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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`AIRE TECHNOLOGY LTD.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Case No. 6:21-cv-01101-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
`AGAINST APPLE INC.
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`This is an action for patent infringement arising under the Patent Laws of the United States
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`of America, 35 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., in which Plaintiff Aire Technology Limited (“Plaintiff” or
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`“Aire”) makes the following allegations against Defendant Apple Inc. (“Defendant” or “Apple”):
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`INTRODUCTION
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`1.
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`This complaint arises from Apple’s unlawful infringement of the following United
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`States patents owned by Plaintiff, which relate to improvements in Near Field Communication
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`(NFC) and secure digital payment solutions: United States Patent Nos. 8,581,706 (“the ’706
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`Patent”), 8,205,249 (“the ’249 Patent”), and 8,174,360 (“the ’360 Patent”) (collectively, the
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`“Asserted Patents”).
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`PARTIES
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`2.
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`Plaintiff Aire Technology Limited is a limited liability company organized and
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`existing under the law of Ireland, with its principal place of business at The Hyde Building, Suite
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`23, The Park, Carrickmines, Dublin 18, Ireland. Aire is the sole owner by assignment of all rights,
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`title, and interest in the Asserted Patents, including the right to recover damages for past, present,
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`and future infringement.
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`3.
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`On information and belief, Defendant Apple Inc. is a publicly traded corporation
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`organized under the laws of the State of California, with its principal place of business at One
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`Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014. Apple may be served with process through its registered
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`agent, CT Corporation System, at 330 North Brand Boulevard, Suite 700, Glendale, CA 91203.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`4.
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`This action arises under the patent laws of the United States, Title 35 of the United
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`States Code. This Court has original subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and
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`1338(a).
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`5.
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over Apple in this action because Apple has
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`committed acts within this District giving rise to this action and has established minimum contacts
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`with this forum such that the exercise of jurisdiction over Apple would not offend traditional
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`notions of fair play and substantial justice. Apple, directly and through subsidiaries or
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`intermediaries, has committed and continues to commit acts of infringement in this District by,
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`among other things, importing, offering to sell, and selling products that infringe the Asserted
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`Patents.
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`6.
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`Venue is proper in this District under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391 and 1400(b). Apple is
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`registered to do business in Texas, and upon information and belief, Apple has transacted business
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`in this District and has committed acts of direct and indirect infringement in this District by, among
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`other things, making, using, offering to sell, selling, and importing products that infringe the
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`Asserted Patents. Apple has regular and established places of business in this District, including
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`at 12545 Riata Vista Cir., Austin, Texas 78727; 12801 Delcour Dr., Austin, Texas 78727; and
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`3121 Palm Way, Austin, Texas 78758.1 Apple also has posted job listings for engineer positions
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`related to NFC and/or Apple Pay in Austin, Texas, which is a job that concerns the implementation
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`of the inventions contained in the Asserted Patents.2
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`THE ASSERTED PATENTS
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`7.
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`On November 12, 2013, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,581,706 (“the ’706 Patent”), entitled “Data storage medium and method for
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`contactless communication between the data storage medium and a reader,” after full and fair
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`examination. Plaintiff is the assignee of all rights, title, and interest in and to the ’706 Patent and
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`possesses all rights of recovery under the ’706 Patent, including the right to recover damages for
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`past, present, and future infringement. The ’706 Patent is valid and enforceable. A true and correct
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`copy of the ’706 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
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`8.
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`On June 19, 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,205,249 (“the ’249 Patent”), entitled “Method for carrying out a secure electronic transaction
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`using a portable data support,” after full and fair examination. Plaintiff is the assignee of all rights,
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`title, and interest in and to the ’249 Patent and possesses all rights of recovery under the ’249
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`Patent, including the right to recover damages for past, present, and future infringement. The ’249
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`Patent is valid and enforceable. A true and correct copy of the ’249 Patent is attached hereto as
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`Exhibit 2.
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`1 See, e.g., https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/11/apple-expands-in-austin/;
`https://www.google.com/maps/place/Apple+Inc./@30.4324406,-
`97.7359733,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x5852421ec4ac410c!8m2!3d30.4322558!4d-
`97.7359386; https://www.apple.com/retail/domainnorthside/.
