of Delaware. Defendant solicits customers in the State of
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`Delaware and in the District of Delaware. Defendant has many paying customers who are
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`residents of the State of Delaware and the District of Delaware and who use Defendant’s
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`products and services in the State of Delaware and in the District of Delaware.
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`8.
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`Venue is proper in the District of Delaware pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391 and
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`1400(b).
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`BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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`9.
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`The ’405 Patent was duly and legally issued by the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office on June 29, 1999 after full and fair examination. Plaintiff is the owner of the
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`’405 Patent, and possesses all right, title and interest in the ’405 Patent including the right to
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 3
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 4 of 16 PageID #: 305
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`enforce the ’405 Patent, and the right to sue Defendant for infringement and recover past
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`damages.
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`10.
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`The ’076 Patent was duly and legally issued by the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office on April 1, 2003 after full and fair examination. Plaintiff is the owner of the
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`’076 Patent, and possesses all right, title and interest in the ’076 Patent including the right to
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`enforce the ’076 Patent, and the right to sue Defendant for infringement and recover past
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`damages.
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`11.
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`The ’130 Patent was duly and legally issued by the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office on April 15, 2003 after full and fair examination. Plaintiff is the owner of the
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`’130 Patent, and possesses all right, title and interest in the ’130 Patent including the right to
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`enforce the ’130 Patent, and the right to sue Defendant for infringement and recover past
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`damages.
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`12.
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`On information and belief, Defendant has had knowledge of the Patents-in-Suit as
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`early as January 4, 2013, the date Plaintiff sent a letter to Mr. Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief
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`Executive Officer of Nissan, informing Defendant of the Patents-in-Suit. Attached hereto as
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`Exhibit E.
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`13.
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`On information and belief, Defendant operates, advertises, and/or controls the
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`websites, www.nissanusa.com, through which Defendant advertises, sells, offers to sell, provides
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`and/or educates customers about its products and services, including, but not limited to,
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`Bluetooth® Calling, Bluetooth® Audio Streaming, SiriusXMTM radio, and the NissanConnect
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`system.
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 4
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 5 of 16 PageID #: 306
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`COUNT I
`INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 5,917,405
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`Plaintiff re-alleges and incorporates by reference each of Paragraphs 1-13 above.
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`Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant has infringed and continues to
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`14.
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`15.
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`infringe the ’405 Patent either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents. Upon information
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`and belief, Defendant has infringed and continues to infringe one or more claims of the ’405
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`Patent by advertising, providing, selling, and using an apparatus capable of remotely controlling
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`a vehicle system. Defendant provides an onboard computer, incorporated into Defendant’s
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`vehicles, that enables remote control of a vehicle system. Specifically, one or more of
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`Defendant’s Products and Services, including but not limited to the Bluetooth® Calling,
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`Bluetooth® Audio Streaming, and SiriusXMTM radio
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`through
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`the onboard computer
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`functionality offered in its vehicles, infringe one or more of the claims of the ’405 Patent via
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`signals between a communication device (in the case of Bluetooth®) or Server (in the case of
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`SiriusXMTM) located remote from the vehicle and satellite or cellular station, a satellite or
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`cellular station located remote from the vehicle and communication device or Server, and the
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`onboard computer located at the vehicle which activates the vehicle’s audio system. Defendant’s
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`infringing Products and Services are available for sale on its website www.nissanusa.com and
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`through various retailers located in this district.
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`16.
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`Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant and its customers collectively
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`have infringed and continue to infringe the ’405 Patent either literally or under the doctrine of
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`equivalents. Upon information and belief, Defendant and its customers have infringed and
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`continue to infringe one or more claims of the ’405 Patent by advertising, providing, selling, and
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`using an apparatus capable of remotely controlling a vehicle system. Defendant provides an
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`onboard computer, incorporated into Defendant’s vehicles, that enables Defendant’s customers
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 5
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 6 of 16 PageID #: 307
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`to remotely control a vehicle system. Specifically, one or more of Defendant’s Products and
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`Services, including but not limited to the Bluetooth® Calling, Bluetooth® Audio Streaming, and
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`SiriusXMTM radio through the onboard computer functionality offered in Defendant’s vehicles,
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`infringe one or more of the claims of the ’405 Patent via signals between a communication
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`device (in the case of Bluetooth®) or Server (in the case of SiriusXMTM) located remote from the
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`vehicle and satellite or cellular station, a satellite or cellular station located remote from the
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`vehicle and communication device or Server, and the onboard computer located at the vehicle
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`which activates the vehicle’s audio system. Defendant’s infringing Products and Services are
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`available for sale on its website www.nissanusa.com and through various retailers located in this
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`district.
