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`EXHIBIT
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`1008
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`C.A. No.
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`FATPIPE, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`V.
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`VIPTELA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`Plaintiff FatPipe, Inc. (“FatPipe” or “Plaintiff’), by and through its undersigned counsel,
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`files this Complaint against Defendant Viptela, Inc. (“Viptela” or “Defendant”) as follows:
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`NATURE OF THE ACTION
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`1. This is an action for patent infringement arising under the patent laws of the United
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`States, 35 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.
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`PARTIES
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`2. FatPipe is a Utah company with a principal place of business at 4455 South 700
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`East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84107.
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`3. On information and belief, Viptela is a company incorporated under the laws of the
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`State of Delaware and has a principal place of business at 1732 North First St., Suite 600, San
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`Jose, California 95112.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`4. This action arises under the Patent Laws of the United States, 35 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.,
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`including 35 U.S.C. §§ 271, 281, 283, 284, and 285.
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`5. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this case for patent infringement
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`under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a).
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`6. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Viptela because, among other things,
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`Viptela is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and/or has purposefiilly availed
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`itself of the privilege of conducting activities within this Judicial District.
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`7. Venue is proper in this Judicial District under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391 and l400(b).
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`PATENTS
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`8. On August 10, 2004, U.S. Patent Number 6,775,235, entitled “Tools and techniques
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`for directing packets over disparate networks” (the “’235 Patent”) was duly and legally issued by
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`the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A true and correct copy of the ’235 Patent is
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`attached as Exhibit “A” to this Complaint.
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`9. On July 29, 2008, U.S. Patent Number 7,406,048, entitled “Tools and techniques
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`for directing packets over disparate networks” (the “’048 Patent”) was duly and legally issued by
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`the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A true and correct copy of the ’048 Patent is
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`attached as Exhibit “B” to this Complaint.
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`10. FatPipe is the exclusive licensee of the ’235 Patent and ’048 Patent (collectively
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`the “patents-in-suit”) with all substantial rights in the patents-in-suit, including the right to assert
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`all causes of action arising under the patents-in-suit and the right to any remedies for infringement.
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`COUNT I - INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6 775 235
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`ll. The allegations set forth in the foregoing paragraphs 1
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`through 10 are hereby
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`realleged and incorporated herein by reference.
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`12. Upon infonnation and belief, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 27l(a), Viptela has directly
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`infringed and continues to directly infringe, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, at least
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`claim 5 of the ’235 Patent by making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing devices or
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`systems,
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`in this judicial district and elsewhere in the United States (directly or through
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`intermediaries), that, alone or in combination with other devices and/or systems, perform the steps
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`of (i) obtaining at least two known location address ranges that have associated networks; (ii)
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`obtaining topology information that specifies associated networks, which provide, when working,
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`connectivity between a current location and at least one destination location; (iii) receiving at the
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`current location a packet that identifies a particular destination location by specifying a destination
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`address for the destination location; (iv) determining whether the destination address lies within a
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`known location address range;
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`(V) selecting a network path from among paths to disparate
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`associated networks, said networks being in parallel at the current location, each of said networks
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`specified in the topology information as capable of providing connectivity between the current
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`location and the destination location; and (vi) forwarding the packet on the selected network path.
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`13. Viptela’s infiinging products and services include, without limitation, Viptela’s
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`SD-WAN System and associated Secure Extensible Network Solution Components including, but
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`not limited to, the vSmart Cloud-based SD-WAN Controller, the vManage Network Management
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`System and vEdge Routers (“Accused Instrumentalities”).
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`14. As illustrated on Viptela’s website, the Accused Instrumentalities are configured to
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`select and transmit data among disparate parallel networks, including MPLS, Internet and 4G/LTE
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`networks:
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`See http://Viptela.con1/solutions/overview/.
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`15. “Customers place Viptela’s hardware appliance, the vEdge router, at each end point
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`that needs connectivity .
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`. The appliance then merges these connections and applies customer
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`policies to the traffic.” htI_:p://www.infonnationweek.com/interop/startup-profile-viptela-targets-
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`wan-cost-complexity/a/d-id/1317794. The policies are configured, managed and applied using the
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`vSmart Cloud-based SDN-WAN Controller and the VManage Network Management System. The
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`“vSmart Cloud-based SDN-WAN Controller is the brain of the Viptela solution and centrally
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`manages routing, policy, security, segmentation, and authentication of all devices on the overlay
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`network.” ht_tp://Viptela.con1/solutions/overview/. The “VManage Network Management System
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`(NMS) enables centralized configuration and management of the Viptela Secure Extensible
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`Network solution and provides a real-time dashboard on the health of the network.” Id. Through
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`these products and services, Viptela offers “any-to-any connectivity with features such as
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`application aware routing, service chaining, virtual Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and weighted
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`Equal
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`Cost
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`Multipath
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`operating
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`on different
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`transports.”
