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Metasearch Systems v. Expedia et. al. | Hypertext Transfer Protocol | Patent Infringement
Official Complaint for Patent Infringement in Civil Action No. 1:12-cv-01188-UNA: Metasearch Systems LLC v. Expedia Inc. et. al.. Filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, no judge yet assigned. See http://news.priorsmart.com/-l6Md for more info.
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METASEARCH SYSTEMS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. EXPEDIA, INC., HOTELS.COM LP, HOTELS.COM GP, LLC, and HOTWIRE, INC., Defendant.
COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT Plaintiff Metasearch Systems, LLC (“Metasearch Systems”) for its causes of action against Defendants Expedia, Inc. (“Expedia”), Hotels.com, L.P. (“Hotels.com, L.P.,” or collectively with Hotels.com GP, LLC, “Hotels.com”), Hotels.com GP, LLC (“Hotels.com GP,” or collectively with Hotels.com, L.P., “Hotels.com”), and Hotwire, Inc. (“Hotwire”) states and alleges as follows: THE PARTIES 1. Plaintiff Metasearch Systems is a Delaware limited liability company.
Metasearch Systems is the exclusive licensee of 14 United States patents, as well as pending United States patent application(s) and foreign patents. All patents and pending application(s) relate to sophisticated technologies, including metasearching and clientserver multitasking technologies (collectively, the “Metasearch Systems Portfolio”). The
Metasearch Systems Portfolio covers technologies developed by Metasearch Systems’ President and CEO, Harvey Lunenfeld. 2. Defendant Expedia is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of
business at 333 108th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004, and doing business throughout this judicial district and throughout the United States. 3. Defendant Hotels.com, L.P. is a Texas limited partnership, with its
corporate headquarters and principal place of business at 10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75231. Hotels.com, L.P. is an affiliate of Expedia. 4. Defendant Hotels.com GP, LLC is a Texas limited liability company with
its corporate headquarters and principal place of business at 10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75231. Hotels.com GP, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Expedia. 5. Defendant Hotwire, Inc. is a Delaware corporation, with its corporate
headquarters and principal place of business at 333 Market Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94105. Hotwire is a wholly owned subsidiary of Expedia. JURISDICTION AND VENUE 6. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28
U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a), in that this civil action arises under the federal patent statutes, 35 U.S.C. §§ 271 and 281-285. 7. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Expedia, Hotels.com LP,
Hotels.com GP, and Hotwire because they have committed acts giving rise to this action within Delaware and within this judicial district and have established minimum contacts
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within this forum such that the exercise of jurisdiction over Expedia, Hotels.com LP, Hotels.com GP, and Hotwire would not offend the traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. 8. For example, Expedia, Hotels.com, L.P., Hotels.com GP, and Hotwire have
committed acts of infringement in this District, by offering combined flight, hotel, and/or car travel booking services on its website that infringe claims of United States Patent Nos. 8,239,451, 8,171,079, 8,073,904, 7,490,091, 7,421,468, and 7,277,918. 9. Joinder of the Defendants in this action is proper under 35 U.S.C. § 299.
Upon information and belief, Defendant Expedia, as the parent company, is responsible for the operations of Defendant Hotwire, Defendant Hotels.com, L.P., and Defendant Hotels.com GP. Metasearch Systems seeks relief against the Defendants jointly, severally, or in the alternative with respect to the same transactions, occurrences, or series of transactions or occurrences relating to the Defendants’ patent infringement. In addition, questions of fact common to all Defendants will arise in this action. 10. On information and belief, at least some of the IP addresses used by
Hotels.com’s metasearch engine trace back to IP addresses belonging to Expedia. 11. Expedia markets a network of sites, including Hotels.com and Hotwire, for
consolidated advertising. For example, Expedia states: “Get the word out—Expedia, Inc.’s network of sites, which includes Expedia.com, Hotels.com and Hotwire.com, has the largest global footprint of any online travel site. Our travel lifestyle media platform provides you with unprecedented visibility and connects you with active, in-market consumers, no matter where they are.”
See http://www.advertising.expedia.com/en-us/about-ems/brands/Pages/default.aspx. 12. On information and belief, Expedia markets Hotels.com and Hotwire as
branded affiliates. Similarly, Expedia appears as a “partner” for Hotels.com and Hotwire on their respective websites. 13. Venue in the District of Delaware is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§§ 1391(b), 1391(c), and 1400(b) because Expedia, Hotels.com, L.P., Hotels.com GP, and Hotwire have committed acts within this judicial district giving rise to this action, and they have and continue to conduct business in this judicial district, including one or more acts of selling, using, importing, and/or offering for sale products or providing service and support to Expedia’s, Hotels.com, L.P.’s, Hotels.com GP’s, and Hotwire’s customers in this District. 14. Venue in the District of Delaware is also proper because Expedia and
Hotwire are organized and governed by the incorporation laws of Delaware. On information and belief, Expedia, Hotels.com, and Hotwire maintain a registered agent for service of process in Delaware. 15. Venue in the District of Delaware is also proper because Metasearch
Systems is organized and governed by the incorporation laws of Delaware. Metasearch Systems maintains a registered agent for service of process in Delaware. 16. Venue in the District of Delaware is also proper because this District is
centrally located to resolve common issues of fact among Metasearch Systems and Expedia, Hotels.com, and Hotwire.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND Asserted Patents 17. On August 7, 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued
United States Patent No. 8,239,451 entitled “Metasearch Engine for Ordering Items Returned in Travel Related Search Results Using Multiple Queries On At Least One Host Comprising a Plurality of Server Devices” (“the ’451 patent”). A copy of the ’451 patent is attached as Exhibit A. 18. On May 1, 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued
United States Patent No. 8,171,079 entitled “Metasearch Engine for Ordering Items Returned In Travel Related Search Results Using Multiple Queries on Multiple Unique Hosts” (“the ’079 patent”). A copy of the ’079 patent is attached as Exhibit B. 19. On December 6, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office
issued United States Patent No. 8,073,904 entitled “Metasearch Engine For Ordering Items Returned In Search Results Using Multiple Queries On Multiple Unique Hosts” (“the ’904 patent”). A copy of the ’904 patent is attached as Exhibit C. 20. On February 10, 2009, the United States Patent and Trademark Office
issued United States Patent No. 7,490,091 entitled “Metasearching a Client’s Request for Displaying at least one List Comprising at least one Advertisement on the Client” (“the ’091 patent”). A copy of the ’091 patent is attached as Exhibit D. 21. On September 2, 2008, the United States Patent and Trademark Office
issued United States Patent No. 7,421,468 entitled “Metasearching a Client’s Request by
Sending a Plurality of Queries to a Plurality of Servers for Displaying Different Lists on the Client” (“the ’468 patent”). A copy of the ’468 patent is attached as Exhibit E. 22. On October 2, 2007, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued
United States Patent No. 7,277,918 entitled “Metasearching By Sending A Plurality Of Queries To A Plurality Of Servers” (“the ’918 patent”). A copy of the ’918 patent is attached as Exhibit F. 23. Collectively, the ’451, ’079, ’904, ’091, ’468, and ’918 patents are referred
to as the “Asserted Patents.” 24. Internet. 25. Each of the Asserted Patents claims priority to related United States Patent The Asserted Patents all relate to metasearch engine technologies on the
Application No. 09/510,419, which was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on February 22, 2000 and issued as United States Patent No. 6,789,073. 26. The Asserted Patents are part of the Metasearch Systems Portfolio. The
patents included in the Metasearch Systems Portfolio have been cited by major businesses in the computer, software, communications, and mobile industries. The patented technology has been cited in at least 54 patents and publications, with many of these patents assigned to corporations such as Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, IBM, HP, Microsoft, Canon, Fujitsu, SAP, Overstock, Palm, Netsuite, GlobalSpec, SPL Innotech, and NHN (Naver Portal).
