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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT,
`LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`Case No. 2:17-cv-00517-JRG
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`ZTE CORPORATION AND ZTE (TX),
`INC.,
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` Defendants.
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`Plaintiff, AGIS Software Development LLC (“AGIS Software” or “Plaintiff”) files this
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`First Amended Complaint against Defendants ZTE Corporation, ZTE (USA) Inc., and ZTE (TX)
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`Inc. (collectively, “Defendants” or “ZTE”) for patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271 and
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`alleges as follows:
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`THE PARTIES
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`1.
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`Plaintiff, AGIS Software, is a limited liability company organized and existing
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`under the laws of the State of Texas, and maintains its principal place of business at 100 W.
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`Houston Street, Marshall, Texas 75670. AGIS Software is the owner of all right, title, and
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`interest in and to U.S. Patent Nos. 9,467,838, 9,445,251, 9,408,055, 9,749,829, and 8,213,970
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`(collectively, the “patents-in-suit”).
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`2.
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`Upon information and belief, ZTE Corporation is a Chinese corporation with its
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`principal place of business at ZTE Plaza, Keji Road South, Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Nanshan
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`District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China 518057. Upon
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`information and belief, ZTE Corporation does business in Texas, directly or through
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`intermediaries, and maintains its principal place of business in Shenzhen, China. ZTE offers its
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`products and/or services, including those accused herein of infringement, to customers and
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`potential customers located in Texas, including in the judicial Eastern District of Texas.
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`3.
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`Upon information and belief, ZTE (USA) Inc. is a corporation organized and
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`existing under the laws of the state of New Jersey, with its principal place of business at 2425 N.
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`Central Expressway, Suite 600, Richardson, Texas 75080, and may be served with process
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`through its registered agent, Jing Li, 2425 N. Central Expressway, Suite 323, Richardson, Texas
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`75080.
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`4.
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`Upon information and belief, ZTE (TX) Inc. is a corporation organized and
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`existing under the laws of the State of Texas, with its principal place of business at 2500 Dallas
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`Parkway, Plano, Texas 75093 and may be served with process through its registered agent,
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`Ferguson, Braswell & Fraser, PC at 2500 Dallas Parkway, Suite 501, Plano, Texas 75093. Upon
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`information and belief, ZTE (TX) Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ZTE Hong Kong Ltd.,
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`which is in turn a wholly-owned subsidiary of ZTE Corporation.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`5.
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`This is an action for patent infringement arising under the patent laws of the
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`United States, 35 U.S.C. §§ 1, et seq. This Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to
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`28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1338(a), and 1367.
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`6.
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over each Defendant. Defendants conduct
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`substantial business and have committed acts of patent infringement and/or have induced acts of
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`patent infringement by others in this Judicial District and/or have contributed to patent
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`infringement by others in this Judicial District, the State of Texas, and elsewhere in the United
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`States. Each Defendant solicits business in the State of Texas, transacts business in the State of
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`Texas and attempts to derive financial benefit from the residents of the State of Texas in this
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`District, including benefits directly related to the instant patent infringement causes of action set
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`forth herein, place products and services into the stream of commerce throughout the United
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`States, including in this Judicial District, and have been and are actively engaged in transacting
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`business in the State of Texas and in this Judicial District.
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`7.
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`Venue is proper against each defendant in this Judicial District pursuant to 28
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`U.S.C. § 1400(b).
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`8.
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`ZTE Corporation is a foreign corporation and is subject to venue in this Judicial
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`District.
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`9.
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`ZTE (USA) Inc. is registered to do business in the State of Texas, is
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`headquartered in Richardson, Texas, and has established a call center in Plano, Texas with 60+
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`dedicated ZTE representatives. See American GNC Corp. v. ZTE Corp., et al., Case No. 4:17-
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`cv-00620-ALM-KPJ, Doc. No. 66, at 1 (E.D. Tex) (quoting Doc. No. 49-2 (sealed)); Doc. No.
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`77, at 6-7. Therefore, ZTE (USA) Inc. has a regular and established place of business in this
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`Judicial District. ZTE (USA) Inc. imports, ships, distributes, offers for sale, sells, uses, and
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`advertises its products (including but not limited to the products and services through its website,
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`www.zteusa.com) in the Eastern District of Texas.