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` See, e.g., https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200292503/nfc-uwb-field-design-
`engineer?team=HRDWR; https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200299202/software-engineer-
`apple-pay?team=SFTWR.
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`9.
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`On May 8, 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,174,360 (“the ’360 Patent”), entitled “Communication apparatus for setting up a data
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`connection between intelligent devices,” after full and fair examination. Plaintiff is the assignee
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`of all rights, title, and interest in and to the ’360 Patent and possesses all rights of recovery under
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`the ’360 Patent, including the right to recover damages for past, present, and future infringement.
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`The ’360 Patent is valid and enforceable. A true and correct copy of the ’360 Patent is attached
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`hereto as Exhibit 3.
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`APPLE’S INFRINGEMENT
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`10.
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`The allegations provided below are exemplary and without prejudice to Plaintiff’s
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`infringement contentions provided pursuant to the Court’s scheduling order and local rules.
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`Plaintiff’s claim construction contentions regarding the meaning and scope of the claim terms will
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`be provided under the Court’s scheduling order and local rules. As detailed below, each element
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`of at least one claim of each of the Asserted Patents is literally present in the accused products. To
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`the extent that any element is not literally present, each such element is present under the doctrine
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`of equivalents. Plaintiff’s analysis below should not be taken as an admission that the preamble is
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`limiting. While publicly available information is cited below, Plaintiff may rely on other forms of
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`evidence to prove infringement, including evidence that is solely in the possession of Apple and/or
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`third parties.
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`11.
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`The accused products include at least the following products, as well as products
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`with reasonably similar functionality, including all Plus and Max sub-models. Identification of
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`the accused products will be provided in Plaintiff’s infringement contentions pursuant to the
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`Court’s scheduling order and local rules. Apple imports, uses, makes, offers for sale, and sells in
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`the United States the following products that support NFC and/or mobile payment applications,
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`such as Apple Pay, that infringe at least one claim of the Asserted Patents: iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S,
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`6S Plus, SE (first and second generation), 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, X, XR, XS, XS Max, 11, 11 Pro, 11
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`Pro Max, 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, 13, 13 mini, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max, 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro,
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`14 Pro Max, Watch Series 1, Watch Series 2, Watch Series 3, Watch Series 4, Watch Series 5,
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`Watch SE, Watch Series 6, Watch Series 7, Watch Series 8, Watch Ultra, and Watch SE (second
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`generation) (the “Accused Products”). See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208531.
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`COUNT I
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`INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 8,581,706
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`12.
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`Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference the foregoing paragraphs as if fully
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`set forth herein.
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`13.
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`Apple has been and is now directly infringing the ’706 Patent, literally and/or under
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`the doctrine of equivalents, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), including by making, using, selling,
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`and/or offering for sale in the United States or importing into the United States infringing products,
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`including at least the Accused Products identified above. The Accused Products satisfy all of the
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`claim limitations of one or more claims of the ’706 Patent, including but not limited to claim 11.
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`14.
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`Claim 11 of the ’706 Patent recites a “contactlessly communicating portable data
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`carrier.” To the extent the preamble is limiting, the Accused Products each include a portable data
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`carrier that is capable of contactless communication through the use of Near Field Communication
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`(NFC) technology. For example, Apple advertises that the Accused Products support NFC:
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`See https://www.apple.com/iphone-13/specs/.
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`15.
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`Claim 11 of the ’706 Patent recites that the portable data carrier comprises “at least
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`two applications stored thereon.” The Accused Products are configured to store at least two
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`applications. For example, the Accused Products are configured to store at least two applications
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`that utilize NFC:
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`See https://www.apple.com/wallet/.
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`See https://developer.apple.com/wallet/get-started/.
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`16.
