Today Pacer: Strong amended complaint against Intel - Demand for jury trial (1)
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ANTON HANDAL (Bar No. 113812) anh@handal-law.com PAMELA C. CHALK (Bar No. 216411) pchalk@handal-law.com GABRIEL HEDRICK (Bar No. 220649) ghedrick@handal-law.com H
ANDAL & ASSOCIATES
1200 Third Avenue, Suite 1321 San Diego, California 92101 Tel: 619.544.6400 Fax: 619.696.0323 Attorneys for Plaintiff e.Digital Corporation UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA e.Digital Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Intel Corporation, Defendant. Case No. 3:13-cv-2905-H-BGS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL Assigned to the Honorable Judge Marilyn L. Huff Courtroom 15A (Annex) Plaintiff e.Digital Corporation (“e.Digital” or “Plaintiff”), by and through its undersigned counsel, complains and alleges against Defendant Intel Corporation (“Intel” or “Defendant”) as follows: NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. This is a civil action for infringement of a patent arising under the laws of the United States relating to patents, 35 U.S.C. § 101,
et seq. , including,
without limitation, 35 U.S.C. §§ 271, 281. Plaintiff e.Digital seeks a preliminary and permanent injunction and monetary damages for the infringement of its U.S. Patent No. 5,839,108.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
2. This court has subject matter jurisdiction over this case for patent infringement under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a) and pursuant to the patent laws of the United States of America, 35 U.S.C. § 101, et seq.
3. Venue properly lies within the Southern District of California pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b), (c), and (d) and 1400(b). On information and belief, Defendant conducts substantial business directly and/or through third parties or agents in this judicial district by selling and/or offering to sell the infringing products and/or by conducting other business in this judicial district. Furthermore, Plaintiff e.Digital is headquartered and has its principal place of business in this district, engages in business in this district, and has been harmed by Defendant’s conduct, business transactions and sales in this district. 4. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendant because, on information and belief, Defendant transacts continuous and systematic business within the State of California and the Southern District of California. In addition, this Court has personal jurisdiction over the Defendant because, on information and belief, this lawsuit arises out of Defendant’s infringing activities, including, without limitation, the making, using, selling and/or offering to sell infringing products in the State of California and the Southern District of California. Finally, this Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendant because, on information and belief, Defendant has made, used, sold and/or offered for sale its infringing products and placed such infringing products in the stream of interstate commerce with the expectation that such infringing products would be made, used, sold and/or offered for sale within the State of California and the Southern District of California. 5. Upon information and belief, certain of the accused products manufactured or sold by Intel have been and/or are currently sold and/or offered for sale at, among other places, the B&H Photo Video online store website located
at http://www.bhphotovideo.com to consumers including, but not limited to, those
located within the State of California.
and to the ’108 patent and has the right to bring this suit for damages and other A true and correct copy of the ’108 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
COUNT ONE INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’108 PATENT BY DEFENDANT
9. Plaintiff re-alleges and incorporates by reference each of the allegations set forth in paragraphs 1 through 8 above. 10. The accused products include but are not limited to Intel’s Flash Memory Storage products including but not limited to its USB, SSD, SD, microSD, and/or Compact Flash products. The primary and substantial purpose of the accused products is to write to and store data in electronic format in nonvolatile flash memory. 11. Intel has directly and indirectly infringed and is directly and indirectly