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`10.
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`ZTE (TX) Inc. is incorporated in the State of Texas and, thus, resides in Texas.
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`Venue is proper against ZTE (TX) Inc. in any Judicial District in Texas, including the Eastern
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`District of Texas. See Diem LLC v. BigCommerce, Inc., No. 6:17-cv-00186-JRG, 2017 WL
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`3187473, at *2-3 (E.D. Tex. July 26, 2017). ZTE (TX) Inc. has admitted that it uses the
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`allegedly infringing products in the Eastern District of Texas “as an end-user of consumer
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`wireless equipment.” Doc. No. 28, at 1.
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`11.
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`Venue is further proper because Defendants together have regular and established
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`places of business in this Judicial District, including in Plano, are deemed to reside in this
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`Judicial District, have committed acts of infringement in this Judicial District, and/or have
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`purposely transacted business involving the accused products in this Judicial District.
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`PATENTS-IN-SUIT
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`12.
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`On July 3, 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally
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`issued U.S. Patent No. 8,213,970 (the “’970 Patent”) entitled “Method of Utilizing Forced Alerts
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`for Interactive Remote Communications.” A true and correct copy of the ’970 Patent is attached
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`hereto as Exhibit A.
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`13.
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`On August 2, 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office duly and
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`legally issued U.S. Patent No. 9,408,055 (the “’055 Patent”) entitled “Method to Provide Ad Hoc
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`and Password Protected Digital and Voice Networks.” A true and correct copy of the ’055
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`Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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`14.
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`On September 13, 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office duly and
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`legally issued U.S. Patent No. 9,445,251 (the “’251 Patent”) entitled “Method to Provide Ad Hoc
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`and Password Protected Digital and Voice Networks.” A true and correct copy of the ’251
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`Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
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`15.
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`On October 11, 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office duly and
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`legally issued U.S. Patent No. 9,467,838 (the “’838 Patent”) entitled “Method to Provide Ad Hoc
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`and Password Protected Digital and Voice Networks.” A true and correct copy of the ’838
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`Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit D.
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`16.
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`On August 29, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office duly and
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`legally issued U.S. Patent No. 9,749,829 (the “’829 Patent”) entitled Method to Provide Ad Hoc
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`and Password Protected Digital and Voice Networks.” A true and correct copy of the ’829
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`Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit E.
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`FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
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`17. Malcolm K. “Cap” Beyer, Jr., a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and
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`a former U.S. Marine, is the CEO of AGIS Software and a named inventor of the AGIS patent
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`portfolio. Mr. Beyer founded Advanced Ground Information Systems, Inc. (“AGIS, Inc.”)
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`shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks because he believed that many first-
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`responder and civilian lives could have been saved through the implementation of a better
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`communication system. He envisioned and developed a new communication system that would
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`use integrated software and hardware components on mobile devices to give users situational
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`awareness superior to systems provided by conventional military and first-responder radio
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`systems.
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`AGIS, Inc. developed prototypes that matured into its LifeRing system. LifeRing
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`provides first responders, law enforcement, and military personnel with what is essentially a
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`tactical operations center built into hand-held mobile devices. Using GPS-based location
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`technology and existing or special-purpose cellular communication networks, LifeRing users can
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`exchange location, heading, speed, and other information with other members of a group, view
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`each other’s locations on maps and satellite images, and rapidly communicate and coordinate
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`their efforts. The system also interfaces with military command-and-control systems, such as
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`GCCS, JCR, AFATDS, C2PC, and FBCB2.
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`19.
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`AGIS Software licenses its patent portfolio, including the ’970, ’055, ’251, and
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`’838 Patents to AGIS, Inc. AGIS, Inc.’s LifeRing product practices one or more of the patents in
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`the AGIS portfolio and AGIS, Inc. has marked its products accordingly.
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`20.
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`AGIS Software and all previous assignees of the patents-in-suit have complied
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`with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 287(a).
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`21.
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`Non-party Google, Inc. (“Google”) licenses the Android operating system to third
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`parties, including Defendants, who design their own products that utilize the Android operating
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`system. The Android operating system is the most widely used in smartphones and other mobile
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`devices.
