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v. Ford Motor Company
P. 1 v. Ford Motor Company v. Ford Motor CompanyRatings: (0)|Views: 340|Likes: 0Published by PriorSmartOfficial Complaint for Patent Infringement in Civil Action No. 6:12-cv-00832: v. Ford Motor Company. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, no judge yet assigned. See http://news.priorsmart.com/-l6Zm for more info.Official Complaint for Patent Infringement in Civil Action No. 6:12-cv-00832: v. Ford Motor Company. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, no judge yet assigned. See http://news.priorsmart.com/-l6Zm for more info.More info:Categories:Business/Law, Court FilingsPublished by: PriorSmart on Oct 31, 2012Copyright:Public DomainAvailability:Read on Scribd mobile: iPhone, iPad and Android.Free download as PDF, TXT or read online for free from ScribdFlag for inappropriate content|Add to collectionSee MoreSee lesshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/111686414/v-Ford-Motor-Company02/01/2013pdftextoriginal IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTEASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXASTYLER DIVISIONNOVELPOINT TRACKING LLC
Case No. 6:12-cv-832PATENT CASEJURY TRIAL DEMANDEDCOMPLAINT
NovelPoint Tracking LLC files this Complaint against Ford Motor Company forinfringement of United States Patent Nos. 6,266,617 and 6,442,485.
Plaintiff NovelPoint Tracking LLC
(“NPT”)
is a Texas limited liability companywith its principal place of business at 1300 Ballantrae Dr., Allen TX, 75013 in the EasternDistrict of Texas.2.
Defendant Ford Motor Company
(“Ford”)
is a Delaware Corporation with itsprincipal place of business at 1 American Road, Ford World Headquarters, Room 612, Dearborn,Michigan 48126.
Ford’s Texas webs
ite exclusively directs inquiries made by persons such asNPT (with a zip code of 75013) to its Texas dealers, listing first a dealer in the Eastern District of Texas.
This is a civil action for infringement of United States Patent Nos. 6,442,485 and6,266,617, arising under the Patent Laws of the United States, 35 U.S.C. § 1
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This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action pursuant to28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 (Federal Question) and 1338(a) (Patents).5.
Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b) and 1400(b)because Defendants have committed acts of infringement in this district and are deemed to residein this district for purposes of this action.6.
This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendants and venue is proper in thisdistrict because Defendants have committed, and continue to commit, acts of infringement in theState of Texas, including in this district and/or have engaged in continuous and systematicactivities in the State of Texas, including in this district.
United States Patent No. 6,226,617 (“the ‘617 patent”), entitled “Method andApparatus for an Automatic Vehicle Location, Collision Notification and Synthetic Voice,” was
duly and legally issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on July 24, 2001. A
copy of the ’617 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
United States Patent No. 6,442,485 (
“the ‘485 patent”), entitled “Method and
Apparatus for an Automatic Vehicle Locatio
n, Collision Notification, and Synthetic Voice,”
wasduly and legally issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on August 27, 2002.A
copy of the ’
485 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit B.9.
NPT is the exclusive owner of all rights, title, and interest in the
‘617 patent andthe ‘485 patent (collectively the “patents in suit”),
including the right to exclude others and toenforce, sue and recover damages for past and future infringement thereof.
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INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’
617 PATENT
NPT incorporates paragraphs 1 through 9 by reference as if fully stated herein.11.
617 patent is valid and enforceable.12.
Ford has directly infringed, and continues to directly infringe, one or more claims
of the ’
617 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), either literally and/or under the doctrine of equivalents, by making, using, selling, offering for sale, and/or importing products and/ormethods encompassed by those claims.13.
d parties, including Ford’s affiliates, dealers, and
customers, have infringed,and continue to infringe
, one or more claims of the ’617
patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), eitherliterally and/or under the doctrine of equivalents, by using, selling, and/or offering for sale in theUnited States, and/or importing into the United States, products supplied by Defendants.14.
Upon information and belief, based on the information presently available toNPT, absent discovery, and in the alternative to direct infringement, NPT contends that Ford hasinduced infringement, and continues to induce infringement, o
f one or more claims of the ’617
patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Ford has actively, knowingly, and intentionally induced, and
continues to actively, knowingly, and intentionally induce, infringement of the ’
617 patent bymaking, using, importing, and selling or otherwise supplying products to third parties, includingat a minimum its affiliates, dealers, and customers, with the knowledge and intent that such thirdparties will use, sell, offer for sale, and/or import, products supplied by Ford
to infringe the ’
617patent; and with the knowledge and intent to encourage and facilitate the infringement throughthe dissemination of the products and/or the creation and dissemination of promotional andmarketing materials, supporting materials, instructions, product manuals, and/or technicalinformation related to such products.
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