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`17.
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`Upon information and belief, Defendant has intentionally induced and continues
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`to induce infringement of one or more claims of the ’405 Patent in this district and elsewhere in
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`the United States, by its intentional acts which have successfully, among other things,
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`encouraged, instructed, enabled and otherwise caused its customers to use Defendant’s vehicles
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`as previously described in this Count. Despite its knowledge of the existence of the ’405 Patent
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`since as early as January 4, 2013, Defendant, upon information and belief, continues to
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`encourage, instruct, enable and otherwise cause its customers to use its Products and Services in
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`a manner which infringes the ’405 Patent. Upon information and belief, Defendant has
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`specifically intended that its customers use its Products and Services in such a way that infringes
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`the ’405 Patent by, at a minimum, providing and supporting the Products and Services and
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`instructing its customers on how to use said Products and Services in such a way that infringes
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`the ’405 Patent and knew that its actions, including but not limited to providing said Products
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 6
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 7 of 16 PageID #: 308
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`and Services and instruction, would induce, have induced, and will continue to induce
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`infringement by its customers.
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`18.
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`Defendant’s aforesaid activities have been without authority and/or license from
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`Plaintiff.
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`19.
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`Despite its knowledge of the ’405 Patent, known of at least since January 4, 2013
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`and without a reasonable basis for continuing the infringing activities previously described in
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`this Count, on information and belief, Defendant has willfully infringed the ’405 Patent.
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`20.
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`Plaintiff is entitled to recover from Defendant the damages sustained by Plaintiff
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`as a result of Defendant’s wrongful acts in an amount subject to proof at trial, which, by law,
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`cannot be less than a reasonable royalty, together with interest and costs as fixed by this Court
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 284.
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`COUNT II
`INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,542,076
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`Plaintiff re-alleges and incorporates by reference each of Paragraphs 1-13 above.
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`Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant has infringed and continues to
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`21.
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`22.
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`infringe the ’076 Patent either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents. Upon information
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`and belief, Defendant has infringed and continues to infringe one or more claims of the ’076
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`Patent by advertising and using an apparatus capable of remotely controlling a vehicle system.
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`Defendant provides an onboard computer, incorporated into Defendant’s vehicles, which enables
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`remote control of a vehicle system. Specifically, one or more of Defendant’s Products and
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`Services, including but not limited to the Bluetooth® Calling, Bluetooth® Audio Streaming, and
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`SiriusXMTM radio through the onboard computer functionality offered in Defendant’s vehicles,
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`infringe one or more of the claims of the ’076 Patent via signals between a communication
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 7
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 8 of 16 PageID #: 309
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`device (in the case of Bluetooth®) or Server (in the case of SiriusXMTM) located remote from the
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`vehicle and satellite or cellular station, a satellite or cellular station located remote from the
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`vehicle and communication device or Server, and the onboard computer located at the vehicle
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`which activates the vehicle’s audio system. Defendant’s infringing Products and Services are
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`available for sale on its website www.nissanusa.com and through various retailers located in this
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`district.
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`23.
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`Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant and its customers collectively
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`have infringed and continue to infringe the ’076 Patent either literally or under the doctrine of
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`equivalents. Upon information and belief, Defendant and its customers have infringed and
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`continue to infringe one or more claims of the ’076 Patent by advertising and using an apparatus
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`capable of remotely controlling a vehicle system. Defendant provides an onboard computer,
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`incorporated into Defendant’s vehicles, which enables Defendant’s customers to remotely
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`control a vehicle system. Specifically, one or more of Defendant’s Products and Services,
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`including but not limited to the Bluetooth® Calling, Bluetooth® Audio Streaming, and
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`SiriusXMTM radio through the onboard computer functionality offered in Defendant’s vehicles,
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`infringe one or more of the claims of the ’076 Patent via signals between a communication
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`device (in the case of Bluetooth®) or Server (in the case of SiriusXMTM) located remote from the
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`vehicle and satellite or cellular station, a satellite or cellular station located remote from the
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`vehicle and communication device or Server, and the onboard computer located at the vehicle
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`which activates the vehicle’s audio system. Defendant’s infringing Products and Services are
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`available for sale on its website www.nissanusa.com and through various retailers located in this
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`district.
