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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION QUEST NETTECH CORPORATION Plaintiff, v. COLLABORATIVE MARKETING GROUP, INC. Defendant.
Plaintiff Quest NetTech Corporation (“Quest”) files its complaint against Defendant Collaborative Marketing Group, Inc., (“Defendant” or “CMG”). I. PARTIES
Plaintiff Quest is a Texas corporation with its principal place of business located at 19
Fortune Lane, Jericho, NY. 11753. 2.
Upon information and belief, Defendant CMG is a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Illinois, with its principal place of business located at 1745 S. Naperville Road, Suite 105, Wheaton, Illinois 60189. II. JURISDICTION AND VENUE
This action arises under the patent laws of the United States, 35 U.S.C. §§1 et seq. This
Court has jurisdiction over this action in accordance with 28 U.S.C. §§1331 and 1338(a). 4.
Personal jurisdiction exists generally over Defendant because Defendant has sufficient
minimum contacts with the forum as a result of business conducted within the State of Texas and within the Eastern District of Texas. Personal jurisdiction also exists specifically over Defendant because it, directly or through subsidiaries or o r intermediaries, makes, uses, offers for sale, sells,
imports, advertises, makes available and/or markets one or more products and/or services within the State of Texas, and more particularly, within the Eastern District of Texas, that infringe the patent-in-suit, as described more particularly below. 5.
Venue is proper in the Eastern District of Texas pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1391(b) and (c)
and §1400(b), because Defendant has committed acts of infringement in the Eastern District of Texas and has transacted business in the Eastern District of Texas. III. FACTS
On October 7, 2008, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally issued U.S.
Patent No. 5,508,731 C1 (“the ‘731 Patent”) entitled, “GENERATION OF ENLARGED PARTICIPATORY BROADCAST AUDIENCE” to Henry Von Kohorn. Quest is the owner by assignment of the ‘731 Patent. A true and correct copy of the ‘731 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit “A.” 7.
Quest is the owner of all rights, title, and interest in and to the ‘731 Patent. Quest
possesses all rights to sue and recover for past and future infringement. 8.
The ‘731 Patent is valid and enforceable. Defendant has infringed, and continues to
infringe, directly, contributorily, and/or through the inducement of others, the claimed methods and apparatuses of the ‘731 Patent through administering and implementing sweepstakes, contests, and game promotions. 9.
Defendant is aware of the ‘731 Patent, has knowledge of the infringing nature of
Defendant’s activities, but has nevertheless continued its infringing activities. Defendant’s infringing activities have been and continue to be willful. Defendant was previously provided written and verbal notice of the ‘731 Patent, as well as Defendant’s infringement of such patent.
Quest has been damaged as a result of Defendant’s infringing conduct. Defendant is,
therefore, liable to Quest in an amount that adequately compensates Quest for Defendant’s infringement, which, by law, cannot be less than a reasonable royalty, together with interest and costs as fixed by this Court under 35 U.S.C. §284. V. CAUSES OF ACTION Count 1—(Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,508,731 C1)
Quest realleges and incorporates by reference paragraphs 1-10 of this Complaint as if
fully set forth herein. 12.
Defendant has been and now is directly infringing or indirectly infringing by way of
inducing infringement and/or contributing to the infringement of one or more claims of the ‘731 Patent in the State of Texas, in this District, and elsewhere in the United States by, among other things, administering and implementing sweepstakes, contests, and game promotions covered by one or more claims of the ‘731 Patent to the injury of Quest. 13.
Participants in Defendant’s sweepstakes, contests, and game promotions directly infringe
one or more claims of the ‘731 Patent. For example, participants of the MILLER LITE® SNOW WEEKEND SWEEPSTAKES directly infringe claims 77 and 90 of the ‘731 Patent by putting into service, controlling and obtaining the benefit of their personal computers and the respective website to respond to survey questions, which responses are transmitted via the Internet and evaluated with respect to an online sweepstakes, in which the sweepstakes winner is selected at random and notified. 14.
Defendant infringes one or more claims of the ‘731 Patent, indirectly. For example,
Defendant indirectly infringes claims 77 and 90 of the ‘731 Patent by inducing and/or contributing to direct infringement by participants of the MILLER LITE® SNOW WEEKEND
c. An award of damages, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284, adequate to compensate Quest for Defendants' infringement of the ‘731 Patent, in an amount to be determined at trial, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty; d. An order, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284, and based on Defendant’s willful infringement of the ‘731 Patent enhancing all damages awarded to Quest by trebling such damages; e. An order, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284, awarding to Quest interest on damages and its costs incurred in this action; f.
An order, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285, awarding to Quest its reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in this action; and
g. Such other and further relief as this Court ma y deem just and proper.
__/s/ Deron R. Dacus________ DERON R. DACUS State Bar No. 00790553 [email protected] SHANNON DACUS State Bar No. 00791004 [email protected] PETE KERR State Bar No. 24076478 [email protected] THE DACUS FIRM, P.C. 821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430 Tyler, TX. 75701 903/705-1117 Fax - 903/581-2543
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF QUEST NETTECH, INC.