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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`WACO DIVISION
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`Plaintiff,
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`PARUS HOLDINGS INC.,
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`LG ELECTRONICS, INC. and LG
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`Civil Action No. 6:19-cv-00437-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`PARUS HOLDING INC.’S
`FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`Plaintiff Parus Holdings Inc. (“Parus” or “Plaintiff”) for its First Amended Complaint for
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`Patent infringement (“Complaint”) against LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.
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`(collectively “LG” or “Defendants”), hereby alleges as follows:
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`THE PARTIES
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`1.
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`Plaintiff Parus Holdings Inc. is a Delaware corporation having its principal place
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`of business at 3000 Lakeside Drive, Suite 110S, Bannockburn, IL 60015.
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`2.
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`Parus is a privately-held company founded in 1997 that offers for sale and sells a
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`number of voice-driven technology and speech search solutions to allow customers to spend less
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`time managing their communication channels by allowing customers to search the Internet with
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`their voice and receive audible search results back. These products include ParusSpeak™
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`Interactive Voice Response (IVR), ParusOne™ Unified Communications, ParusOffice™ Cloud
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`PBX, and ParusMobile™ Mobile Applications. See https://www.parus.ai/products/. Parus’s
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`brands include Parus, obai, Webley, Webley MD, and Parus Interactive. Parus’s voice-enabled
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`search technology is in competition with LG Products implementing Google Assistant.
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`3.
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`Parus is the owner by assignment of U.S. Patent No. 7,076,431 (“the ’431
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`Patent”) (attached as Exhibit 1) and U.S. Patent No. 9,451,084 (“the ’084 Patent”) (attached as
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`Exhibit 2).
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`4.
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`Defendant LG Electronics, Inc. is a Korean corporation with a principal place of
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`business at LG Twin Towers, 128 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdungpo-gu, Seoul, 07366, South Korea.
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`On information and belief, LG Electronics, Inc. is the entity that manufactures the LG-branded
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`products sold in the United States, including the accused products in this case. On information
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`and belief, in addition to making the products, LG Electronics, Inc. is responsible for research
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`and development, product design, and sourcing of components.
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`5.
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`Defendant LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. is the North American subsidiary of LG
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`Electronics, Inc., organized under the laws of Delaware, with a principal place of business at
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`1000 Sylvan Ave, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 07632.
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`6.
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`LG Electronics U.S.A, Inc. has regular and established places of business in
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`Texas at least at 9420 Research Blvd, Austin, Texas 78759; 21251-2155 Eagle Parkway, Fort
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`Worth, Texas 76177; and 14901 Beach St, Fort Worth, TX 76177.
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`7.
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`On information and belief, LG maintains one or more regular and established
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`places of business in Texas, including offices at 9420 Research Blvd, Austin, Texas 78759.
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`LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. is registered to do business in Texas.
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`LG has placed or contributed to placing infringing products like the LG G8 ThinQ
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`into the stream of commerce via an established distribution channel knowing or understanding
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`that such products would be sold and used in the United States, including in the Western District
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`of Texas. On information and belief, LG also has derived substantial revenues from infringing
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`acts in the Western District of Texas, including from the sale and use of infringing products like
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`the LG G8 ThinQ.
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`10.
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`LG had constructive notice of the ’431 Patent based on Parus’s marking at least as
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`of June 18, 2007.
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`11.
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`LG had constructive notice of the ’084 Patent based on Parus’s marking at least as
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`of February 21, 2018.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`12.
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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. Accordingly, this Court has subject matter
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`jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a).
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`13.
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`This Court has specific personal jurisdiction over Defendants at least in part
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`because Defendants conduct business in this Judicial District. Parus’s causes of action arise, at
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`least in part, from Defendants’ contacts with and activities in the State of Texas and this Judicial
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`District. Upon information and belief, Defendants have committed acts of infringement within
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`the State of Texas and this Judicial District by, inter alia, directly and/or indirectly using, selling,
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`offering to sell, or importing products that infringe one or more claims of the ’431 Patent and/or
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`the ’084 Patent.
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`14.
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`Defendants have committed acts within this District giving rise to this action, and
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`have established sufficient minimum contacts with the State of Texas such that the exercise of
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`jurisdiction would not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.