27. Lunenfeld. 28.
Each of the Asserted Patents was duly and legally issued to Harvey
Mr. Lunenfeld is a Licensed Professional Engineer, and holds Master of
Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Civil (Environmental) Engineering degrees from New York University, and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from The City College of New York. He has also performed post graduate and other related work. 29. Mr. Lunenfeld started his professional career at the very prestigious
Wheeler Laboratories. Throughout his career, Mr. Lunenfeld has worked on new and emerging technologies, technology forecasting, the conceptualization, development, and implementation of next generation technologies, and is accomplished in a number of fields. 30. Mr. Lunenfeld has directed, managed, engineered, and implemented highly
sophisticated systems and future technologies, including: advanced electronics systems, remote sensing, satellite and space technology, ground water mapping, adaptive phased array antenna systems, intelligence gathering and state-of-the-art electronic systems for advanced aircraft and spacecraft. 31. Mr. Lunenfeld is also a forerunner and pioneer in environmental protection,
the development of environmental laws and regulations, has managed environmental protection for the U.S. Government, and was awarded the Bronze Medal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for his work.
Mr. Lunenfeld is a pioneer in Internet and network technology, and has
developed early search engine technology. Mr. Lunenfeld has worked to develop new online web searching methods, which include single and multiple queries of multiple server devices. Drawing on his background and experience, Mr. Lunenfeld determined a way to simultaneously send search queries across multiple server devices, while keeping track of results relevant to each search query. He also designed a number of websites in the late 1990s, including one of the first Internet e-commerce systems. 33. Metasearch Systems is the exclusive licensee of all rights, titles, and
interests in the Asserted Patents. Expedia 34. Expedia is an online travel booking service that provides travel services to
over 60 million unique visitors that visit Expedia’s sites on a monthly basis. See Expedia, Inc.’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) at 3 (Feb. 10, 2012). 35. Expedia offers a trip-planning metasearch service accessible through
various websites including, for example, www.expedia.com, whereby Expedia has caused hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of infringing searches to be executed for travelrelated bookings. 36. Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch service is available to customers
browsing on the Internet. See Expedia, Inc.’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) at 4 (Feb. 10, 2012) (“Our Expedia-branded websites, including Expedia.com in the United States, make a large variety of travel products and services available directly to travelers through websites in over 25 countries across the globe.”).
As stated at www.expedia.com, Expedia’s trip-planning service provides
the ability for users to “get the best prices on flights, hotels, and flight + hotel vacations.” And as stated at http://www.expediainc.com/business-Book.cfm, Expedia provides users “the ability to research, plan, and book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and in-destination services.” COUNT I Expedia’s Infringement of the ’451 Patent 38. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 39. Claim 15 of the ’451 patent states: A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to at least one host that comprises a plurality of server devices that provide access to information to be searched, wherein the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered comprising at least one airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item; (b) sending the plurality of search queries to the at least one host in response to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device; (c) receiving search results from the at least one host in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the at least one host; (d) incorporating the received search results into a results list and incorporating the results list into a response;
(e) causing at least one advertisement associated with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response; (f) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; (g) receiving another Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items; (h) processing the order. 40. Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.expedia.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 15 of the ’451 patent. 41. Expedia performs a process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the
steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device. 42. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives a Hypertext Transfer Protocol
request (“HTTP request”) from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to at least one host that comprises a plurality of server devices that provide access to information to be searched. The HTTP request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered, including an airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries:
Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch service received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.expedia.com on May 10, 2012.
Expedia’s metasearch engine sends the plurality of search queries to the at
least one host in response to the HTTP request received from the client device. 44. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives search results from the at least one
host in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the at least one host. 45. Expedia’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results into a
results list and incorporates the results list into a response. Figure 2 below shows a results list incorporated into a response:
Figure 2 Screenshot of response sent from Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine from www.expedia.com on May 10, 2012.
Expedia’s metasearch engine causes at least one advertisement associated
with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response. As shown in Figure 2 above, advertisements associated with the plurality of travel related items, such as the “Sheraton Gateway Hotel Los Angeles” and “Sponsored Listings” advertisements, are displayed in the response.
Expedia’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
metasearch engine to the client device. 48. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives another HTTP request from the client
device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items. 49. 50. Expedia’s metasearch engine processes the order. Expedia has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’451 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’451 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’451 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Expedia has had knowledge of the ’451 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit G (preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of the ’451 patent). 51. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit G as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit G sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit G sets forth each element of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of each element of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit G with a third column for Expedia to provide its
response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. 52. Expedia does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’451 patent. 53. Expedia’s infringement of the ’451 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Expedia is enjoined from infringing the ’451 patent. COUNT II Expedia’s Infringement of the ’079 Patent 54. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 55. Claim 31 of the ’079 patent states: A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of unique hosts that provide access to information to be searched, wherein the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered comprising at least one airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item from the group consisting of a hotel reservation and a car rental; (b) sending the plurality of search queries to the plurality of unique hosts in response to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device;
(c) receiving search results from the plurality of unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts; (d) incorporating the received search results into a results list and incorporating the results list into a response; (e) causing at least one advertisement associated with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response; (f) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; (g) receiving another Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items; (h) processing the order. 56. Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.expedia.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 31 of the ’079 patent. 57. Expedia performs a process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the
steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device. 58. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives a Hypertext Transfer Protocol
request (“HTTP request”) from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of unique hosts that provide access to information to be searched. The HTTP request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered, including an airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item from the group consisting of a hotel reservation and a car
rental. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Expedia’s trip-planning meteasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries: Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.expedia.com on May 10, 2012.