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 8
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 9 of 16 PageID #: 310
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`24.
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`Upon information and belief, Defendant has intentionally induced and continues
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`to induce infringement of one or more claims of the ’076 Patent in this district and elsewhere in
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`the United States, by its intentional acts which have successfully, among other things,
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`encouraged, instructed, enabled and otherwise caused its customers to use Defendant’s vehicles
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`as previously described in this Count. Despite its knowledge of the existence of the ’076 Patent
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`since as early as January 4, 2013, Defendant, upon information and belief, continues to
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`encourage, instruct, enable and otherwise cause its customers to use its Products and Services in
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`a manner which infringes the ’076 Patent. Upon information and belief, Defendant has
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`specifically intended that its customers use its Products and Services in such a way that infringes
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`the ’076 Patent by, at a minimum, providing and supporting the Products and Services and
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`instructing its customers on how to use said Products and Services in such a way that infringes
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`the ’076 Patent and knew that its actions, including but not limited to providing said Products
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`and Services and instruction, would induce, have induced, and will continue to induce
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`infringement by its customers.
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`25.
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`Defendant’s aforesaid activities have been without authority and/or license from
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`Plaintiff.
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`26.
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`Despite its knowledge of the ’076 Patent, known of at least since January 4, 2013
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`and without a reasonable basis for continuing the infringing activities as previously described in
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`this Count, on information and belief, Defendant has willfully infringed the ’076 Patent.
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`27.
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`Plaintiff is entitled to recover from Defendant the damages sustained by Plaintiff
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`as a result of Defendant’s wrongful acts in an amount subject to proof at trial, which, by law,
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`cannot be less than a reasonable royalty, together with interest and costs as fixed by this Court
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 284.
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 9
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 10 of 16 PageID #: 311
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`28.
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`29.
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`COUNT III
`INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,549,130
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`Plaintiff re-alleges and incorporates by reference each of Paragraphs 1-13 above.
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`Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant has infringed and continues to
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`infringe the ’130 Patent either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents. Upon information
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`and belief, Defendant has infringed and continues to infringe one or more claims of the ’130
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`Patent by advertising and using an apparatus capable of remotely controlling a vehicle system.
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`Defendant provides an onboard computer, incorporated into Defendant’s vehicles, which enables
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`remote control of a vehicle system. Specifically, one or more of Defendant’s Products and
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`Services, including but not limited to the Bluetooth® Calling, Bluetooth® Audio Streaming, and
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`SiriusXMTM radio through the onboard computer functionality offered in Defendant’s vehicles,
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`infringe one or more of the claims of the ’130 Patent via signals between a communication
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`device (in the case of Bluetooth®) or Server (in the case of SiriusXMTM) located remote from the
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`vehicle and satellite or cellular station, a satellite or cellular station located remote from the
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`vehicle and communication device or Server, and the onboard computer located at the vehicle
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`which activates the vehicle’s audio system. Defendant’s infringing Products and Services are
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`available for sale on its website www.nissanusa.com and through various retailers located in this
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`district.
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`30.
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`Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant and its customers collectively
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`have infringed and continue to infringe the ’130 Patent either literally or under the doctrine of
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`equivalents. Upon information and belief, Defendant and its customers have infringed and
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`continue to infringe one or more claims of the ’130 Patent by advertising and using an apparatus
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`capable of remotely controlling a vehicle system. Defendant provides an onboard computer,
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 10
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 11 of 16 PageID #: 312
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`incorporated into Defendant’s vehicles, which enables Defendant’s customers to remotely
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`control a vehicle system. Specifically, one or more of Defendant’s Products and Services,
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`including but not limited to the Bluetooth® Calling, Bluetooth® Audio Streaming, and
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`SiriusXMTM radio through the onboard computer functionality offered in Defendant’s vehicles,
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`infringe one or more of the claims of the ’130 Patent via signals between a communication
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`device (in the case of Bluetooth®) or Server (in the case of SiriusXMTM) located remote from the
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`vehicle and satellite or cellular station, a satellite or cellular station located remote from the
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`vehicle and communication device or Server, and the onboard computer located at the vehicle
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`which activates the vehicle’s audio system. Defendant’s infringing Products and Services are
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`available for sale on its website www.nissanusa.com and through various retailers located in this
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`district.
