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Timestamp: 2020-02-23 03:01:12
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1331', '§ 48', '§ 1391', '§ 1400', '§ 271', '§ 284', '§ 271']

ArrivalStar et. al. v. Societe Air France | Patent Infringement | Patent
Official Complaint for Patent Infringement in Civil Action No. None: ArrivalStar S.A. et. al. v. Societe Air France. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, no judge yet assigned. See http://news.priorsmart.com/-l5uS for more info.
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ARRIVALSTAR S.A. and MELVINO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED,
SOCIETE AIR FRANCE,
Plaintiffs, ArrivalStar S.A. and Melvino Technologies Limited (collectively “Plaintiffs”),
by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby sue SOCIETE AIR FRANCE (“AF”), for
patent infringement, and in support, allege as follows:
1. This is an action for patent infringement of United States Patent Numbers:
6,714,859; 6,952,645; 7,030,781; 7,400,970; 6,904,359; and, 6,486,801 arising under the patent
2. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331; 28 U.S.C.
3. This Court has personal jurisdiction over AF pursuant to, inter alia, Florida’s
long-arm statute, § 48.193, in that AF:
(a) operates, conducts, engages in, and/or carries on a
business or business adventure(s) in Florida and/or has an office or agency in Florida; (b) has
committed one or more tortious acts within Florida; (c) was and/or is engaged in substantial and
not isolated activity within Florida; and/or (d) has purposely availed itself of Florida’s laws,
services and/or other benefits and therefore should reasonably anticipate being hailed into one or
more of the courts within the State of Florida.
4. Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391 and 28 U.S.C. § 1400.
5. ArrivalStar S.A. is a corporation organized under the laws of Luxembourg, having
offices located at 67 Rue Michel, Welter L-2730, Luxembourg.
ArrivalStar is the authorized
licensee of the patents alleged as being infringed in this lawsuit, with the right to sub-license the
6. Melvino Technologies Limited is a corporation organized under the laws of the
British Virgin Islands of Tortola, having offices located at P.O. Box 3174, Palm Chambers, 197
Main Street, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Melvino owns all rights, title and
interests in the patents alleged as being infringed in this lawsuit.
7. Defendant AF is a French corporation, having its headquarters in Roissy, France
and its principal place of business in Paris, France.
AF transacts business and has, at a
minimum, offered to provide and/or has provided to customers within this Judicial District and
throughout the State of Florida services and/or products that infringe claims of the ‘359, ‘801,
‘859, ‘645, ‘781 and ‘970 patents. AF flies flights in and out of Florida daily, including, but not
limited to, going to and from Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Miami.
AF also has operations in
various cities in the U.S.A. including Miami, Florida. AF has in the past and continues to engage
in substantial, continuous, systematic and not isolated business activity on a continuous and
systematic basis in the State of Florida and within this Judicial District, including operating daily
flights into and out of Miami and Fort Lauderdale International Airports.
reasons, this Court has personal jurisdiction over AF.
8. Plaintiffs own all right, title and interest in, and/or have standing to sue for
9. Plaintiffs own all right, title and interest in, and/or have standing to sue for
10. Plaintiffs own all right, title and interest in, and/or have standing to sue for
‘781
“Notification System and Method that Informs a Party of Vehicle Delay”, issued April 18, 2006.
A copy of the ‘781 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.
11. Plaintiffs own all right, title and interest in, and/or have standing to sue for
infringement of United States Patent Number 7,400,970 (“the ‘970 patent”), entitled “System
12. Plaintiffs own all right, title and interest in, and/or have standing to sue for
‘359
“Notification System and Methods with User-Defineable Notifications Based Upon Occurrence
13. Plaintiffs own all right, title and interest in, and/or have standing to sue for
infringement of United States Patent Number 6,486,801 (“the ‘801 patent”), entitled “Base
Station Apparatus and Method for Monitoring Travel of a Mobile Vehicle”, issued November
26, 2002. A copy of the ‘801 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit 6.
14. The ‘359 patent referenced in Paragraph 12 above was the subject of an Inter
Partes reexamination at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Certificate was issued on May 25, 2010 and is attached hereto as Exhibit 7.
COUNT I DIRECT PATENT INFRINGEMENT
15. Plaintiffs hereby incorporate Paragraphs 1 through 14 set forth above as if fully
16. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), AF has directly infringed claims of the ‘359, ‘801,
‘859, ‘645, ‘781 and ‘970 patents through, among other activities, the commercial manufacture,
sale, offer for sale, and/or use of its “Flight Status” and “Air France Connect” (which provide
real-time information on Air France flights, including arrival and departure times, through SMS
text messages, emails and automated telephone calls ) functions, applications, solutions, devices,
programs, products, services, methods and/or systems which utilize tracking and messaging
technologies that are protected within the ‘359, ‘801, ‘859, ‘645, ‘781 and ‘970 patents, as every
claim limitation, or its equivalent, is found in these functions, applications, solutions, devices,
programs, products, services, methods and/or systems.
17. AF’s direct infringement has injured and will continue to injure Plaintiffs unless
injunction prohibiting further infringement and, specifically, enjoining further use of methods
and systems that come within the scope of the ‘359, ‘801, ‘859, ‘645, ‘781 and ‘970 patents.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully ask this Court to enter judgment against AF and its
participation with AF, granting the following relief:
A. An award of damages against AF adequate to compensate Plaintiffs for the
infringement that has occurred with respect to AF, together with prejudgment interest from the
date that AF’s infringement of the patents at issue began;
B. Increased damages as permitted pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284;
C. A finding that this case is exceptional and award to Plaintiffs their attorneys’ fees
D. A permanent injunction against AF prohibiting further infringement of the patents
at issue; and,
E. All other relief as the Court or a jury may deem proper and just in this instance.
COUNT II INDIRECT PATENT INFRINGEMENT
18. Plaintiffs hereby incorporate Paragraphs 1 through 17 set forth above as if fully
19. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 271(b) and (c), AF has indirectly infringed claims of the
‘359, ‘801, ‘859, ‘645, ‘781 and ‘970 patents through, among other activities, the commercial
manufacture, sale, offer for sale and/or use of its “Flight Status” and “Air France Connect”
(which provide real-time information on Air France flights, including arrival and departure
applications, solutions, devices, programs, products, services, methods and/or systems which
utilize tracking and messaging technologies that are protected within the ‘359, ‘801, ‘859, ‘645,
‘781 and ‘970 patents, as AF actively and intentionally induced infringement with knowledge
that the induced acts constituted infringement, or acted with willful blindness; and/or contributed
to infringement by one or more third parties as AF had knowledge, rather than intent, that its
activity caused such infringement.
20. AF’s contributory infringement and/or inducement to infringe has injured and will
and/or the Court enters an injunction prohibiting further infringement and, specifically, enjoining
further use of methods and systems that come within the scope of the ‘359, ‘801, ‘859, ‘645,
‘781 and ‘970 patents.
participation with AF granting the following relief:
/s/ William R. McMahon William R. McMahon, Esquire Florida Bar Number: 39044 McMahon Law Firm, LLC 11435 West Palmetto Park Road Suite E Boca Raton, Florida 33428 Telephone: 561-218-4300 Facsimile: 561-807-5900 Email: bill@mlfllc.com
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