Expedia’s metasearch engine sends the plurality of search queries to the
plurality of unique hosts in response to the HTTP request received from the client device. 60. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality of
unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts.
Expedia’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results into a
results list and incorporates the results list into a response. Figure 2 below shows a results list incorporated into a response: Figure 2 Screenshot of response sent from Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine from www.expedia.com on May 10, 2012.
with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response. As shown in Figure 2 above, advertisements associated with the plurality of
travel related items, such as the “Sheraton Gateway Hotel Los Angeles” and “Sponsored Listings” advertisements are displayed in the response. 63. Expedia’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
metasearch engine to the client device. 64. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives another HTTP request from the client
device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items. 65. 66. Expedia’s metasearch engine processes the order. Expedia has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’079 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’079 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’079 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Expedia has had knowledge of the ’079 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit H (preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of the ’079 patent). 67. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit H as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit H sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit H sets forth each element of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of each element of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart.
For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit H with a third column for Expedia to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. 68. Expedia does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’079 patent. 69. Expedia’s infringement of the ’079 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Expedia is enjoined from infringing the ’079 patent. COUNT III Expedia’s Infringement of the ’904 Patent 70. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 71. Claim 13 of the ’904 patent states: A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of unique hosts providing access to information to be searched, each search query comprising at least one keyword; (b) sending the plurality of search queries to the plurality of unique hosts in response to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device; (c) receiving search results from the plurality of unique hosts
in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts, wherein the search results comprise details about an item that may be ordered; (d) incorporating the received search results into a results list and incorporating the results list into a response; (e) causing at least one advertisement associated with one or more of the at least one keyword to be displayed in the response; (f) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; (g) receiving another Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device for placing an order for the item; (h) processing the order. 72. Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.expedia.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 13 of the ’904 patent. 73. Expedia performs a process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the
steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device. 74. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives a Hypertext Transfer Protocol
request (“HTTP request”) from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of unique hosts that provide access to information to be searched. The request from the client device can be associated with at least one travel related item that may be ordered, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an
interface whereby Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries: Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.expedia.com on May 10, 2012.
plurality of unique hosts in response to the HTTP request received from the client device. 76. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality of
unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts, wherein the search results comprise details about an item that may be ordered.
with one or more of the at least one keyword to be displayed in the response. As shown in Figure 2 above, advertisements associated with the at least one keyword, such as the
“Sheraton Gateway Hotel Los Angeles” and “Sponsored Listings” advertisements, are displayed in the response. 79. Expedia’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
metasearch engine to the client device. 80. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives another HTTP request from the client
device for placing an order for the item. 81. 82. Expedia’s metasearch engine processes the order. Expedia has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’904 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’904 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’904 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Expedia has had knowledge of the ’904 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit I (preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of the ’904 patent). 83. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit I as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit I sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit I sets forth each element of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of each element of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart.
For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit I with a third column for Expedia to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. 84. Expedia does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’904 patent. 85. Expedia’s infringement of the ’904 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Expedia is enjoined from infringing the ’904 patent. COUNT IV Expedia’s Infringement of the ’091 Patent 86. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 87. Claim 16 of the ’091 patent states: A process executing on a hardware device comprising a metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed on a client device to request the metasearch engine to send at least one search query to a plurality of server devices, the at least one search query comprising at least one keyword phrase, the at least one keyword phrase comprising at least one keyword, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at the metasearch engine, the request from the client device for the metasearch engine to send the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices; (b) sending, by the metasearch engine, the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices;
(c) receiving, at the metasearch engine, search results from the plurality of server devices in response to the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase sent to the plurality of server devices; (d) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the received search results into at least one display list corresponding to the at least one keyword phrase; (e) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the at least one display list into a response for communicating to the client device and incorporating, by the metasearch engine, at least one advertisement associated with the at least one keyword phrase into the response for communicating to the client device; (f) communicating, by the metasearch engine, the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; 88. Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.expedia.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 16 of the ’091 patent. 89. Expedia performs a process executing on a hardware device comprising a
metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network. 90. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives a request from the client device to
send the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices. The request from the client device can be associated with at least one travel related item, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Expedia’s metasearch engine received a request to send at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase:
Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Expedia’s metasearch engine received a request to send at least one search query at www.expedia.com on May 10, 2012.
Expedia’s metasearch engine sends the at least one search query comprising
the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices. 92. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality of
server devices in response to the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase sent to the plurality of server devices. 93. Expedia’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results into at
least one display list corresponding to the at least one keyword phrase.
Expedia’s metasearch engine incorporates the at least one display list into a
response for communicating to the client device and incorporates at least one advertisement associated with the at least one keyword phrase into the response for communicating to the client device. Figure 2 below shows at least one display list incorporated into a response, the response incorporating at least one advertisement associated with the at least one keyword phrase: Figure 2 Screenshot of response sent from Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine from www.expedia.com on May 10, 2012.
metasearch engine to the client device. 96. Expedia has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’091 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’091 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’091 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Expedia has had knowledge of the ’091 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit J (preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of the ’091 patent). 97. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit J as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit J sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of claim 16 of the ’091 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit J sets forth each element of claim 16 of the ’091 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of each element of claim 16 of the ’091 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit J with a third column for Expedia to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 16 of the ’091 patent.
Expedia does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’091 patent. 99. Expedia’s infringement of the ’091 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Expedia is enjoined from infringing the ’091 patent. COUNT V Expedia’s Infringement of the ’468 Patent 100. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 101. Claim 1 of the ’468 patent states: A process executing on a hardware device comprising a metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed on a client device to request the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries comprising at least two keyword phrases to a plurality of server devices, each search query of the plurality of search queries comprising a keyword phrase of the at least two keyword phrases, each of the at least two keyword phrases comprising at least one keyword, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at the metasearch engine, the request from the client device for the metasearch engine to send the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (b) sending, by the metasearch engine, the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (c) receiving, at the metasearch engine, search results from the plurality of server devices in response to the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases sent to the plurality of server devices;
(d) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the received search results into at least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two keyword phrases; (e) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the at least two different display lists of received search results into a response for communicating to the client device; (f) communicating, by the metasearch engine, the response from the metasearch engine to the client device. 102. Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.expedia.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 1 of the ’468 patent. 103. Expedia performs a process executing on a hardware device comprising a
metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network. 104. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives a request from a client device to send
the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices. The request from the client device can be associated with a plurality of travel related items, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries:
Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.expedia.com on May 10, 2012.