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`Venue is proper in this Judicial District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b), (c), and
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`1400(b). Venue for Defendant LG Electronics, Inc., a foreign corporation, is proper in every
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`judicial district in the U.S., including this one. Venue is proper for LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.
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`because LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. because LG Electronics USA, Inc.: (1) has a regular and
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`established place of business in this Judicial District, and (2) has committed and continues to
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`commit acts of patent infringement in this Judicial District by, inter alia, directly and/or
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`indirectly using, selling, offering to sell, or importing products that infringe one or more claims
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`of the ’431 Patent and/or the ’084 Patent.
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`COUNT I
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`LG’S INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,076,431
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`Parus restates and incorporates by reference all of the allegations made in the
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`preceding paragraphs as though fully set forth herein.
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`17.
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`Parus is the owner, by assignment, of the ’431 Patent. A true copy of the ’431
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`Patent granted by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is attached as Exhibit 1.
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`18.
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`LG has directly infringed, and is continuing to directly infringe, literally or under
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`the doctrine of equivalents, at least independent claim 1 of Parus’s ’431 Patent by making, using,
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`selling, and/or offering for sale its smartphone products implementing the Google Android
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`operating system, including Google Assistant, in the United States, in violation of 35 U.S.C. §
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`271(a).
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`19.
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`LG had constructive notice of the ’431 Patent based on Parus’s marking at least as
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`of June 18, 2007. LG had actual notice of the ’431 Patent, and that the alleged acts constitute
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`infringement of the ’431 Patent, at or around August 2, through service of the original
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`Complaint.
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`20.
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`LG’s continued acts of direct infringement of the ’431 Patent, post-filing of this
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`Complaint, are willful, and have caused and will continue to cause substantial damage and
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`irreparable harm to Parus, and Parus has no adequate remedy at law.
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`21.
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`Various products with Google Assistant made or sold by LG directly infringe at
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`least independent claim 1 of the ’431 Patent. Those LG products include at least the LG G8
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`ThinQ and other LG products that incorporate the Google Assistant (“LG Accused Products”).
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant is a system for
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`retrieving information from pre-selected web sites by uttering speech commands into a voice
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`enabled device and for providing to users retrieved information in an audio form via said voice
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`enabled device.
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`23.
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`The LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant practices this claim. See
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`e.g., Andrew Nusca, How voice recognition will change the world (Nov. 4, 2011), available at
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`https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-voice-recognition-will-change-the-world/, Gene Munster,
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`Will Thompson, Annual Digital Assistant IQ Test – Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, Cortana (Jul.
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`25, 2018), available at https://loupventures.com/annual-digital-assistant-iq-test-siri -google-
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`assistant-alexa-cortana/, Extending the assistant (Jan. 29, 2019), available at
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`https://developers.google.com/actions/extending-the-assistant, Voice Browsing (Jan. 29, 2019),
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`available at https://www.w3.org/standards/webofdevices/voice, How Search organizes
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`information (Jan. 29, 2019), available at https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/
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`crawling-indexing/.
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`The LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant is a voice enabled device
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`because the LG G8 ThinQ includes a microphone and a speaker. See e.g.,
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`https://www.lg.com/us/support/products/documents/LG_G8_ThinQ_Tech_Specs_TMO_PDF_4-
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`10-19_LMG820TMB.pdf.
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`Further, LG incorporates the Android operating system and the Google Assistant
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`into its products. Google Assistant is built-in to LG Products including the LG G8 ThinQ. See
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`e.g., Claire Reilly, LG partners with Google in 10-year patent deal (Jan. 29, 2019), available at
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`https://www.cnet.com/news/lg-partners-with-google-in-10-year-patent-deal/. LG provides
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`technical support for Google Assistant by including instructions for setting up and using the
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`Google Assistant in its LG G8 ThinQ User Manual.
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`See e.g., LG G8 ThinQ User Manual at 26 available at https://www.lg.com/us/support/manuals-
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`documents?customerModelCode=LMG820TMB&csSalesCode=LMG820TMB.ATMOBK&cate
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`gory=CT10000027&subcategory=CT10000045. Therefore, the operation of the LG Accused
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`Products infringe for the same reasons as articulated below as to the Google Android operating
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`system and the Google Assistant.
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`Google Assistant retrieves information from pre-selected websites that have
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`already been crawled by the Googlebot.
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`See e.g., https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182072.
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`See e.g., https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/crawling-indexing/.