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`22.
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`Defendants manufacture, use, sell, offer for sale, and/or import into the United
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`States electronic devices, such as Android based smartphones and tablets (including but not
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`limited to the Tempo, Axon 7, Axon 7 mini, Blade V8 Pro, ZMax Pro, and ZMax 2)
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`(collectively, the “Accused Devices”), all of which are pre-configured or adapted with map-
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`based communication applications and/or features such as Google Maps, Android Device
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`Manager, Find My Device, Google Messages, Android Messenger, Google Hangouts, Google
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`Plus, and Google Latitude, among other relevant applications and/or features. The Accused
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`Devices include software, including but not limited to the above-listed applications and/or
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`features as components of their operating systems. The Accused Devices include functionality
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`that allows users to form groups with other users such that users may view each other’s locations
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`on a map and engage in communication including text, voice, and multimedia-based
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`communication. Additionally, the users may form groups that include their own devices in order
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`to track their own lost or stolen devices as shown below.
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`COUNT I
`(Infringement of the ’970 Patent)
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`23.
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`Paragraphs 1 through 22 are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth
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`in their entireties.
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`24.
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`AGIS Software has not licensed or otherwise authorized Defendants to make, use,
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`offer for sale, sell, or import any Accused Devices and/or products that embody the inventions of
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`the ’970 Patent.
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`25.
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`Defendants have and continue to directly infringe at least claim 6 of the ’970
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`Patent, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, by making, using, offering to sell,
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`selling and/or importing into the United States the Accused Devices without authority and in
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`violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).
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`26.
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`Defendants have and continue to indirectly infringe at least claim 6 of the ’970
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`Patent by actively, knowingly, and intentionally inducing others to directly infringe, either
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`literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, by making, using, offering to sell, selling and/or
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`importing into the United States the infringing Accused Devices, and by instructing users of the
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`Accused Devices to perform methods claimed in the ’970 Patent. For example, Defendants, with
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`knowledge that the Accused Devices infringe the ’970 Patent at least as of the date of this
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`Complaint, actively, knowingly, and intentionally induced, and continue to actively, knowingly,
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`and intentionally induce direct infringement of the ’970 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 271(b).
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`27.
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`For example, Defendants have indirectly infringed and continue to indirectly
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`infringe at least claim 6 of the ’970 Patent in the United States because Defendants’ customers
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`use such devices, including at least the Android Device Manager, Find My Device, Google
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`Maps, Google Messages, Android Messenger, Google Hangouts, Google Plus, and Google
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`Latitude apps installed on the Accused Devices, in accordance with Defendants’ instructions and
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`thereby directly infringe at least claim 6 of the ’970 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271. For
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`example, ZTE directly and/or indirectly intentionally instructs its customers to infringe through
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`training videos, demonstrations, brochures, installations and/or user guides such as those located
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`at one or more of the following: www.ztedevice.com, www.zteusa.com,
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`http://devicehelp.boostmobile.com/document/HowToSetupGuide/Tempo/Boost_Mobile/en/Use_
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`Android_Device_Manager_with_your_ZTE_Tempo, and ZTE agents and representatives located
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`within this Judicial District. Defendants are thereby liable for infringement of the ’970 Patent
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b).
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`28.
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`For example, ZTE directly and/or indirectly instructs its customers to infringe
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`through pre-installed applications in the exemplary Accused Devices as shown below.
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`https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3265955?hl=en
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`29.
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`AGIS Software has suffered damages as a result of Defendants’ direct and
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`indirect infringement of the ’970 Patent in an amount to be proved at trial.
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`30.
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`AGIS Software has suffered, and will continue to suffer, irreparable harm as a
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`result of Defendants’ infringement of the ’970 Patent for which there is no adequate remedy at
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`law, unless Defendants’ infringement is enjoined by this Court.
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`31.
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`Defendants have committed and continue to commit acts of infringement that
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`Defendants actually knew or should have known constituted an unjustifiably high risk of
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`infringement of at least one valid and enforceable claim of the ’970 Patent. Defendants’
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`infringement of the ’970 Patent has been and continues to be willful, entitling AGIS Software to
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`an award of treble damages, reasonable attorney fees, and costs in bringing this action.