Expedia’s metasearch engine sends the plurality of search queries
comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices. 106. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality of
server devices in response to the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases sent to the plurality of server devices. 107. Expedia’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results into at
least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two keyword phrases.
Expedia’s metasearch engine incorporates the at least two different display
lists of received search results into a response for communicating to the client device. Figure 2 below shows the at least two different display lists of received search results incorporated into a response: Figure 2 Screenshot of response sent from Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine from www.expedia.com on May 10, 2012.
metasearch engine to the client device.
Expedia has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’468 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’468 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’468 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Expedia has had knowledge of the ’468 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit K (preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of the ’468 patent). 111. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit K as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit K sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit K sets forth each element of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of each element of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit K with a third column for Expedia to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. 112. Expedia does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’468 patent.
Expedia’s infringement of the ’468 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Expedia is enjoined from infringing the ’468 patent. COUNT VI Expedia’s Infringement of the ’918 Patent 114. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 115. Claim 1 of the ’918 patent states: A process for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed by a user on a client device to request a metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of server devices, each of the plurality of search queries comprising a keyword phrase, each of the keyword phrases comprising at least one keyword specified in the request by the user, at least two of the keyword phrases of the plurality of search queries being different from each other, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at the metasearch engine, the request from the client device for the metasearch engine to send the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (b) sending, by the metasearch engine, the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (c) receiving, at the metasearch engine, search results from the plurality of server devices in response to the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases sent to the plurality of server devices; (d) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the received search results into at least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two different keyword phrases, wherein: each different one of the at least two different display lists comprises
the received search results in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a different one of the at least two keyword phrases, each same one of the at least two different display lists comprises the received search results therein in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a same one of the at least two keyword phrases; (e) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the at least two different display lists of received search results into a response for communicating to the client device; (f) communicating, by the metasearch engine, the response from the metasearch engine to the client device. 116. Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.expedia.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 1 of the ’918 patent. 117. 118. Expedia performs a process for metasearching on a distributed network. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives a request from a client device to send
a plurality of search queries comprising at least two keyword phrases to a plurality of server devices. The request from the client device can be associated with a plurality of travel related items, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Expedia’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries:
comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices. 120. Expedia’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality of
server devices in response to the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases sent to the plurality of server devices. 121. Expedia’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results into at
least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two different keyword
phrases, wherein: each different one of the at least two different display lists comprises the received search results in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a different one of the at least two keyword phrases, each same one of the at least two different display lists comprises the received search results therein in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a same one of that at least two keyword phrases. 122. Expedia’s metasearch engine incorporates the at least two different display
lists of received search results into a response for communicating to the client device. Figure 2 below shows at least two different display lists of received search results incorporated into a response:
metasearch engine to the client device. 124. Expedia has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’918 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’918 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically
intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’918 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Expedia has had knowledge of the ’918 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit L (preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of the ’918 patent). 125. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit L as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit L sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of claim 1 of the ’918 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit L sets forth each element of claim 1 of the ’918 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Expedia’s infringement of each element of claim 1 of the ’918 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit L with a third column for Expedia to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 1 of the ’918 patent. 126. Expedia does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’918 patent. 127. Expedia’s infringement of the ’918 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Expedia is enjoined from infringing the ’918 patent.
Hotels.com, L.P. and Hotels.com GP (“Hotels.com”) 128. Hotels.com is an online travel booking service that provides travel services
to over 60 million unique visitors that visit Expedia’s sites on a monthly basis. See Expedia, Inc.’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) at 3 (Feb. 10, 2012). 129. Hotels.com offers a trip-planning metasearch service accessible through
various websites including, for example, www.hotels.com, whereby Hotels.com has caused hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of infringing searches to be executed for travel-related bookings. 130. Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch service is available to customers
browsing on the Internet. 131. Hotels.com’s trip-planning service provides the ability for users to search
“Flight + Hotel + Car,” “Flight + Hotel,” “Hotel + Car,” and “Flight + Car,” as stated at the “Packages & Flights” link available at www.hotels.com. COUNT VII Hotels.com’s Infringement of the ’451 Patent 132. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 133. Claim 15 of the ’451 patent states: A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to at least one host that comprises a plurality of
server devices that provide access to information to be searched, wherein the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered comprising at least one airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item; (b) sending the plurality of search queries to the at least one host in response to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device; (c) receiving search results from the at least one host in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the at least one host; (d) incorporating the received search results into a results list and incorporating the results list into a response; (e) causing at least one advertisement associated with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response; (f) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; (g) receiving another Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items; (h) processing the order. 134. Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a
metasearch engine found on at least www.hotels.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 15 of the ’451 patent. 135. Hotels.com performs a process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein
the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device. 136. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives a Hypertext Transfer Protocol
request (“HTTP request”) from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to at least one host that comprises a plurality of server devices
that provide access to information to be searched. The HTTP request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered, including an airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries: Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.hotels.com on May 10, 2012.
Hotels.com’s metasearch engine sends the plurality of search queries to the
at least one host in response to the HTTP request received from the client device. 138. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives search results from the at least
one host in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the at least one host. 139. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results
Figure 2 Screenshot of response sent from Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine from www.hotels.com on May 10, 2012.
Hotels.com’s metasearch engine causes at least one advertisement
associated with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response. As shown in Figure 2 above, advertisements associated with the plurality of
travel related items, such as the “Hotel Promotion – Best Price” for the Sheraton Universal Hotel, are displayed in the response. 141. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
metasearch engine to the client device. 142. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives another HTTP request from the
client device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items. 143. 144. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine processes the order. Hotels.com has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under
the doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’451 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’451 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’451 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotels.com has had knowledge of the ’451 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit M (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’451 patent). 145. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit M as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit M sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit M sets forth each element of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of each element of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart.
For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit M with a third column for Hotels.com to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. 146. Hotels.com does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’451 patent. 147. Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’451 patent has injured Metasearch
Systems and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotels.com is enjoined from infringing the ’451 patent. COUNT VIII Hotels.com’s Infringement of the ’079 Patent 148. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 149. Claim 31 of the ’079 patent states: A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of unique hosts that provide access to information to be searched, wherein the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered comprising at least one airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item from the group consisting of a hotel reservation and a car rental;
(b) sending the plurality of search queries to the plurality of unique hosts in response to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device; (c) receiving search results from the plurality of unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts; (d) incorporating the received search results into a results list and incorporating the results list into a response; (e) causing at least one advertisement associated with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response; (f) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; (g) receiving another Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items; (h) processing the order. 150. Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a
metasearch engine found on at least www.hotels.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 31 of the ’079 patent. 151. Hotels.com performs a process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein
the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device. 152. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives a Hypertext Transfer Protocol
rental. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries: Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.hotels.com on May 10, 2012.
Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality
of unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts. 155. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results
associated with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in
the response. As shown in Figure 2 above, advertisements associated with the plurality of travel related items, such as the “Hotel promotion – Best Price” for the Sheraton Universal Hotel, are displayed in the response. 157. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
metasearch engine to the client device. 158. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives another HTTP request from the
client device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items. 159. 160. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine processes the order. Hotels.com has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under
the doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’079 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’079 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’079 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotels.com has had knowledge of the ’079 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit N (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’079 patent). 161. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit N as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit N sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit N sets forth each element of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of each element of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’
allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit N with a third column for Hotels.com to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. 162. Hotels.com does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’079 patent. 163. Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’079 patent has injured Metasearch
Systems and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotels.com is enjoined from infringing the ’079 patent. COUNT IX Hotels.com’s Infringement of the ’904 Patent 164. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 165. Claim 13 of the ’904 patent states: A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of unique hosts providing access to information to be searched, each search query comprising at least one keyword; (b) sending the plurality of search queries to the plurality of unique hosts in response to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device;
(c) receiving search results from the plurality of unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts, wherein the search results comprise details about an item that may be ordered; (d) incorporating the received search results into a results list and incorporating the results list into a response; (e) causing at least one advertisement associated with one or more of the at least one keyword to be displayed in the response; (f) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; (g) receiving another Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device for placing an order for the item; (h) processing the order. 166. Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a
metasearch engine found on at least www.hotels.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 13 of the ’904 patent. 167. Hotels.com performs a process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein
the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device. 168. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives a Hypertext Transfer Protocol
interface whereby Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send plurality of search queries: Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.hotels.com on May 10, 2012.
plurality of unique hosts in response to the HTTP request received from the client device. 170. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality
of unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts, wherein the search results comprise details about an item that may be ordered. 171. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results
associated with one or more of the at least one keyword to be displayed in the response. As shown in Figure 2 above, advertisements associated with the at least one keyword, such as the “Hotel promotion – Best Price” for the Sheraton Universal Hotel, are displayed in the response. 173. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
metasearch engine to the client device. 174. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives another HTTP request from the
client device for placing an order for the item. 175. 176. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine processes the order. Hotels.com has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under
the doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’904 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’904 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’904 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotels.com has had knowledge of the ’904 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit O (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’904 patent). 177. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit O as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit O sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit O sets forth each element of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. The second column in
the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of each element of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit O with a third column for Hotels.com to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. 178. Hotels.com does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’904 patent. 179. Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’904 patent has injured Metasearch
Systems and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotels.com is enjoined from infringing the ’904 patent. COUNT X Hotels.com’s Infringement of the ’091 Patent 180. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 181. Claim 16 of the ’091 patent states: A process executing on a hardware device comprising a metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed on a client device to request the metasearch engine to send at least one search query to a plurality of server devices, the at least one search query comprising at least one keyword phrase, the at least one keyword phrase comprising at least one keyword, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at the metasearch engine, the request from the client device for the metasearch engine to send the at least one search
query comprising the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices; (b) sending, by the metasearch engine, the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices; (c) receiving, at the metasearch engine, search results from the plurality of server devices in response to the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase sent to the plurality of server devices; (d) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the received search results into at least one display list corresponding to the at least one keyword phrase; (e) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the at least one display list into a response for communicating to the client device and incorporating, by the metasearch engine, at least one advertisement associated with the at least one keyword phrase into the response for communicating to the client device; (f) communicating, by the metasearch engine, the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; 182. Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a
metasearch engine found on at least www.hotels.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 16 of the ’091 patent. 183. Hotels.com performs a process executing on a hardware device comprising
a metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network. 184. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives a request from the client device to
send the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices. The request from the client device can be associated with at least one travel related item, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby
Hotels.com’s metasearch engine received a request to send at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase: Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Hotels.com’s metasearch engine received a request to send at least one search query at www.hotels.com on May 10, 2012.
Hotels.com’s metasearch engine sends the at least one search query
comprising the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices.
of server devices in response to the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase sent to the plurality of server devices. 187. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results
into at least one display list corresponding to the at least one keyword phrase. 188. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine incorporates the at least one display list
Hotels.com’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
Hotels.com has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under
the doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’091 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’091 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’091 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotels.com has had knowledge of the ’091 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit P (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’091 patent). 191. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit P as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit P sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of claim 16 of the ’091 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit P sets forth each element of claim 16 of the ’091 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of each element of claim 16 of the ’091 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit P with a third column for Hotels.com to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 16 of the ’091 patent. 192. Hotels.com does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’091 patent.
Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’091 patent has injured Metasearch
Systems and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotels.com is enjoined from infringing the ’091 patent. COUNT XI Hotels.com’s Infringement of the ’468 Patent 194. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 195. Claim 1 of the ’468 patent states: A process executing on a hardware device comprising a metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed on a client device to request the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries comprising at least two keyword phrases to a plurality of server devices, each search query of the plurality of search queries comprising a keyword phrase of the at least two keyword phrases, each of the at least two keyword phrases comprising at least one keyword, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at the metasearch engine, the request from the client device for the metasearch engine to send the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (b) sending, by the metasearch engine, the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (c) receiving, at the metasearch engine, search results from the plurality of server devices in response to the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases sent to the plurality of server devices; (d) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the received search results into at least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two keyword phrases;
(e) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the at least two different display lists of received search results into a response for communicating to the client device; (f) communicating, by the metasearch engine, the response from the metasearch engine to the client device. 196. Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a
metasearch engine found on at least www.hotels.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 1 of the ’468 patent. 197. Hotels.com performs a process executing on a hardware device comprising
a metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network. 198. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives a request from a client device to
send the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices. The request from the client device can be associated with a plurality of travel related items, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries:
Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.hotels.com on May 10, 2012.