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`Claim 11 of the ’706 Patent recites that the portable data carrier comprises “a
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`communication device configured to control communication between a reading device and the at
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`least two applications.” The Accused Products contain a communication device configured to
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`control communication between a reading device and at least two applications. For example, the
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`Accused Products utilize an NFC antenna, NFC chip, and related hardware and software to control
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`communication with a reading device and at least two applications, as shown in the exemplary
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`iPhone 13:
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`See https://www.apple.com/iphone-13/specs/.
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`https://www.techinsights.com/blog/teardown/apple-iphone-13-pro-teardown;
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`https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+13+Pro+Teardown/144928 (identifying NXP SN210V
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`NFC controller with secure element).
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`17.
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`Claim 11 of the ’706 Patent recites “wherein the communication device is set up to
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`generate communication-readiness signals to the reading device which in each case indicate to the
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`reading device a communication readiness for one of the applications and comprise an
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`identification number assigned to the corresponding communication-readiness application.” The
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`Accused Products contain a communication device that is set up to generate communication-
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`readiness signals to the reading device which in each case indicate to the reading device a
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`communication readiness for one of the applications and comprise an identification number
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`assigned to the corresponding communication-readiness application. For example, the
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`communication device generates communication-readiness signals to an NFC reader which
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`comprise an identification number that corresponds to an application:
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201239.
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209495.
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211234.
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`See https://www.apple.com/wallet/.
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`See https://www.apple.com/wallet/.
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`Claim 11 of the ’706 Patent recites “wherein the communication device is set up to
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`store information in a nonvolatile memory of the data carrier about which of the at least two
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`applications last communicated with a reading device.” Each of the Accused Products contains a
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`communication device that is set up to store information in a nonvolatile memory of the data carrier
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`about which of the at least two applications last communicated with a reading device. For example,
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`the Accused Products provide information about the last application that communicated with a
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`reading device:
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212786.
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209489.
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`19.
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`Apple also knowingly and intentionally induces infringement of one or more claims
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`of the ’706 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). As of at least the filing and service of the
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`original complaint, Apple has knowledge of the ’706 Patent and the infringing nature of the
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`Accused Products. Despite this knowledge of the ’706 Patent, Apple continues to actively
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`encourage and instruct its customers and end users (for example, through user manuals and online
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`instruction materials on its website, and other online publications cited above) to use the Accused
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`Products in ways that directly infringe the ’706 Patent, for example by utilizing the NFC
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`functionality on the Accused Products and/or mobile payment applications, such as Apple Pay, in
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`an infringing manner. Apple does so knowing and intending (or with willful blindness to the fact)
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`that its customers and end users will commit these infringing acts. Apple also continues to make,
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`use, offer for sale, sell, and/or import the Accused Products, despite its knowledge of the ’706
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`Patent, thereby specifically intending for and inducing its customers to infringe the ’706 Patent
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`through the customers’ normal and customary use of the Accused Products.
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`20.
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`Apple has also infringed, and continues to infringe, one or more claims of the ’706
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`Patent by selling, offering for sale, or importing into the United States, the Accused Products,
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`knowing that the Accused Products constitute a material part of the inventions claimed in the ’706
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`Patent, are especially made or adapted to infringe the ’706 Patent, and are not staple articles or
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`commodities of commerce suitable for non-infringing use. As of at least the filing and service of
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`the original complaint, Apple has knowledge of the ’706 Patent and the infringing nature of the
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`Accused Products. Apple has been, and currently is, contributorily infringing the ’706 Patent in
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`violation of 35 U.S.C. §§ 271(c) and/or (f).
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`21.
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`By making, using, offering for sale, selling and/or importing into the United States
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`the Accused Products, Apple has injured Plaintiff and is liable for infringement of the ’706 Patent
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`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`22.
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`As a result of Apple’s direct infringement of the ’706 Patent, Plaintiff is entitled to
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`monetary damages (past, present, and future) in an amount adequate to compensate for Apple’s
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`infringement, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty for the use made of the invention by
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`Apple, together with interest and costs as fixed by the Court. On information and belief, Plaintiff
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`(including its predecessors and any licensees) complied with 35 U.S.C. §287 during the relevant
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`time period because Plaintiff, its predecessors, and any licensees did not make, offer for sale, or
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`sell products that practice(d) the ’706 Patent during the relevant time period or were not required
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`to mark during the relevant time period.