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`ht_tp://viptela.corn/2015/05/viptela-software-defined-wan-sd-wan/.
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`16. Upon information and belief, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b), Viptela has
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`induced and continues to induce others (e.g., Viptela’s customers, distributors, partners and/or
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`third parties) to infringe, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, the ’235 Patent by providing
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`instructions via its website, or through other documents that induce others to directly infringe at
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`least claim 5 of the ’235 Patent.
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`17. Viptela induces its customers to infringe the ’235 Patent by, for example and
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`without limitation, actively promoting the use of the Accused Instrumentalities to perform the
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`claimed systems and methods. As described above, Viptela’s website illustrates that its Secure
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`Extensible Network Solution is to be configured to transmit data packets in parallel across MPLS,
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`Internet and 4G/LTE networks. See ht_tp://Viptela.com/solutions/overview/. A presentation made
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`by Viptela to the Open Network User Group similarly promotes the use of Viptela’s products and
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`systems to transmit data packets in parallel across multiple network paths:
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`hfip://opennetworkingusergroup.com/downloads/ONUG S2015 s1ides/SD-
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`WAN%20Verification%20S1ides.pdfi
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`18. Upon information and belief, Viptela contributorily infringes at least claim 5 of the
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`’235 Patent because it sells, imports, or offers to sell components of infringing products, including,
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`for example, components of the Accused Instrumentalities, that constitute a material part of the
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`invention of the ’235 Patent, knowing the components to be especially made or especially adapted
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`for use in an infringement of the ’235 Patent, and knowing the components are not a staple article
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`or commodity of commerce suitable for substantial noninfringing use.
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`19. Vipte1a’s infringement of the ’235 Patent is without consent of, authority of, or
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`license from FatPipe.
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`COUNT II - INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,406,048
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`20. The allegations set forth in the foregoing paragraphs 1
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`through 19 are hereby
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`realleged and incorporated herein by reference.
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`21. Upon information and belief, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), Viptela has directly
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`infringed and continues to directly infringe, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, at least
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`claim 1 of the ’048 Patent by making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing devices or
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`systems,
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`in this judicial district and elsewhere in the United States (directly or through
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`intermediaries), that, alone or in combination with other devices and/or systems, provide a
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`controller having (i) a site interface connecting the controller to a site; (ii) at least two network
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`interfaces that send packets toward the disparate networks; and (iii) a packet path selector that
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`selects between network interfaces, using at least two known location address ranges which are
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`respectively associated with disparate networks, according to at least: a destination of the packet,
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`an optional presence of alternate paths to that destination, and at least one specified criterion for
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`selecting between alternate paths when such alternate paths are present; wherein the controller
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`receives a packet through the site interface and sends the packet through the network interface that
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`was selected by the packet path selector.
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`22. Viptela’s infringing products and services include, without limitation, Viptela’s
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`SD-WAN System and associated Secure Extensible Network Solution Components including, but
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`not limited to, the vSmart Cloud-based SD-WAN Controller, the vManage Network Management
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`System and vEdge Routers.
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`23. As illustrated on Viptela’s website, the Accused Instrumentalities are configured to
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`select and transmit data among disparate parallel networks, including MPLS, Internet, and 4G/LTE
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`networks:
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`See http://Viptela.con1/solutions/overview/.
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`24. “Customers place Viptela’s hardware appliance, the vEdge router, at each end point
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`that needs connectivity .
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`.
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`.
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`. The appliance then merges these connections and applies customer
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`policies to the traffic.” htI_:p://www.infonnationweek.com/interop/startup-profile-viptela-targets-
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`wan-cost-complexity/a/d-id/ 1317794. The policies are configured, managed, and applied using
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`the vSmart Cloud-based SDN-WAN Controller and the vManage Network Management System.