Hotels.com’s metasearch engine sends the plurality of search queries
comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices. 200. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality
Hotels.com’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results
into at least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two keyword phrases. 202. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine incorporates the at least two different
display lists of received search results into a response for communicating to the client device. Figure 2 below shows the at least two different display lists of received search results incorporated into a response:
the doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’468 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’468 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’468 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotels.com has had knowledge of the ’468 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit Q (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’468 patent). 205. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit Q as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit Q sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit Q sets forth each element of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of each element of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit Q with a third column for Hotels.com to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. 206. Hotels.com does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’468 patent has injured Metasearch
Systems and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotels.com is enjoined from infringing the ’468 patent. COUNT XII Hotels.com’s Infringement of the ’918 Patent 208. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 209. Claim 1 of the ’918 patent states: A process for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed by a user on a client device to request a metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of server devices, each of the plurality of search queries comprising a keyword phrase, each of the keyword phrases comprising at least one keyword specified in the request by the user, at least two of the keyword phrases of the plurality of search queries being different from each other, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at the metasearch engine, the request from the client device for the metasearch engine to send the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (b) sending, by the metasearch engine, the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (c) receiving, at the metasearch engine, search results from the plurality of server devices in response to the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases sent to the plurality of server devices; (d) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the received search results into at least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two different keyword phrases, wherein: each different one of the at least two different display lists comprises
the received search results in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a different one of the at least two keyword phrases, each same one of the at least two different display lists comprises the received search results therein in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a same one of the at least two keyword phrases; (e) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the at least two different display lists of received search results into a response for communicating to the client device; (f) communicating, by the metasearch engine, the response from the metasearch engine to the client device. 210. Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a
metasearch engine found on at least www.hotels.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 1 of the ’918 patent. 211. 212. Hotels.com performs a process for metasearching on a distributed network. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives a request from a client device to
send a plurality of search queries comprising at least two keyword phrases to a plurality of server devices. The request from the client device can be associated with a plurality of travel related items, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Hotels.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries:
comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices. 214. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality
into at least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two different keyword phrases, wherein: each different one of the at least two different display lists comprises the received search results in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a different one of the at least two keyword phrases, each same one of the at least two different display lists comprises the received search results therein in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a same one of that at least two keyword phrases. 216. Hotels.com’s metasearch engine incorporates the at least two different
metasearch engine to the client device. 218. Hotels.com has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under
the doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’918 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’918 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’918 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotels.com has had knowledge of the ’918 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit R (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’918 patent). 219. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit R as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit R sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of claim 1 of the ’918 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit R sets forth each element of claim 1 of the ’918 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotels.com’s infringement of each element of claim 1 of the ’918 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit R with a third column for Hotels.com to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 1 of the ’918 patent.
Hotels.com does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’918 patent. 221. Hotels.com’s infringement of the ’918 patent has injured Metasearch
Systems and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotels.com is enjoined from infringing the ’918 patent. Hotwire, Inc. 222. Hotwire is an online travel booking service that provides travel services to
over 60 million unique visitors that visit Expedia’s sites on a monthly basis. See Expedia, Inc.’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) at 3 (Feb. 10, 2012). 223. Hotwire offers a trip-planning metasearch service accessible through
various websites including, for example, www.hotwire.com, whereby Hotwire has caused hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of infringing searches to be executed for travelrelated bookings. 224. Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch service is available to customers
browsing on the Internet. 225. As stated at www.hotwire.com, Hotwire is “a leading discount travel site
with low rates on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages.” With access to unsold inventory—“empty seats on flights, empty hotel rooms, and extra cars on the lot”—Hotwire.com helps customers obtain “travel deals that are significantly below published prices.”
COUNT XIII Hotwire’s Infringement of the ’451 Patent 226. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 227. Claim 15 of the ’451 patent states: A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to at least one host that comprises a plurality of server devices that provide access to information to be searched, wherein the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered comprising at least one airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item; (b) sending the plurality of search queries to the at least one host in response to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device; (c) receiving search results from the at least one host in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the at least one host; (d) incorporating the received search results into a results list and incorporating the results list into a response; (e) causing at least one advertisement associated with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response; (f) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; (g) receiving another Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items; (h) processing the order.
Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.hotwire.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 15 of the ’451 patent. 229. Hotwire performs a process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the
steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device. 230. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives a Hypertext Transfer Protocol
request (“HTTP request”) from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to at least one host that comprises a plurality of server devices that provide access to information to be searched. The HTTP request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered, including an airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries:
Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.hotwire.com on May 10, 2012.
Hotwire’s metasearch engine sends the plurality of search queries to the at
least one host in response to the HTTP request received from the client device. 232. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives search results from the at least one
host in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the at least one host. 233. Hotwire’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results into a
Figure 2 Screenshot of response sent from Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch engine from www.hotwire.com on May 10, 2012.
Hotwire’s metasearch engine causes at least one advertisement associated
with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response. As shown in Figure 2 above, advertisements associated with the plurality of travel related items, such as the “Hotel promotion – Best Price” for the Sheraton Universal Hotel, are displayed in the response. 235. Hotwire’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
metasearch engine to the client device. 236. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives another HTTP request from the client
device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items. 237. 238. Hotwire’s metasearch engine processes the order. Hotwire has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’451 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’451 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’451 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotwire has had knowledge of the ’451 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit S (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of the ’451 patent). 239. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit S as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit S sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit S sets forth each element of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. The second column in
the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of each element of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit S with a third column for Hotwire to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 15 of the ’451 patent. 240. Hotwire does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’451 patent. 241. Hotwire’s infringement of the ’451 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotwire is enjoined from infringing the ’451 patent. COUNT XIV Hotwire’s Infringement of the ’079 Patent 242. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 243. Claim 31 of the ’079 patent states: A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of unique hosts that provide access to information to be searched, wherein the Hypertext
Transfer Protocol request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered comprising at least one airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item from the group consisting of a hotel reservation and a car rental; (b) sending the plurality of search queries to the plurality of unique hosts in response to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device; (c) receiving search results from the plurality of unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts; (d) incorporating the received search results into a results list and incorporating the results list into a response; (e) causing at least one advertisement associated with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response; (f) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; (g) receiving another Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items; (h) processing the order. 244. Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.hotwire.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 31 of the ’079 patent. 245. Hotwire performs a process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the
steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device. 246. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives a Hypertext Transfer Protocol
request (“HTTP request”) from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of unique hosts that provide access to information
to be searched. The HTTP request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered, including an airline ticket and at least one other type of travel related item from the group consisting of a hotel reservation and a car rental. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries: Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.hotwire.com on May 10, 2012.