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`See e.g., https://searchengineland.com/google-assistant-guide-270312.
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`The retrieved information is in an audio form via said voice enabled device. For
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`example, Google indicates that one can “hear about weather, your commute, important things to
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`do, daily fun, and more.”
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`See e.g., https://assistant.google.com/explore?hl=en_us.
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`28.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include a
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`computer, said computer operatively connected to the internet.
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`For example, the LG G8 ThinQ includes an Octa-Core processor and operatively
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`connects to the internet in normal usage. See e.g., https://www.lg.com/us/support/products/
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`documents/LG_G8_ThinQ_Tech_Specs_TMO_PDF_4-10-19_LMG820TMB.pdf.
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`30.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include a voice
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`enabled device operatively connected to said computer, said voice enabled device configured to
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`receive speech commands from users.
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`31.
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`For example, LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant is a voice
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`enabled device because the LG G8 ThinQ includes a microphone and speaker and reacts to
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`spoken commands through the Google Assistant. See e.g., https://www.lg.com/us/support/
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`products/documents/LG_G8_ThinQ_Tech_Specs_TMO_PDF_4-10-19_LMG820TMB.pdf.
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`32.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include at least
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`one speaker-independent speech recognition device, said speaker-independent speech
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`recognition device operatively connected to said computer and to said voice enabled device.
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`For example, the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant allows a user to
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`talk to the device and to send commands to the cloud. The microphone operatively connected to
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`the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant is configured to receive speech
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`commands from users.
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`See e.g., User Manual at 27, available at https://www.lg.com/us/support/manuals-
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`documents?customerModelCode=LMG820TMB&csSalesCode=LMG820TMB.ATMOBK&cate
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`gory=CT10000027&subcategory=CT10000045.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include at least
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`one speech synthesis device, said speech synthesis device operatively connected to said
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`computer and to said voice enabled device.
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`For example, the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant can handle
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`voice commands on the device itself or with help from the cloud.
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`See e.g., https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include at least
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`one instruction set for identifying said information to be retrieved, said instruction set being
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`associated with said computer.
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`For example, because the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant can
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`handle voice commands on the device itself or with help from the cloud, there is an instruction
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`set for identifying said information to be retrieved, said instruction set being associated with said
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`computer. The LG G8 ThinQ with Google Assistant can handle voice commands on the device
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`it is running on or with help from the cloud, there is an instruction set for identifying said
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`information to be retrieved, said instruction set being associated with said computer. See e.g.,
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`https://blog.google/products/pixel/pixel-3-and-device-ai-putting-superpowers-your-pocket/; see
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`also https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html.
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`38.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include an
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`instruction set comprising a plurality of pre-selected web site addresses, each said web site
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`address identifying a web site containing said information to be retrieved.
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`The LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant retrieves information
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`from pre-selected websites that have already been crawled by the Googlebot. For example,
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`Google indicates that Google Assistant retrieves information from pre-selected websites that
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`have already been crawled by the Googlebot.
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`See e.g., https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182072.
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`See e.g., https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/crawling-indexing/.
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`See e.g., https://searchengineland.com/google-assistant-guide-270312.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include at least
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`one recognition grammar associated with said computer, each said recognition grammar
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`corresponding to each said instruction set and corresponding to a speech command.
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`For example, because the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant can
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`handle voice commands on the device itself or with help from the cloud, there is a recognition
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`grammar corresponding to each said instruction set and corresponding speech command. Google
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`Assistant is described as handling voice commands on the device itself or with help from the
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`cloud, there is a recognition grammar corresponding to each said instruction set and
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`corresponding speech command. See e.g., https://blog.google/products/pixel/pixel-3-and-device-
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`ai-putting-superpowers-your-pocket/; see also https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-
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`system-for-natural-conversation.html.
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`42.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant includes said
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`speech command comprising an information request selectable by the user.
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`The LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant is a system for retrieving
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`information from pre-selected web sites by uttering speech commands into a voice enabled
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`device. For example, Google indicates that the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google
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`Assistant will make tasks easier. Google describes the Google Assistant on its web pages. See
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`e.g., https://store.google.com/us/category/phones?hl=en-US.
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`44.
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`Google indicates that the Google Assistant will “help you find answers and
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`control your phone and compatible smart home devices – all with a simple squeeze or by using
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`your voice.”
