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P. 1Ripoff Report v. Complaints Board - COMPLAINTRipoff Report v. Complaints Board - COMPLAINTRatings: 0|Views: 39,920|Likes: 1Published by David S. GingrasLawsuit filed on 12/17/2008 by Ripoff Report against Complaints Board, Arizona District Court Case No. 2:08-cv-2299.Lawsuit filed on 12/17/2008 by Ripoff Report against Complaints Board, Arizona District Court Case No. 2:08-cv-2299.More info:Categories:Business/Law, Court FilingsPublished by: David S. Gingras on Dec 15, 2010Copyright:Attribution Non-commercialAvailability:Read on Scribd mobile: iPhone, iPad and Android.Free download as PDF, TXT or read online for free from ScribdFlag for inappropriate content|Add to collectionSee MoreSee lesshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/45346719/Ripoff-Report-v-Complaints-Board-COMPLAINT07/06/2013pdftextoriginal 10297-1/LAR/LAR/692130_v1
J a b u r g & W i l k , P . C . A t t o r n e y s A t L a w 3 2 0 0 N . C e n t r a l A v e n u e , S u i t e 2 0 0 0 P h o e n i x , A r i z o n a 8 5 0 1 2 ( 6 0 2 ) 2 4 8 - 1 0 0 0
Maria Crimi Speth (012574)Laura A. Rogal (025159)
3200 N. Central Avenue, Suite 2000Phoenix, Arizona 85012mcs@jaburgwilk.comlar@jaburgwilk.com(602) 248-1000Attorneys for Plaintiff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTDISTRICT OF ARIZONA
XCENTRIC VENTURES, L.L.C., anArizona Limited Liability Corporation,Plaintiff,v.ELIZABETH ARDEN d/b/aCOMPLAINTSBOARD.COM;MELBOURNE IT DBS, INC., a Delawarecorporation; INTERNET NAMESWORLDWIDE, INC., a Delawarecorporation; DOES 1-10, inclusive,Defendants.Case No.
Plaintiff Xcentric Ventures, L.L.C. alleges:1.
This is a civil action seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief forvarious acts of copyright infringement under the copyright laws of the United States (17U.S.C. § 101
.) and for various acts of trademark infringement in violation of theLanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051,
., and related state law claims.2.
This Court has jurisdiction under 15 U.S.C. § 1121 (trademark); 17 U.S.C. §101
(copyright); 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (federal question); and 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a)(copyright). This Court has supplemental jurisdiction over state and common law claimspursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a).
Case 2:08-cv-02299-HRH Document 1 Filed 12/17/08 Page 1 of 9
Venue in this District is proper under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b) and (c), and/or28 U.S.C. § 1400(a). A substantial part of the acts of infringement complained of occurred in this District, and certain corporate defendants are subject to personal jurisdiction in this District.4.
Personal jurisdiction in this District is proper because each defendant,engaged in acts of copyright infringement within the District of Arizona, and/orintentionally directed tortious conduct at Plaintiff knowing such conduct would causeharm within this District.5.
Plaintiff XCENTRIC VENTURES, L.L.C. (“Plaintiff”) is and at all relevanttimes was an Arizona limited liability company located in Phoenix, Arizona.6.
Plaintiff is the operator of a consumer complaint and free speech forumknown as the Rip-off Report located at www.RipoffReport.com (the “Rip-off Reportsite”). The Rip-off Report is widely used by consumers, and works closely withgovernment agencies, attorneys general, federal, state, and local law enforcement, and thenews media to help report, identify and prevent consumer fraud and similar conduct.7.
Defendant ELIZABETH ARDEN d/b/a COMPLAINTSBOARD.COM(“Complaints Board”) is, and at all relevant times has been, a corporation of unknownorigin doing business as Complaints Board on the website www.complaintsboard.comwhich caused the events herein described to occur with knowledge that they would causeharm within the State of Arizona. Upon information and belief, Complaints Board alsohas engaged in continuous, systematic and substantial contacts with the State of Arizonasufficient to confer general and specific personal jurisdiction over it in this District.8.
Defendant MELBOURNE IT DBS, INC (“Melbourne”) is, and at allrelevant times has been, a Delaware corporation doing business as “My PrivateRegistration” and www.melbourneit.com.au which caused the events herein described tooccur with knowledge that they would cause harm within the State of Arizona. Uponinformation and belief, Melbourne also has engaged in continuous, systematic andsubstantial contacts with the State of Arizona sufficient to confer general and specificpersonal jurisdiction over it in this District.
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Defendant INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE, INC (“Internet Names”)is, and at all relevant times has been, a Delaware corporation doing business as “MyPrivate Registration” and www.melbourneit.com.au which caused the events hereindescribed to occur with knowledge that they would cause harm within the State of Arizona. Upon information and belief, Internet Names also has engaged in continuous,systematic and substantial contacts with the State of Arizona sufficient to confer generaland specific personal jurisdiction over it in this District.
Plaintiff is and at all relevant times has been the lawful owner of the mark “RIP-OFF REPORT” which has been registered with the United States Patent andTrademark Office and assigned registration #2958949.11.
Since February 1998 through the filing of this action, Plaintiff hascontinuously used the mark “RIP-OFF REPORT” in commerce to identify and distinguishPlaintiff’s business from other businesses in the same field.12.
Plaintiff’s ownership of the “RIP-OFF REPORT” mark is incontestable as amatter of law pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1065.13.
Plaintiff is the owner of various copyrights relating to content appearing onthe Rip-off Report website.14.
Plaintiff is the owner of the federal copyright issued by the United StatesCopyright Office Certificate of Registration No. TXu1-574-438 entitled “Rip-off ReportContent” dated March 25, 2008.15.
Plaintiff is the owner of a federal copyright issued by the United StatesCopyright Office Certificate of Registration No. TXu1-371-920 entitled “Group DatabaseRegistration for Automated Database Entitled ‘Rip-off Report Database.’ Unpublishedupdates from March 5, 2008 – May 5, 2008” dated May 20, 2008.
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