Hotwire’s metasearch engine sends the plurality of search queries to the
plurality of unique hosts in response to the HTTP request received from the client device. 248. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality of
unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts. 249. Hotwire’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results into a
with at least a portion of the plurality of travel related items to be displayed in the response. As shown in Figure 2 above, advertisements associated with the plurality of travel related items, such as the “Hotel promotion—Best price” for the Sheraton Universal Hotel, are displayed in the response. 251. Hotwire’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
metasearch engine to the client device. 252. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives another HTTP request from the client
device for placing an order for the plurality of travel related items. 253. 254. Hotwire’s metasearch engine processes the order. Hotwire has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’079 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’079 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’079 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotwire has had knowledge of the ’079 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit T (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of the ’079 patent). 255. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit T as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit T sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit T sets forth each element of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. The second column in
the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of each element of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit T with a third column for Hotwire to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 31 of the ’079 patent. 256. Hotwire does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’079 patent. 257. Hotwire’s infringement of the ’079 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotwire is enjoined from infringing the ’079 patent. COUNT XV Hotwire’s Infringement of the ’904 Patent 258. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 259. Claim 13 of the ’904 patent states: A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of unique hosts providing access to information to be searched, each search query comprising
at least one keyword; (b) sending the plurality of search queries to the plurality of unique hosts in response to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device; (c) receiving search results from the plurality of unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts, wherein the search results comprise details about an item that may be ordered; (d) incorporating the received search results into a results list and incorporating the results list into a response; (e) causing at least one advertisement associated with one or more of the at least one keyword to be displayed in the response; (f) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; (g) receiving another Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device for placing an order for the item; (h) processing the order. 260. Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.hotwire.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 13 of the ’904 patent. 261. Hotwire performs a process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the
steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device. 262. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives a Hypertext Transfer Protocol
to be searched. The request from the client device can be associated with at least one travel related item that may be ordered, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Hotwire.com’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries: Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries at www.hotwire.com on May 10, 2012.
plurality of unique hosts in response to the HTTP request received from the client device. 264. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality of
unique hosts in response to the plurality of search queries sent to the plurality of unique hosts, wherein the search results comprise details about an item that may be ordered. 265. Hotwire’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results into a
with one or more of the at least one keyword to be displayed in the response. As shown in
Figure 2 above, advertisements associated with the at least one keyword, such as the “Hotel promotion – Best Price” for Sheraton Universal Hotel, are displayed in the response. 267. Hotwire’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
metasearch engine to the client device. 268. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives another HTTP request from the client
device for placing an order for the item. 269. 270. Hotwire’s metasearch engine processes the order. Hotwire has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’904 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’904 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’904 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotwire has had knowledge of the ’904 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit U (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of the ’904 patent). 271. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit U as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit U sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit U sets forth each element of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of each element of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’
allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit U with a third column for Hotwire to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 13 of the ’904 patent. 272. Hotwire does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’904 patent. 273. Hotwire’s infringement of the ’904 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotwire is enjoined from infringing the ’904 patent. COUNT XVI Hotwire’s Infringement of the ’091 Patent 274. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 275. Claim 16 of the ’091 patent states: A process executing on a hardware device comprising a metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed on a client device to request the metasearch engine to send at least one search query to a plurality of server devices, the at least one search query comprising at least one keyword phrase, the at least one keyword phrase comprising at least one keyword, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at the metasearch engine, the request from the client device for the metasearch engine to send the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices; (b) sending, by the metasearch engine, the at least one search
query comprising the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices; (c) receiving, at the metasearch engine, search results from the plurality of server devices in response to the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase sent to the plurality of server devices; (d) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the received search results into at least one display list corresponding to the at least one keyword phrase; (e) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the at least one display list into a response for communicating to the client device and incorporating, by the metasearch engine, at least one advertisement associated with the at least one keyword phrase into the response for communicating to the client device; (f) communicating, by the metasearch engine, the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; 276. Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.hotwire.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 16 of the ’091 patent. 277. Hotwire performs a process executing on a hardware device comprising a
metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network. 278. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives a request from the client device to
send the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices. The request from the client device can be associated with at least one travel related item, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Hotwire’s metasearch engine received a request to send at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase:
Figure 1 Screenshot of an interface whereby Hotwire’s metasearch engine received a request to send at least one search query at www.hotwire.com on May 10, 2012.
Hotwire’s metasearch engine sends the at least one search query comprising
the at least one keyword phrase to the plurality of server devices. 280. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality of
server devices in response to the at least one search query comprising the at least one keyword phrase sent to the plurality of server devices.
Hotwire’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results into at
least one display list corresponding to the at least one keyword phrase. 282. Hotwire’s metasearch engine incorporates the at least one display list into a
response for communicating to the client device and incorporates at least one advertisement associated with the at least one keyword phrase into the response for communicating to the client device. Figure 2 below shows at least one display list incorporated into a response, the response incorporating at least one advertisement associated with the at least one keyword phrase:
Hotwire’s metasearch engine communicates the response from the
metasearch engine to the client device. 284. Hotwire has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’091 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’091 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’091 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotwire has had knowledge of the ’091 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit V (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of the ’091 patent). 285. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit V as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit V sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of claim 16 of the ’091 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit V sets forth each element of claim 16 of the ’091 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of each element of claim 16 of the ’091 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit V with a third column for Hotwire to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 16 of the ’091 patent.
Hotwire does not have a license or permission to use the claimed subject
matter in the ’091 patent. 287. Hotwire’s infringement of the ’091 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotwire is enjoined from infringing the ’091 patent. COUNT XVII Hotwire’s Infringement of the ’468 Patent 288. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 289. Claim 1 of the ’468 patent states: A process executing on a hardware device comprising a metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed on a client device to request the metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries comprising at least two keyword phrases to a plurality of server devices, each search query of the plurality of search queries comprising a keyword phrase of the at least two keyword phrases, each of the at least two keyword phrases comprising at least one keyword, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at the metasearch engine, the request from the client device for the metasearch engine to send the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (b) sending, by the metasearch engine, the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (c) receiving, at the metasearch engine, search results from the plurality of server devices in response to the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases sent to the plurality of server devices;
(d) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the received search results into at least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two keyword phrases; (e) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the at least two different display lists of received search results into a response for communicating to the client device; (f) communicating, by the metasearch engine, the response from the metasearch engine to the client device. 290. Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.hotwire.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 1 of the ’468 patent. 291. Hotwire performs a process executing on a hardware device comprising a
metasearch engine for metasearching on a distributed network. 292. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives a request from a client device to send
the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices. The request from the client device can be associated with a plurality of travel related items, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries:
Hotwire’s metasearch engine sends the plurality of search queries
comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices. 294. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality of
server devices in response to the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases sent to the plurality of server devices.