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`23.
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`As a result of Apple’s indirect infringement of the ’706 Patent (induced and
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`contributory), Plaintiff is entitled to monetary damages (present and future) in an amount adequate
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`to compensate for Apple’s infringement, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty for the use
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`made of the invention by Apple, together with interest and costs as fixed by the Court, accruing as
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`of the time Apple obtained knowledge of the ’706 Patent on or before October 22, 2021.
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`COUNT II
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`INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 8,205,249
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`24.
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`Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference the foregoing paragraphs as if fully
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`set forth herein.
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`25.
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`Apple has been and is now directly infringing the ’249 Patent, literally and/or under
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`the doctrine of equivalents, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), including by making, using, selling,
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`and/or offering for sale in the United States or importing into the United States infringing products,
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`including at least the Accused Products identified above. The Accused Products satisfy all of the
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`claim limitations of one or more claims of the ’249 Patent, including but not limited to claim 10.
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`26.
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`Claim 10 recites a “portable data carrier for performing a security-operation within
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`a secure electronic transaction.” To the extent the preamble is limiting, the Accused Products
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`include a portable data carrier for performing a security-operation within a secure electronic
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`transaction. For example, the Accused Products support mobile payment applications, such as
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`Apple Pay, which enable a security-operation within a secure electronic transaction:
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201239.
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`27.
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`Claim 10 of the ’249 Patent recites that the portable data carrier is “arranged to
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`perform different quality user authentication methods.” To the extent the preamble is limiting, the
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`Accused Products include a portable data carrier that is arranged to perform different quality user
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`authentication methods. For example, the Accused Products support mobile payment applications,
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`such as Apple Pay, which utilize different quality user authentication methods:
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204506.
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203027.
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212171.
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`28.
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`Claim 10 recites “wherein the difference in quality of said user authentication
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`methods varies between an inherently relatively lower quality and an inherently relatively higher
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`quality from a security perspective.” To the extent the preamble is limiting, the Accused Products
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`include a data carrier arranged to perform different quality user authentication methods, wherein
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`the difference in quality of said user authentication methods varies between an inherently relatively
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`lower quality and an inherently relatively higher quality from a security perspective. For example,
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`the Accused Products support mobile payment applications, such as Apple Pay, which utilize
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`different authentication methods that vary in quality from a security perspective:
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203027.
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212171.
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`Claim 10 of the ’249 Patent recites that “the portable data carrier is arranged to
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`perform a user authentication using one of said implemented user authentication methods.” The
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`Accused Products include a portable data carrier arranged to perform a user authentication using
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`one of said implemented user authentication methods. For example, the Accused Products support
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`mobile payment applications, such as Apple Pay, which utilize different user authentication
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`methods:
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203027.
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212171.
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`30.
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`Claim 10 of the ’249 Patent recites that “the portable data carrier is arranged to
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`confirm the authentication to a terminal.” The Accused Products include a portable data carrier
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`arranged to confirm the authentication to a terminal. For example, the Accused Products support
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`mobile payment applications, such as Apple Pay, and confirm the authentication to a terminal:
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`See https://support.apple.com/guide/security/secure-element-and-nfc-controller-
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`seccb53a35f0/web.
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201239.
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`See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209495.
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`31.
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`Claim 10 of the ’249 Patent recites “wherein the data carrier is arranged to create
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`quality information about said user authentication method used and to attach such quality
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`information to the result of the security establishing operation.” The Accused Products include a
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`portable data carrier that is arranged to create quality information about the user authentication
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`method used and to attach such quality information to the result of the security establishing
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`operation. For example, on information and belief, the Accused Products include a data carrier
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`that creates quality information about the type of authentication method used by a user and attach
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`that information to the result of the security establishing operation in an electronic transaction.
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`See https://web.archive.org/web/20201108133245/https:/support.apple.com/en-us/HT202527.
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`See https://support.apple.com/guide/security/payment-authorization-with-apple-pay-
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`See https://support.apple.com/guide/security/paying-with-cards-using-apple-pay-
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`secfbd5c0e54/1/web/1.