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`COUNT II
`(Infringement of the ’055 Patent)
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`32.
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`Paragraphs 1 through 22 are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth
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`in their entireties.
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`33.
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`AGIS Software has not licensed or otherwise authorized Defendants to make, use,
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`offer for sale, sell, or import any Accused Devices and/or products that embody the inventions of
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`the ’055 Patent.
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`34.
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`Defendants have and continue to directly infringe at least claim 28 of the ’055
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`Patent, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, by making, using, offering to sell,
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`selling and/or importing into the United States the Accused Devices without authority and in
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`violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).
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`35.
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`Defendants have and continue to indirectly infringe at least claim 28 of the ’055
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`Patent by actively, knowingly, and intentionally inducing others to directly infringe, either
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`literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, by making, using, offering to sell, selling and/or
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`importing into the United States the Accused Devices and by instructing users of the Accused
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`Devices to perform methods claimed in the ’055 Patent. For example, Defendants, with
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`knowledge that the Accused Devices infringe the ’055 Patent at least as of the date of this
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`Complaint, actively, knowingly, and intentionally induced, and continue to actively, knowingly,
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`and intentionally induce, direct infringement of the ’055 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 271(b).
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`36.
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`For example, Defendants have indirectly infringed and continue to indirectly
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`infringe at least claim 28 of the ’055 Patent in the United States because Defendants’ customers
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`use such devices, including at least the Android Device Manager, Find My Device, Google
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`Maps, Google Messages, Android Messenger, Google Hangouts, Google Plus, and Google
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`Latitude apps installed on the Accused Devices, in accordance with Defendants’ instructions and
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`thereby directly infringe at least one claim of the ’055 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`Defendants actively, knowingly, and/or intentionally instruct their customers to infringe directly
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`and/or indirectly through training videos, demonstrations, brochures, installations and/or user
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`guides, such as those located at one or more of the following: www.ztedevice.com,
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`www.zteusa.com, and ZTE agents and representatives located within this Judicial District.
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`Defendants are thereby liable for infringement of the ’055 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b).
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`37.
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`For example, Defendants’ exemplary Accused Devices are pre-installed with at
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`least the Google Maps app which allows users to share their location, view other users’ locations
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`on a map and to communicate with those users via the Google Maps app (as shown below),
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`which is integrated with Google Messages or Android Messenger and which is also pre-installed
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`on the exemplary Accused Devices.
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`38.
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`The exemplary Accused Devices are programmed to obtain contact information
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`from other users’ devices, where that contact information includes phone numbers. (e.g.,
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`https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6118731?hl=en&ref_topic=6118711).
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`39.
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`The exemplary Accused Devices are further programmed to facilitate the
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`initiation of Internet Protocol (IP) based communication between devices with SMS messages
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`and other text messages. This functionality is available at least through Google Hangouts and
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`the Messages apps. (e.g.,
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`https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging&hl=en;
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`https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk&hl=en). The IP and
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`SMS-based messages include location information as depicted below. (e.g.,
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`https://blog.google/topics/rcs/delivering-rcs-messaging-android-users-worldwide/).
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`40.
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`This location information is presented on interactive displays on the exemplary
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`Accused Devices, which include interactive maps and a plurality of user-selectable symbols
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`corresponding to other devices. These symbols are positioned on the map at positions
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`corresponding to the locations of the other devices as depicted below. (e.g.,
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`https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/03/location-sharing-finally-returns-to-google-maps/)
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`41.
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`The exemplary Accused Devices are further programmed to permit interaction
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`with the display where a user may select one or more symbols and where the exemplary Accused
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`Devices further permit data to be sent to other devices based on that interaction. The exemplary
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`Accused Devices are further programmed to permit users to specify additional locations and to
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`communicate those user-specified locations to other users via symbols on an interactive display
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`as depicted below. (e.g.,
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`https://support.google.com/maps/answer/144361?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en).
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`42.
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`AGIS Software has suffered damages as a result of Defendants’ direct and
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`indirect infringement of the ’055 Patent in an amount to be proved at trial.
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`43.