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`See e.g., https://www.blog.google/products/pixel/google-pixel-3/.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include said
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`speaker-independent speech recognition device configured to receive from users via said voice
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`enabled device said speech command and to select the corresponding recognition grammar upon
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`receiving said speech command.
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`For example, because the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant can
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`handle voice commands on the device itself or with help from the cloud, there is a recognition
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`grammar corresponding to each said instruction set and corresponding speech command. For
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`example, because the Google Assistant can handle voice commands on the device itself or with
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`help from the cloud, there is a recognition grammar corresponding to each said instruction set
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`and corresponding speech command.
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`See e.g., https://blog.google/products/pixel/pixel-3-and-device-ai-putting-superpowers-your-
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`pocket/.
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`See e.g., https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include said
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`computer configured to retrieve said instruction set corresponding to said recognition grammar
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`selected by said speaker-independent speech recognition device.
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`For example, because the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant can
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`handle voice commands on the device itself or with help from the cloud, there is a recognition
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`grammar corresponding to each said instruction set and corresponding speech command. For
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`example, the Google Assistant can handle voice commands on the device itself or with help from
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`the cloud, there is a recognition grammar corresponding to each said instruction set and
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`corresponding speech command. See e.g., https://blog.google/products/pixel/pixel-3-and-device-
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`ai-putting-superpowers-your-pocket/; see also, https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-
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`system-for-natural-conversation.html.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant includes said
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`computer further configured to access at least one of said plurality of web sites identified by said
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`instruction set to obtain said information to be retrieved, aid computer configured to first access
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`said first web site of said plurality of web sites and, if said information to be retrieved is not
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`found at said first web site, said computer configured to sequentially access said plurality of web
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`sites until said information to be retrieved is found or until said plurality of web sites has been
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`accessed.
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`50.
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`The LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant is a system for retrieving
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`information from pre-selected web sites by uttering speech commands into a voice enabled
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`device. For example, Google indicates that the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google
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`Assistant will make tasks easier. The LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant is a
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`system for retrieving information from pre-selected web sites by uttering speech commands into
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`a voice enabled device. For example, Google touts the Google Assistant on its web pages. See
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`e.g., https://store.google.com/us/category/phones?hl=en-US.
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`Google indicates that a phone in conjunction with Google Assistant will “help you
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`find answers and control your phone and compatible smart home devices – all with a simple
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`squeeze or by using your voice.” See e.g., https://www.blog.google/products/pixel/google-pixel-
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`3/.
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`Google Assistant retrieves information from pre-selected websites that have
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`already been crawled by the Googlebot.
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`See e.g., https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182072.
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`See e.g., https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/crawling-indexing/.
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`See id.
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`See e.g., https://searchengineland.com/google-assistant-guide-270312.
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`Google uses technology to discover and index web sites that have information that
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`is subsequently used to respond to search requests. Upon receiving a specific search request,
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`Google’s search algorithms are configured to access the plurality of web sites in some
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`“sequential” order (as by the ranking order of the websites, the ranking order specifies a
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`sequence) until information pertinent to the request is found or until the web sites (in the ranking
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`order defined) are accessed to find specific information to respond to the specific search request;
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`Google’s operations meet the claimed recitation “said computer further configured to access at
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`least one of said plurality of web sites identified by said instruction set to obtain said information
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`to be retrieved” and “said computer configured to first access said first web site of said plurality
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`of web sites” and if the information is not found at the first web site, Google’s search algorithms
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`sequentially access the websites until the information is retrieved or until all the sources are
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`considered.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include said
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`speech synthesis device configured to produce an audio message containing any retrieved
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`information from said pre-selected web sites, and said speech synthesis device further configured
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`to transmit said audio message to said users via said voice enabled device.
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`For example, the retrieved information is in an audio form via said voice enabled
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`device as Google indicates that one can “hear about weather, your commute, important things to
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`do, daily fun, and more.”
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`See e.g., https://assistant.google.com/explore?hl=en_us.
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`In addition to directly infringing the ’431 Patent, since around the service of the
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`original Complaint, LG has indirectly infringed the ’431 Patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(b).
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`LG has had knowledge of the ’431 Patent and of the alleged acts that constitute infringement of
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`the ’431 Patent since at least service of the original Complaint. By the time of trial, LG will
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`have known and intended (since receiving such notice) that their continued actions would
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`actively induce the infringement of the claims of the ’431 Patent.