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`The “vSmart Cloud-based SDN-WAN Controller is the brain of the Viptela solution and centrally
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`manages routing, policy, security, segmentation, and authentication of all devices on the overlay
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`network.” ht_tp://Viptela.con1/solutions/overview/. The “vManage Network Management System
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`(NMS) enables centralized configuration and management of the Viptela Secure Extensible
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`Network solution and provides a real-time dashboard on the health of the network.” Id. Through
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`these products and services, Viptela offers “any-to-any connectivity with features such as
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`application aware routing, service chaining, virtual Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and weighted
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`Viptela, Inc. - Exhibit 1008
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`Page 8
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`Viptela, Inc. - Exhibit 1008
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`Equal
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`Cost
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`Multipath
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`(ECMP)
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`operating
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`on different
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`transports.”
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`ht_tp://viptela.corn/2015/05/viptela-software-defined-wan-sd-wan/.
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`25. Upon information and belief, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 27l(b), Viptela has
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`induced and continues to induce others (e.g., Viptela’s customers, distributors, partners, and/or
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`third parties) to infringe, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, the ’048 Patent by providing
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`instructions via its website or through other documents that induce others to directly infringe at
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`least claim 1 of the ’048 Patent.
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`26. Viptela induces its customers to infringe the ’048 Patent by, for example and
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`without limitation, actively promoting the use of the Accused Instrurnentalities to perform the
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`claimed systems and methods. As described above, Viptela’s website illustrates that its Secure
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`Extensible Network Solution is to be configured to transmit data packets in parallel across MPLS,
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`Internet, and 4G/LTE networks. See ht_tp://Viptela.com/solutions/overview/. A presentation made
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`by Viptela to the Open Network User Group similarly promotes the use of Viptela’s products and
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`systems to transmit data packets in parallel across multiple network paths:
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`Viptela, Inc. - Exhibit 1008
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`hfip://opennetworkingusergroup.com/downloads/ONUG S2015 s1ides/SD-
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`WAN%20Verification%20Slides.pdf
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`27. Upon information and belief, Viptela contributorily infringes at least claim 1 of the
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`’048 Patent because it sells, imports, or offers to sell components of infringing products, including,
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`for example, components of the Accused Instrumentalities, that constitute a material part of the
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`invention of the ’048 Patent, knowing the components to be especially made or especially adapted
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`for use in an infringement of the ’048 Patent and knowing the components are not a staple article
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`or commodity of commerce suitable for substantial noninfringing use.
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`28. Viptela’s infringement of the ’048 Patent is without consent of, authority of, or
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`license from FatPipe.
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`JURY DEMAND
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`FatPipe hereby requests a trial by jury pursuant to Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Civil
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`Procedure.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`FatPipe respectfillly requests that the Court find in its favor and against Viptela, and
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`that the Court grant FatPipe the following relief:
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`A. a judgment that Viptela has infiinged, directly or indirectly, the ’235 Patent and/or
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`’048 Patent;
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`B.
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`injunctive relief enjoining Viptela, its officers, agents, servants, employees and
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`attorneys, and all other persons in active concert or participation with it from (i) making, using,
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`selling, offering to sell, importing, and/or exporting a product or service that falls within the scope
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`of the claims of the ’235 Patent and/or ’048 Patent, (ii) inducing others to infi‘inge the ’235 Patent
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`and/or ’048 Patent, or (iii) engaging in any acts constituting contributory infringement of any
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`claims of the ’235 Patent and/or ’048 Patent;
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`C. a judgment and order requiring Viptela to pay FatPipe its damages, costs, expenses,
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`and pre-judgrnent and post-judgment interest for Vipte1a’s infringement of the ’235 Patent and/or
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`’048 Patent as provided under 35 U.S.C. § 284;
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`D. an award to FatPipe for enhanced damages as provided under 35 U.S.C. § 284;
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`E. any and all other relief at law or in equity as the Court deems just and proper.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`By:
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`Timothy J. Carroll
`Steven M. Lubezny
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`131 S. Dearbom Street
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`Suite 1700
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`Chicago, IL 60603
`Tel: 312-324-8400
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`tcarroll@perkinscoie.com
`slubezn
`erkinscoie.com
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`Dated: March 22, 2016
`1219397 /43214
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`/s/David E. Moore
`David E. Moore (#3983)
`Bindu A. Palapura (#5370)
`Stephanie E. O’Byrne (#4446)
`Hercules Plaza, 6”‘ Floor
`13 13 N. Market Street
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`Wilmington, DE 19801
`Tel: (302) 984-6000
`dmoore@,potteranderson.com
`b ala ura
`otteranderson.com
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`sobme@potteranderson.com
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`Attorneysfor PlaintzflFatPipe, Inc.
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