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`31.
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`Upon information and belief, Defendant has intentionally induced and continues
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`to induce infringement of one or more claims of the ’130 Patent in this district and elsewhere in
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`the United States, by its intentional acts which have successfully, among other things,
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`encouraged, instructed, enabled and otherwise caused its customers to use Defendant’s vehicles
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`as previously described in this Count. Despite its knowledge of the existence of the ’130 Patent
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`since as early as January 4, 2013, Defendant, upon information and belief, continues to
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`encourage, instruct, enable and otherwise cause its customers to use its Products and Services in
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`a manner which infringes the ’130 Patent. Upon information and belief, Defendant has
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`specifically intended that its customers use its Products and Services in such a way that infringes
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`the ’130 Patent by, at a minimum, providing and supporting the Products and Services and
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`instructing its customers on how to use said Products and Services in such a way that infringes
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`the ’130 Patent and knew that its actions, including but not limited to providing said Products
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 11
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 12 of 16 PageID #: 313
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`and Services and instruction, would induce, have induced, and will continue to induce
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`infringement by its customers.
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`32.
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`Defendant’s aforesaid activities have been without authority and/or license from
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`Plaintiff.
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`33.
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`Despite its knowledge of the ’130 Patent, known of at least since January 4, 2013
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`and without a reasonable basis for continuing the infringing activities as previously described in
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`this Count, on information and belief, Defendant has willfully infringed the ’130 Patent.
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`34.
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`Plaintiff is entitled to recover from Defendant the damages sustained by Plaintiff
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`as a result of Defendant’s wrongful acts in an amount subject to proof at trial, which, by law,
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`cannot be less than a reasonable royalty, together with interest and costs as fixed by this Court
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 284.
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`COUNT III
`INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,397,363
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`Plaintiff re-alleges and incorporates by reference each of Paragraphs 1-13 above.
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`Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant has infringed and continues to
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`35.
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`36.
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`infringe the ’363 Patent either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents. Upon information
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`and belief, Defendant has infringed and continues to infringe one or more claims of the ’363
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`Patent by advertising and using an apparatus capable of remotely controlling a vehicle system.
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`Defendant provides an onboard computer, incorporated into Defendant’s vehicles, which enables
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`remote control of a vehicle system. Specifically, and by way of example, Defendant’s
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`NissanConnect system provides the service “Google Send to Car”, whereby a user sends a signal
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`via his personal smartphone or computer to the Nissan server over the Internet or the World
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`Wide Web, which sends a signal to the user’s vehicle, thereby activating the vehicle’s navigation
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`system. Both the user’s smartphone or computer and the Nissan server are located remote from
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 12
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 13 of 16 PageID #: 314
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`each other and remote from the vehicle. Defendant’s infringing Products and Services are
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`available for sale on its website www.nissanusa.com and through various retailers located in this
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`district.
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`37.
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`Upon information and belief, Defendant has intentionally induced and continues
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`to induce infringement of one or more claims of the ’363 Patent in this district and elsewhere in
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`the United States, by its intentional acts which have successfully, among other things,
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`encouraged, instructed, enabled and otherwise caused its customers to use Defendant’s vehicles
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`as previously described in this Count. Despite its knowledge of the existence of the ’363 Patent
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`since as early as January 4, 2013, Defendant, upon information and belief, continues to
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`encourage, instruct, enable and otherwise cause its customers to use its Products and Services in
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`a manner which infringes the ’363 Patent. Upon information and belief, Defendant has
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`specifically intended that its customers use its Products and Services in such a way that infringes
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`the ’363 Patent by, at a minimum, providing and supporting the Products and Services and
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`instructing its customers on how to use said Products and Services in such a way that infringes
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`the ’363 Patent and knew that its actions, including but not limited to providing said Products
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`and Services and instruction, would induce, have induced, and will continue to induce
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`infringement by its customers.