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`AGIS Software has suffered, and will continue to suffer, irreparable harm as a
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`result of Defendants’ infringement of the ’055 Patent for which there is no adequate remedy at
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`law, unless Defendants’ infringement is enjoined by this Court.
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`44.
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`Defendants have committed and continue to commit acts of infringement that
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`Defendants actually knew or should have known constituted an unjustifiably high risk of
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`infringement of at least one valid and enforceable claim of the ’055 Patent. Defendants’
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`infringement of the ’055 Patent has been and continues to be willful, entitling AGIS Software to
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`an award of treble damages, reasonable attorney fees, and costs in bringing this action.
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`COUNT III
`(Infringement of the ’251 Patent)
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`45.
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`Paragraphs 1 through 22 are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth
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`in their entireties.
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`46.
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`AGIS Software has not licensed or otherwise authorized Defendants to make, use,
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`offer for sale, sell, or import any Accused Devices and/or products that embody the inventions of
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`the ’251 Patent.
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`47.
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`Defendants have and continue to directly infringe at least claim 24 of the ’251
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`Patent, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, by making, using, offering to sell,
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`selling and/or importing into the United States the Accused Devices without authority and in
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`violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).
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`48.
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`Defendants have and continue to indirectly infringe at least claim 24 of the ’251
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`Patent by actively, knowingly, and intentionally inducing others to directly infringe, either
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`literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, by making, using, offering to sell, selling and/or
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`importing into the United States the Accused Devices and by instructing users of the Accused
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`Devices to perform methods claimed in the ’251 Patent. For example, Defendants, with
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`knowledge that the Accused Devices infringe the ’251 Patent at least as of the date of this
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`Complaint, actively, knowingly, and intentionally induced, and continue to actively, knowingly,
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`and intentionally induce direct infringement of the ’251 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 271(b).
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 32 Filed 10/17/17 Page 18 of 33 PageID #: 253
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`49.
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`For example, Defendants have indirectly infringed and continue to indirectly
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`infringe at least claim 24 of the ’251 Patent in the United States because Defendants’ customers
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`use such devices, including at least the Android Device Manager, Find My Device, Google
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`Maps, Google Messages, Android Messenger, Google Hangouts, Google Plus, and Google
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`Latitude apps installed on the Accused Devices, in accordance with Defendants’ instructions and
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`thereby directly infringe at least one claim of the ’251 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`Defendants directly and/or indirectly intentionally instruct their customers to infringe through
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`training videos, demonstrations, brochures, installations and/or user guides, such as those located
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`at one or more of the following: www.ztedevice.com, www.zteusa.com, and ZTE agents and
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`representatives located within this Judicial District. Defendants are thereby liable for
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`infringement of the ’251 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b).
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`50.
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`For example, Defendants’ Accused Devices are pre-installed with at least the
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`Google Maps app which allows users to share their location, view other users’ locations on a
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`map and to communicate with those users via the Google Maps app (as shown below), which is
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`integrated with Google Messages or Android Messenger and which is also pre-installed on the
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`Accused Devices.
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 32 Filed 10/17/17 Page 19 of 33 PageID #: 254
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`51.
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`The exemplary Accused Devices are programmed to receive messages from other
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`devices where those messages relate to joining groups as depicted below. (e.g.,
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`https://support.google.com/plus/answer/3302509?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&oco
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`=1; https://support.google.com/mail/answer/30970?hl=en).
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`52.
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`The exemplary Accused Devices are further programmed to facilitate
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`participation in the groups by communicating with a server and sending to and receiving location
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`information as depicted below. (e.g.,
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`https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-api/location).
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 32 Filed 10/17/17 Page 20 of 33 PageID #: 255
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`53.
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`This location information is presented on interactive displays on the exemplary
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`Accused Devices which include interactive maps and a plurality of user selectable symbols
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`corresponding to other devices. These symbols are positioned on the map at positions
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`corresponding to the locations of the other devices as depicted below. (e.g.,
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`https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/03/location-sharing-finally-returns-to-google-maps/).
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 32 Filed 10/17/17 Page 21 of 33 PageID #: 256
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`54.