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` LG indirectly infringes the ’431 Patent by instructing, directing and/or requiring
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`others, including customers, purchasers, users and developers, to perform one or more of the
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`steps of the method claims, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, of the ’431
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`Patent, where all the steps of the method claims are performed by either the LG, its customers,
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`purchasers, users, and developers, or some combination thereof. LG knew or should have known
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`that it was inducing others, including customers, purchasers, users, and developers, to infringe by
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`practicing one or more method claims of the ’431 Patent.
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`Upon information and belief, LG knowingly and actively aided and abetted the
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`direct infringement of the ’431 Patent by instructing and encouraging its customers, purchasers,
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`users, and developers to use the ’431 Patent methods and technology. These instructions of
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`encouragement include, but are not limited to, using the accused products as described in the
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`claims of the ’431 Patent, in advertising and promoting the use of the ’431 Patent’s claimed
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`technology, and as further described above.
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`COUNT II
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`LG’S INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 9,451,084
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`Parus restates and incorporates by reference all of the allegations made in the
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`preceding paragraphs as though fully set forth herein.
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`60.
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`Parus is the owner, by assignment, of the ’084 Patent. A true copy of the ’084
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`Patent granted by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is attached as Exhibit 2.
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`LG has directly infringed, and is continuing to directly infringe, literally or under
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`the doctrine of equivalents, at least independent claim 1 of Parus’s ’084 Patent by making, using,
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`selling, and/or offering for sale its smartphone products implementing the Google Android
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`operating system, including Google Assistant, in the United States, in violation of 35 U.S.C. §
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`271(a).
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`62.
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`LG had constructive notice of the ’084 Patent based on Parus’s marking at least as
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`of February 21, 2018. LG had actual knowledge of the ’084 Patent, and of the alleged acts that
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`constitute infringement of the ’084 Patent, at or around August 2, 2019, through service of the
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`original Complaint.
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`63.
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`LG’s continued acts of direct infringement of the ’084 Patent, post-filing of this
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`Complaint, are willful, and have caused and will continue to cause substantial damage and
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`irreparable harm to Parus, and Parus has no adequate remedy at law.
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`64.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant form a system
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`for acquiring information from one or more sources maintaining a listing of web sites by
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`receiving speech commands uttered by users into a voice-enabled device and for providing
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`information retrieved from the web sites to the users in an audio form via the voice-enabled
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`device.
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`65.
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`The LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant practices this claim. See
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`e.g., Andrew Nusca, How voice recognition will change the world (Nov. 4, 2011), available at
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`https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-voice-recognition-will-change-the-world/, Gene Munster,
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`Will Thompson, Annual Digital Assistant IQ Test – Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, Cortana (Jul.
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`25, 2018), available at https://loupventures.com/annual-digital-assistant-iq-test-siri -google-
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`assistant-alexa-cortana/, Extending the assistant (Jan. 29, 2019), available at
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`https://developers.google.com/actions/extending-the-assistant, Voice Browsing (Jan. 29, 2019),
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`available at https://www.w3.org/standards/webofdevices/voice, How Search organizes
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`information (Jan. 29, 2019), available at https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/
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`crawling-indexing/.
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`66.
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`The LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant is a voice enabled device
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`because the LG G8 ThinQ includes a microphone and a speaker. See e.g.,
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`https://www.lg.com/us/support/products/documents/LG_G8_ThinQ_Tech_Specs_TMO_PDF_4-
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`10-19_LMG820TMB.pdf.
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`67.
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`Google Assistant is built-in to LG Products including the LG G8 ThinQ. LG
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`incorporates the Android operating system and the Google Assistant into its products. See e.g.,
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`Claire Reilly, LG partners with Google in 10-year patent deal (Jan. 29, 2019), available at
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`https://www.cnet.com/news/lg-partners-with-google-in-10-year-patent-deal/. LG provides
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`technical support for Google Assistant by including instructions for setting up and using the
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`Google Assistant in its LG G8 ThinQ User Manual.
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`See e.g., LG G8 ThinQ User Manual at 26 available at https://www.lg.com/us/support/manuals-
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`documents?customerModelCode=LMG820TMB&csSalesCode=LMG820TMB.ATMOBK&cate
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`gory=CT10000027&subcategory=CT10000045.