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`See https://support.apple.com/guide/security/adding-transit-and-student-id-cards-to-wallet-
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`seccba2be6de/1/web/1.
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`32.
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`Apple also knowingly and intentionally induces infringement of one or more claims
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`of the ’249 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). As of at least the filing and service of the
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`original complaint, Apple has knowledge of the ’249 Patent and the infringing nature of the
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`Accused Products. Despite this knowledge of the ’249 Patent, Apple continues to actively
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`encourage and instruct its customers and end users (for example, through user manuals and online
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`instruction materials on its website, and other online publications cited above) to use the Accused
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`Products in ways that directly infringe the ’249 Patent, for example by utilizing the NFC
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`functionality on the Accused Products and/or mobile payment applications, such as Apple Pay, in
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`an infringing manner. Apple does so knowing and intending (or with willful blindness to the fact)
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`that its customers and end users will commit these infringing acts. Apple also continues to make,
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`use, offer for sale, sell, and/or import the Accused Products, despite its knowledge of the ’249
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`Patent, thereby specifically intending for and inducing its customers to infringe the ’249 Patent
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`through the customers’ normal and customary use of the Accused Products.
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`33.
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`Apple has also infringed, and continues to infringe, one or more claims of the ’249
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`Patent by selling, offering for sale, or importing into the United States, the Accused Products,
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`knowing that the Accused Products constitute a material part of the inventions claimed in the ’249
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`Patent, are especially made or adapted to infringe the ’249 Patent, and are not staple articles or
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`commodities of commerce suitable for non-infringing use. As of at least the filing and service of
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`the original complaint, Apple has knowledge of the ’249 Patent and the infringing nature of the
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`Accused Products. Apple has been, and currently is, contributorily infringing the ’249 Patent in
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`violation of 35 U.S.C. §§ 271(c) and/or (f).
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`34.
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`By making, using, offering for sale, selling and/or importing into the United States
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`the Accused Products, Apple has injured Plaintiff and is liable for infringement of the ’249 Patent
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`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`35.
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`As a result of Apple’s direct infringement of the ’249 Patent, Plaintiff is entitled to
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`monetary damages (past, present, and future) in an amount adequate to compensate for Apple’s
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`infringement, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty for the use made of the invention by
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`Apple, together with interest and costs as fixed by the Court. On information and belief, Plaintiff
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`(including its predecessors and any licensees) complied with 35 U.S.C. §287 during the relevant
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`time period because Plaintiff, its predecessors, and any licensees did not make, offer for sale, or
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`sell products that practice(d) the ’249 Patent during the relevant time period or were not required
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`to mark during the relevant time period.
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`36.
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`As a result of Apple’s indirect infringement of the ’249 Patent (induced and
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`contributory), Plaintiff is entitled to monetary damages (present and future) in an amount adequate
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`to compensate for Apple’s infringement, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty for the use
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`made of the invention by Apple, together with interest and costs as fixed by the Court, accruing as
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`of the time Apple obtained knowledge of the ’249 Patent on or before October 22, 2021.
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`COUNT III
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`INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 8,174,360
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`37.
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`Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference the foregoing paragraphs as if fully
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`set forth herein.
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`38.
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`Apple has been and is now directly infringing the ’360 Patent, literally and/or under
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`the doctrine of equivalents, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271, including by making, using, selling,
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`and/or offering for sale in the United States or importing into the United States infringing products,
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`including at least the Accused Products identified above. The Accused Products satisfy all of the
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`claim limitations of one or more claims of the ’360 Patent, including but not limited to claim 1.
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`39.
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`Claim 1 of the ’360 Patent recites a “communication apparatus for setting up a data
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`connection between intelligent devices.” To the extent the preamble is limiting, the Accused
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`Products include a communication apparatus for setting up a data connection between intelligent
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`devices. For example, Apple advertises that the Accused Products support NFC:
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`See https://www.apple.com/iphone-13/specs/.
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`40.
