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EasyPower v. Operation Technology Complaint
P. 1EasyPower v. Operation Technology ComplaintEasyPower v. Operation Technology ComplaintRatings: (0)|Views: 681|Likes: 0Published by Kenan FarrellEasyPower v. Operation Technology ComplaintEasyPower v. Operation Technology ComplaintMore info:Categories:Types, Business/LawPublished by: Kenan Farrell on Aug 22, 2013Copyright:Attribution Non-commercialAvailability:Read on Scribd mobile: iPhone, iPad and Android.download as PDF, TXT or read online from ScribdFlag for inappropriate content|Add to collectionSee moreSee lesshttps://www.scribd.com/doc/162162089/EasyPower-v-Operation-Technology-Complaint09/17/2013pdftextoriginal Page 1
– COMPLAINTSusan D. Marmaduke, OSB No. 841458susan.marmaduke@harrang.comJohn Rake, OSB No. 105808 john.rake@harrang.com
R UDNICK P.C.1001 SW Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor Portland, OR 97204Telephone: 503.242.0000Facsimile: 503.241.1458Of Attorneys for Plaintiff EasyPower, LLCUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTDISTRICT OF OREGONPORTLAND DIVISION
EASYPOWER, LLC,
an Oregon limitedliability company,Plaintiff,vs.
OPERATION TECHNOLOGY, INC., dbaETAP,
a California corporation,Defendant.Case No. 3:13-cv-1462
COMPLAINTFOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTAND TRADE SECRETSMISAPPROPRIATIONREQUEST FOR JURY TRIAL
Plaintiff EasyPower, LLC
(“Plaintiff” or “EasyPower”)
, is an Oregon limitedliability company with its principal place of business in Gladstone, Oregon. EasyPower isengaged in the business of developing software programs for designing, analyzing, andmonitoring electrical power systems. EasyPower licenses such software programs to industrialand commercial facilities (including petrochemical, pulp and paper, steel and aluminum,
Case 3:13-cv-01462-JE Document 1 Filed 08/20/13 Page 1 of 10 Page ID#: 1
– COMPLAINT
manufacturing, and health care facilities), electricity producers and distributors, governmentagencies, and electricity consultants and engineering firms.2.
Defendant Operation Technology, Inc., dba ETAP
(“Defendant” or “ETAP”)
, isa California corporation with headquarters in Irvine, California. ETAP is an engineering firmthat also is engaged in the business of developing software programs for designing, analyzing,and monitoring electrical power systems. EasyPower and ETAP are competitors in that business.
This is a civil action seeking damages and injunctive relief for copyrightinfringement under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101, and for trade secret misappropriation,under ORS 646.461
This Court has original subject matter jurisdiction over the copyrightinfringement claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1131 (federal question jurisdiction) and under 28 U.S.C.§ 1338(a) (any act of Congress relating to copyrights, patents, and trademarks). This Court alsohas subject matter jurisdiction under 28 USC § 1332(a)(1) because EasyPower is an Oregoncorporation, ETAP is a California corporation, and the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000.5.
This Court has supplemental subject matter jurisdiction over the Oregon tradesecrets claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1367, because the trade secrets claim derives from the same caseor controversy as the copyright claim.6.
This Court has personal jurisdiction over ETAP because ETAP committed the
intentional acts of infringing plaintiff’s
EasyPower® Software copyright and misappropriating
plaintiff’s trade secrets
in the EasyPower® Software with knowledge that EasyPower is anOregon company and with knowledge that its wrongful acts would cause injury within Oregon.
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This Court has personal jurisdiction over ETAP for the further reason that it carries on businessin Oregon, including without limitation marketing its products in Oregon, attending trade showsin Oregon, and having customers in Oregon. ETAP has substantial and not isolated contactswith Oregon.7.
Venue is proper in this district under 28 U.S.C. § 1400.
EasyPower and its predecessors, through long and extensive research anddevelopment, and the expenditure of a considerable amount of time and effort and large sums of money, have developed a software program useful for designing, analyzing, and monitoringelectrical power systems
(“EasyPower ®
or the “Software”
).9.
The Software is designed to be a software tool that makes it easier for end usersto complete complicated electrical design tasks, perform short circuit calculations, coordinate protective devices, and perform arc flash calculations.10.
The Software contains a substantial number of commercially valuable tradesecrets and confidential, proprietary, scientific, technical, and business information concerningelectrical systems, electrical equipment, safety calculations, and other computations. EasyPower has kept this information secret, with restrictions on its further use and disclosure by all those towhom said information has become known, including
EasyPower’s
licensees.11.
EasyPower licenses the Software
to customers via limited, non-transferable, andnon-
exclusive license agreements (“EasyPower License Agreement
”), which include
one year of maintenance consisting of all program updates (including new version releases), device libraryupdates, technical support, and discounts on training. After the first year, the Softwaremaintenance is renewable, with annual pricing based on the package purchased.
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