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`The exemplary Accused Devices are further programmed to permit users to
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`request and display additional maps by, for example, moving the map screen and/or by selecting
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`satellite image maps. The exemplary Accused Devices are further programmed to permit
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`interaction with the display where a user may select one or more symbols and where the
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`exemplary Accused Devices further permit data to be sent to other devices based on that
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`interaction.
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`55.
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`AGIS Software has suffered damages as a result of Defendants’ direct and
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`indirect infringement of the ’251 Patent in an amount to be proved at trial.
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`56.
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`AGIS Software has suffered, and will continue to suffer, irreparable harm as a
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`result of Defendants’ infringement of the ’251 Patent for which there is no adequate remedy at
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`law, unless Defendants’ infringement is enjoined by this Court.
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`57.
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`Defendants have committed and continue to commit acts of infringement that
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`Defendants actually knew or should have known constituted an unjustifiably high risk of
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`infringement of at least one valid and enforceable claim of the ’251 Patent. Defendants’
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`infringement of the ’251 Patent has been and continues to be willful, entitling AGIS Software to
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`an award of treble damages, reasonable attorney fees, and costs in bringing this action.
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`COUNT IV
`(Infringement of the ’838 Patent)
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`58.
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`Paragraphs 1 through 22 are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth
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`in their entireties.
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`59.
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`AGIS Software has not licensed or otherwise authorized Defendants to make, use,
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`offer for sale, sell, or import any Accused Devices and/or products that embody the inventions of
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`the ’838 Patent.
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 32 Filed 10/17/17 Page 22 of 33 PageID #: 257
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`60.
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`Defendants have and continue to directly infringe at least claim 54 of the ’838
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`Patent, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, by making, using, offering to sell,
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`selling and/or importing into the United States the Accused Devices without authority and in
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`violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).
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`61.
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`Defendants have and continue to indirectly infringe at least claim 54 of the ’838
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`Patent by actively, knowingly, and intentionally inducing others to directly infringe, either
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`literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, by making, using, offering to sell, selling and/or
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`importing into the United States the Accused Devices and by instructing users of the Accused
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`Devices to perform methods claimed in the ’838 Patent. For example, Defendants, with
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`knowledge that the Accused Devices infringe the ’838 Patent at least as of the date of this
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`Complaint, actively, knowingly, and intentionally induced, and continue to actively, knowingly,
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`and intentionally induce direct infringement of the ’838 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 271(b).
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`62.
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`For example, Defendants have indirectly infringed and continue to indirectly
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`infringe at least claim 54 of the ’838 Patent in the United States because Defendants’ customers
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`use such devices, including at least the Android Device Manager, Find My Device, Google
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`Maps, Google Messages, Android Messenger, Google Hangouts, Google Plus, and Google
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`Latitude apps installed on the Accused Devices, in accordance with Defendants’ instructions and
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`thereby directly infringe at least one claim of the ’838 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`Defendants directly and/or indirectly intentionally instruct their customers to infringe through
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`training videos, demonstrations, brochures, installations and/or user guides, such as those located
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`at one or more of the following: www.ztedevice.com, www.zteusa.com, and ZTE agents and
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 32 Filed 10/17/17 Page 23 of 33 PageID #: 258
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`representatives located within this Judicial District. Defendants are thereby liable for
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`infringement of the ’838 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b).
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`63.
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`For example, Defendants’ Accused Devices are pre-installed with at least the
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`Google Maps app which allows users to share their location, view other users’ locations on a
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`map, and to communicate with those users via the Google Maps app (as shown below), which is
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`integrated with Google Messages or Android Messenger and which is also pre-installed on the
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`Accused Devices.
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`64.
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`The exemplary Accused Devices are programmed to form and join groups by
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`transmitting messages. (e.g.,
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`https://support.google.com/plus/answer/3302509?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&oco
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`=1; https://support.google.com/mail/answer/30970?hl=en).
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 32 Filed 10/17/17 Page 24 of 33 PageID #: 259
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`65.
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`The exemplary Accused Devices are further programmed to facilitate
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`participation in the groups by communicating with one or more servers and sending to and
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`receiving location information as depicted below. (e.g.,
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`https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-api/location).
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`66.
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`This location information is presented on interactive displays on the exemplary
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`Accused Devices