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`Claim 1 of the ’360 Patent recites an “apparatus” comprising “a transmission
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`oscillator for carrying out a contactless data exchange, said oscillator including a coil.” The
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`Accused Products include a transmission oscillator for carrying out a contactless data exchange,
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`said oscillator including a coil. For example, the Accused Products include an NFC antenna, NFC
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`chip, and related hardware and software, as shown in the exemplary Apple iPhone 13:
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`See https://www.apple.com/iphone-13/specs/.
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`See
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`https://www.techinsights.com/blog/teardown/apple-iphone-13-pro-teardown;
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`see
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`also
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`https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+13+Pro+Teardown/144928 (identifying NXP SN210V
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`NFC controller with secure element).
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`See https://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/files/epfiles/nscib-cc-235773_2-st-lite.pdf.
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`41.
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`Claim 1 of the ’360 Patent recites an “apparatus” comprising “a communication
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`element which is connected to the coil and to a data processing component of an intelligent device
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`and which emits search signals via the coil to receive a response from another intelligent device.”
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`The Accused Products include a communication element which is connected to the coil and to a
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`data processing component of an intelligent device and which emits search signals via the coil to
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`receive a response from another intelligent device. For example, teardowns show that the Accused
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`Products include an NFC antenna, NFC chip, and related hardware and software, as shown in the
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`exemplary Apple iPhone 13:
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`See https://www.apple.com/iphone-13/specs/.
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`See
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`https://www.techinsights.com/blog/teardown/apple-iphone-13-pro-teardown;
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`see
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`also
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`https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+13+Pro+Teardown/144928 (identifying NXP SN210V
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`NFC controller with secure element).
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`See https://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/files/epfiles/nscib-cc-235773_2-st-lite.pdf.
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`42.
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`Claim 1 of the ’360 Patent recites an “apparatus” comprising “a measuring device
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`for monitoring a property of the transmission oscillator which outputs a control signal when
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`ascertaining a change of the monitored property, the monitored property of the transmission
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`oscillator includes the frequency or impedance of the transmission oscillator in resonance.” The
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`Accused Products include a measuring device for monitoring a property of the transmission
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`oscillator which outputs a control signal when ascertaining a change of the monitored property,
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`the monitored property of the transmission oscillator includes the frequency or impedance of the
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`transmission oscillator in resonance. For example, on information and belief, the Accused
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`Products include low power modes for the NFC functionality that satisfy this limitation.
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`43.
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`Claim 1 of the ’360 Patent recites an “apparatus” comprising “a switching apparatus
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`which is connected to the measuring device and the communication element and which switches
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`on the communication element when it has received the control signal from the measuring device
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`by connecting the communication element to an energy source.” The Accused Products include a
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`switching apparatus which is connected to the measuring device and the communication element
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`and which switches on the communication element when it has received the control signal from
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`the measuring device by connecting the communication element to an energy source. For example,
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`on information and belief, the Accused Products include low power modes for the NFC
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`functionality that satisfy this limitation.
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`44.
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`Apple also knowingly and intentionally induces infringement of one or more claims
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`of the ’360 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). As of at least the filing and service of the
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`original complaint, Apple has knowledge of the ’360 Patent and the infringing nature of the
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`Accused Products. Despite this knowledge of the ’360 Patent, Apple continues to actively
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`encourage and instruct its customers and end users (for example, through user manuals and online
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`instruction materials on its website, and other online publications cited above) to use the Accused
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`Products in ways that directly infringe the ’360 Patent, for example by utilizing the NFC
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`functionality on the Accused Products, in an infringing manner. Apple does so knowing and
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`intending (or with willful blindness to the fact) that its customers and end users will commit these
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`infringing acts. Apple also continues to make, use, offer for sale, sell, and/or import the Accused
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`Products, despite its knowledge of the ’360 Patent, thereby specifically intending for and inducing
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`its customers to infringe the ’360 Patent through the customers’ normal and customary use of the
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`Accused Products.
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`45.
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`Apple has also infringed, and continues to infringe, one or more claims of the ’360
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`Patent by selling, offering for sale, or importing into the Un