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`38.
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`Defendant’s aforesaid activities have been without authority and/or license from
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`Plaintiff.
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`39.
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`Despite its knowledge of the ’363 Patent, known of at least since January 4, 2013
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`and without a reasonable basis for continuing the infringing activities as previously described in
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`this Count, on information and belief, Defendant has willfully infringed the ’363 Patent.
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 13
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`40.
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`Plaintiff is entitled to recover from Defendant the damages sustained by Plaintiff
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`as a result of Defendant’s wrongful acts in an amount subject to proof at trial, which, by law,
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`cannot be less than a reasonable royalty, together with interest and costs as fixed by this Court
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 284.
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`41.
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`Defendant’s infringement of Plaintiff’s rights under the ‘363 Patent will continue
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`to damage Plaintiff, causing irreparable harm for which there is no adequate remedy at law,
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`unless enjoined by this Court.
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`JURY DEMAND
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`42.
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`Plaintiff demands a trial by jury on all issues.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`Plaintiff respectfully requests the following relief:
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`A.
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`An adjudication that one or more claims of the Patents-in-Suit have been
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`infringed, either literally and/or under the doctrine of equivalents, by the
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`Defendant and/or its customers and that such infringement is willful;
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`B.
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`An adjudication that Defendant has induced infringement of one or more claims
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`of the Patents-in-Suit by Defendant’s customers;
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`C.
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`An award of damages to be paid by Defendant adequate to compensate Plaintiff
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`for its past infringement, including interest, costs, and disbursements as justified
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 284 and, if necessary to adequately compensate Plaintiff for
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`Defendant's infringement, an accounting of all infringing sales including, but not
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`limited to, those sales not presented at trial;
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`D.
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`A grant of permanent injunction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 283, enjoining the
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`Defendant from further acts of infringement with respect to the claims of the ‘363
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`Patent;
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`E.
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`That, should Defendant’s acts of infringement be found to be willful from the
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`time that Defendant became aware of the infringing nature of its actions, that the
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`Court award treble damages for the period of such willful infringement pursuant
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`to 35 U.S.C. § 284.
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`F.
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`That this Court declare this to be an exceptional case and award Plaintiff its
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`reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 285; and,
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`G.
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`Any further relief that this Court deems just and proper.
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 15
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5 Filed 08/13/14 Page 16 of 16 PageID #: 317
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`Respectfully submitted this 13th day of August, 2014.
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`STAMOULIS & WEINBLATT LLC
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` s/ Stamatios Stamoulis
`Stamatios Stamoulis (#4606)
`stamoulis@swdelaw.com
`Richard C. Weinblatt (#5080)
`weinblatt@swdelaw.com
`Two Fox Point Centre
`6 Denny Road, Suite 307
`Wilmington, Delaware 19809
`Telephone: (302) 999-1540
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`HENINGER GARRISON DAVIS, LLC
`Steven W. Ritcheson, Pro Hac Vice anticipated
`9800 D Topanga Canyon Blvd. #347
`Chatsworth, California 91311
`Telephone: (818) 882-1030
`Facsimile: (818) 337-0383
`Email: swritcheson@hgdlawfirm.com
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`HENINGER GARRISON DAVIS, LLC
`Maureen V. Abbey, Pro Hac Vice anticipated
`220 St. Paul Street
`Westfield, New Jersey 07090
`Telephone: (908) 379-8475
`Facsimile: (205) 326-3332
`Email: maureen@hgdlawfirm.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff Joao Control &
`Monitoring Systems, LLC
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 1 of 62 PageID #: 318
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`EXHIBIT A
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 17
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 2 of 62 PageID #: 319
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 18
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 3 of 62 PageID #: 320
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 19
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 4 of 62 PageID #: 321
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 20
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 5 of 62 PageID #: 322
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 21
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 6 of 62 PageID #: 323
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 22
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 7 of 62 PageID #: 324
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 23
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 8 of 62 PageID #: 325
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 24
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 9 of 62 PageID #: 326
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 25
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 10 of 62 PageID #: 327
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 26
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`Case 1:14-cv-00523-GMS Document 5-1 Filed 08/13/14 Page 11 of 62 PageID #: 328
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`Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc. - Exhibit 1002 - Page 27
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