least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two keyword phrases. 296. Hotwire’s metasearch engine incorporates the at least two different display
lists of received search results into a response for communicating to the client device. Figure 2 below shows the at least two different display lists of received search results incorporated into a response:
metasearch engine to the client device. 298. Hotwire has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’468 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’468 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’468 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotwire has had knowledge of the ’468 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit W (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of the ’468 patent). 299. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit W as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit W sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit W sets forth each element of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of each element of claim 1 of the ’468 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit W with a third column for Hotwire to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 1 of the ’468 patent.
matter in the ’468 patent. 301. Hotwire’s infringement of the ’468 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotwire is enjoined from infringing the ’468 patent. COUNT XVIII Hotwire’s Infringement of the ’918 Patent 302. Metasearch Systems restates and realleges each of the allegations set forth
above and incorporates them herein. 303. Claim 1 of the ’918 patent states: A process for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed by a user on a client device to request a metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of server devices, each of the plurality of search queries comprising a keyword phrase, each of the keyword phrases comprising at least one keyword specified in the request by the user, at least two of the keyword phrases of the plurality of search queries being different from each other, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at the metasearch engine, the request from the client device for the metasearch engine to send the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (b) sending, by the metasearch engine, the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices; (c) receiving, at the metasearch engine, search results from the plurality of server devices in response to the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases sent to the plurality of server devices;
(d) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the received search results into at least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two different keyword phrases, wherein: each different one of the at least two different display lists comprises the received search results in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a different one of the at least two keyword phrases, each same one of the at least two different display lists comprises the received search results therein in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a same one of the at least two keyword phrases; (e) incorporating, by the metasearch engine, the at least two different display lists of received search results into a response for communicating to the client device; (f) communicating, by the metasearch engine, the response from the metasearch engine to the client device. 304. Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch service, which includes a metasearch
engine found on at least www.hotwire.com, meets each and every element of at least claim 1 of the ’918 patent. 305. 306. Hotwire performs a process for metasearching on a distributed network. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives a request from a client device to send
a plurality of search queries comprising at least two keyword phrases to a plurality of server devices. The request from the client device can be associated with a plurality of travel related items, including such items as an airline ticket, hotel reservation, car rental, or other type of travel related item. Figure 1 below shows an interface whereby Hotwire’s trip-planning metasearch engine received a request to send a plurality of search queries:
comprising the at least two keyword phrases to the plurality of server devices. 308. Hotwire’s metasearch engine receives search results from the plurality of
server devices in response to the plurality of search queries comprising the at least two keyword phrases sent to the plurality of server devices. 309. Hotwire’s metasearch engine incorporates the received search results into at
phrases, wherein: each different one of the at least two different display lists comprises the received search results in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a different one of the at least two keyword phrases, each same one of the at least two different display lists comprises the received search results therein in response to the plurality of search queries comprising a same one of that at least two keyword phrases. 310. Hotwire’s metasearch engine incorporates the at least two different display
metasearch engine to the client device. 312. Hotwire has infringed and continues to infringe—directly and/or under the
doctrine of equivalents, and/or indirectly by active inducement—at least one claim of the ’918 patent by, among other things, using and practicing methods that embody one or more claims of the ’918 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and/or specifically intending its customers to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’918 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Hotwire has had knowledge of the ’918 patent at least as early as the filing of the original complaint. See Exhibit X (preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of the ’918 patent). 313. Metasearch Systems incorporates Exhibit X as fully set forth in this
Complaint. Exhibit X sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of claim 1 of the ’918 patent. The first column in the chart attached as Exhibit X sets forth each element of claim 1 of the ’918 patent. The second column in the chart sets forth preliminary exemplary evidence of Hotwire’s infringement of each element of claim 1 of the ’918 patent. An adequate response to Metasearch Systems’ allegations would be in the form of a response incorporated in a third column of the chart. For the purposes of answering the allegations of this Complaint, Metasearch Systems will provide an electronic version of Exhibit X with a third column for Hotwire to provide its response to the preliminary exemplary evidence for each claim element of claim 1 of the ’918 patent.
matter in the ’918 patent. 315. Hotwire’s infringement of the ’918 patent has injured Metasearch Systems
and will cause added irreparable injury and damage in the future unless Hotwire is enjoined from infringing the ’918 patent. DEMAND FOR TRIAL BY JURY Metasearch Systems demands a jury trial on all issues so triable pursuant to Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. PRAYER FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE, Metasearch Systems prays for the following relief: 1. A declaration that Expedia, Hotels.com, L.P., Hotels.com GP, and Hotwire
have infringed the ’451, ’079, ’904, ’091, ’468, and ’918 patents, and are liable to Metasearch Systems for infringement; 2. An award of damages adequate to compensate Metasearch Systems for
Expedia, Hotels.com, L.P., Hotels.com GP, and Hotwire’s infringement of the ’451, ’079, ’904, ’091, ’468, and ’918 patents; 3. A post-judgment accounting of damages for the period of infringement of
the ’451, ’079, ’904, ’091, ’468, and ’918 patents following the period of damages established by Metasearch Systems at trial; 4. An order enjoining Expedia, Hotels.com, L.P., Hotels.com GP, and
Hotwire from infringing the ’451, ’079, ’904, ’091, ’468 and, ’918 patents;
conditions of future infringement such as a royalty bearing compulsory license or such other relief as the Court deems appropriate; 6. 7. fees; and 8. Such other and further relief as the Court deems Metasearch Systems may A finding that this case is exceptional pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285; An award of prejudgment interest, costs and disbursements, and attorney
be entitled to in law and equity.
Respectfully submitted, SEITZ, VAN OGTROP & GREEN, P.A. /s/ Patricia P. McGonigle James S. Green (DE 0481) Patricia P. McGonigle (DE 3126) Kevin A. Guerke (DE 4096) 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500 P. O. Box 68 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 888-0600 jgreen@svglaw.com pmcgonigle@svglaw.com kguerke@svglaw.com Ronald J. Schutz (pro hac vice to be submitted) Richard M. Martinez (pro hac vice to be submitted) Bryan J. Mechell (pro hac vice to be submitted) Daniel R. Burgess (pro hac vice to be submitted) Andrea C. Yang (pro hac vice to be submitted) John K. Harting (pro hac vice to be submitted) Brian N. Aleinikoff (pro hac vice to be submitted)
2800 LaSalle Plaza 800 LaSalle Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (612) 349-8500 Facsimile: (612) 339-4181
Annie Huang (pro hac vice to be submitted)
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