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`68.
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`Google Assistant retrieves information from pre-selected websites that have
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`already been crawled by the Googlebot.
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`See e.g., https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182072.
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`See e.g., https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/crawling-indexing/.
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`See e.g., https://searchengineland.com/google-assistant-guide-270312.
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`69.
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`The retrieved information is in an audio form via said voice enabled device. For
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`example, Google indicates that one can “hear about weather, your commute, important things to
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`do, daily fun, and more.”
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`See e.g., https://assistant.google.com/explore?hl=en_us.
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`70.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include at least
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`one computing device, the computing device operatively coupled to one or more networks.
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`71.
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`For example, the LG G8 ThinQ includes an Octa-Core processor and is connected
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`to at least one network in normal operation. See e.g., https://www.lg.com/us/support/
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`products/documents/LG_G8_ThinQ_Tech_Specs_TMO_PDF_4-10-19_LMG820TMB.pdf.
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`72.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include at least
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`one speaker-independent speech-recognition device, the speaker-independent speech-recognition
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`device operatively connected to the computing device and configured to receive the speech
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`commands.
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`73.
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`For example, the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant allows a
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`user to talk through the device to send commands to the cloud. For example, a phone in
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`conjunction with Google Assistant can handle voice commands on the device itself or with help
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`from the cloud. See e.g., https://blog.google/products/pixel/pixel-3-and-device-ai-putting-
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`superpowers-your-pocket/.
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`See e.g., https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html.
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`See id.
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`74.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include at least
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`one speech-synthesis device, the speech-synthesis device operatively connected to the computing
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`device.
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`75.
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`For example, the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant can handle
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`voice commands on the device itself or with help from the cloud. For example, a phone in
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`conjunction with Google Assistant can handle voice commands on the device itself or with help
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`from the cloud and produce an audio response.
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`See e.g., https://blog.google/products/pixel/pixel-3-and-device-ai-putting-superpowers-your-
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`pocket/.
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`76.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include a
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`memory operatively associated with the computing device with at least one instruction set for
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`identifying the information to be retrieved, the instruction set being associated with the
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`computing device.
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`77.
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`The LG G8 ThinQ includes a memory that is associated with the computing
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`device and includes at least one instruction set for the Google Assistant in order to allow the
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`Google Assistant to run. See e.g., https://www.lg.com/us/support/products/documents/
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`LG_G8_ThinQ_Tech_Specs_TMO_PDF_4-10-19_LMG820TMB.pdf /.
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`78.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include at least
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`one instruction set for identifying the information to be retrieved comprising a plurality of web
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`site addresses for the listing of web sites, each web site address identifying a web site containing
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`the information to be retrieved.
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`79.
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`The LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant retrieves information
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`from websites that have already been crawled by the Googlebot. For example, Google indicates
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`that a phone such as the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant retrieves
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`information from pre-selected websites that have already been crawled by the Googlebot.
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`See e.g., https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182072.
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`See e.g., https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/crawling-indexing/.
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`See id.
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`See e.g., https://searchengineland.com/google-assistant-guide-270312.
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`80.
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`Google uses technology to crawl the web to index web sites with information to
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`respond to a search request. The indexed websites are identified by web site addresses. These
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`indexed websites are “a plurality of pre-selected web site addresses,” and each such website
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`“indentif[ies] a web site containing said information to be retrieved.
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`81.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include at least
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`one recognition grammar associated with the computing device, each recognition grammar
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`corresponding to each instruction set and corresponding to a speech command, the speech
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`command comprising an information request provided by the user, the speaker-independent
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`speech-recognition device configured to receive the speech command from the users via the
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`voice-enabled device and to select the corresponding recognition grammar upon receiving the
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`speech command.
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`82.
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`For example, because the LG G8 ThinQ in conjunction with Google Assistant can
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`handle voice commands on the device itself or with help from the cloud, there is a recognition
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`grammar corresponding to each said instruction set and corresponding speech command. For
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`example, because Google Assistant can handle voice commands on the device itself or with help
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`from the cloud, there is a recognition grammar corresponding to each said instruction set and
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`corresponding speech command on the device. See e.g., https://blog.google/products/pixel/pixel-
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`3-and-device-ai-putting-superpowers-your-pocket/; see also
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`https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html.
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`83.
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`The LG Accused Products in conjunction with Google Assistant include the