EveryMD.com LLC v. Google Inc.

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COMPLAINT against Defendant Google Inc. Case assigned to Judge Philip S. Gutierrez for all further proceedings. Discovery referred to Magistrate Judge Andrew J Wistrich. (Filing fee $ 400 PAID) Jury Demanded, filed by plaintiff EveryMD.com LLC.(car) (mg).

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1 2 3 4 Frank M. We_yer,Es_(}. (State Bar No. 127011) TECHCOASTLA W® 2032 Whitley Ave. Los Angeles CA 90068 Telephone: (310) 494-6616 Facsimile: (310) 494-9089 fweyer@techcoastlaw.com IlJ ;I .'$ ~ .. c o~' III.!'" ~Ul;G 2~Z:; i ~..,,~ 0 ,." rn -0 • F U1 m > ::z III .. ~.: Attorl!ey for Plaintiff EveryMD.com LLC ... ~~ 7 8 - '-0 U) I!')-f-f M· ... r- Ci> 5 6 ft ~,.. ....., co -c 5 0\ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 13 EVERYMD.COM LLC~ a California Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff, 14 3- 064 90-P9S [~ COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT v. 15 16 Civi~·ActCVJ. DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL GOOGLE INC., a Delaware Corporation, 17 Defendant. 18 19 20 21 COMES NOW, Plaintiff EVERYMD.COM LLC ("Plaintiff' or "EveryMD"), and on information and belief alleges as follows: 22 JURISDICTION AND VENUE 23 24 25 26 27 1. This is an action for patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. §§ 271 et. seq. and 28 U.S.C. §§_l331 and 1338(a). 2. The acts of patent infringement alleged herein occurred within this judicial district, Plaintiff resides in this district, and Defendant GOOGLE INC. 28 -1- Complaint 1 ("Defendant" or "Google") is subject to personal jurisdiction in this district. 2 Therefore, venue is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b), (c), and 1400(b). 3 PARTIES 4 5 6 7 8 3. Plaintiff is a California Limited Liability Company with a place of business at 2032 Whitley Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90068. 4. Defendant is a Delaware Corporation with a place of business at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043. 9 FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION PATENT INFRINGEMENT 10 11 12 13 5. Plaintiff incorporates by reference paragraphs 1 - 4 as though fully set forth herein. 14 6. Plaintiff owns the website www.everymd.com. 15 7. Plaintiffs website at www.everymd.com has since the year 2000 16 provided email messaging services allowing patients to communicate with over 17 300,000 doctors. 18 8. Plaintiffs principals Frank Weyer and Troy Javaher (collectively, "the 19 EveryMD inventors") invented numerous novel technologies and inventions during 20 development of the www.everymd.com website. 21 9. On November 23, 1999, the EveryMD inventors filed U.S. Patent 22 Application Serial No. 09/447,755 entitled "Method Apparatus and Business System 23 for Online Communications with Online and Offline Recipients" disclosing the 24 25 inventions made by the EveryMD inventors while developing the www.everymd.com website. 26 27 28 10. To date, four separate patents covering four separate inventions have issued from the patent application originally filed in November 1999. Those patents -2- Complaint 1 2 3 4 5 are U.S. Patent Nos. 6,671,714 (issued December 30,2003), 7,644,122 (issued January 5, 2010), 8,499,047 (issued July 30, 2013), and 8,504,631 (issued August 6, 2013). 11. Plaintiff is the assignee of record of U.S. Patent 8,504,631 entitled 6 "Method, Apparatus and Business System for Online Communications with Online 7 and Offline Recipients" ("the '631 patent"). 8 12. The '631 patent is valid and in full force and effect. 9 13. The' 631 patent is directed to a novel method for providing notification 10 of online messages to a telephone number of a recipient. 11 14. Defendants Google+ service directly infringes the '631 patent by 12 13 14 15 practicing the claimed invention of the '631 patent without authorization of Plaintiff. 15. One example of how Defendant's Google+ service directly infringes claim 1 of the '631 patent is set forth in paragraphs 16 to 26 below. 16 16. 17 "1. A method for providing for communications by a server computer system 18 among afirst member of a group of members for whom said server computer system 19 has created afirst server created email box and a second member of said group of 20 members for whom said server computer system has created a second server created 21 email box, said method comprising the steps of" The preamble of claim 1 of the '631 patent states: 22 17. Google's Google+ service provides communications between Google+ 23 members. For each Google+ member, Google's server computer system creates an 24 email box, typically an "@gmail.com" email box. Examples of email boxes created 25 26 by Google's server computer system are "frank.weyer@gmail.com" (first server created mailbox for first member "Frank Weyer") and "techcoastlaw@gmail.com" 27 (second server created mailbox for second member "Techcoast Law"). 28 -3- Complaint 1 18. 2 The limitation of claim 1 that follows the preamble of claim 1 of the '631 patent states: 3 4 "said server computer system transmitting a first server created web page to a 5 first internet access device of said second member, said first server created web page 6 comprising a message interface for receiving by said server computer system input 7 data comprising afirst message to said first member;". 8 9 19. Google's server computer system transmits various server created web pages to an internet access device of a member (i.e. a "second member") that provide 10 message interfaces for receiving data comprising messages to another member (i.e. the 11 "first member"). The screen capture below shows an example of such a "first server 12 created web page" that includes such a "message interface." In the screen capture 13 below, the web page including the message interface has been provided to the second 14 member "Techcoast Law" for receiving data comprising a first message ("Comment") 15 to first member "Frank Weyer." 16 Teehcoas Law .. I+ Share' 17 18 Following intances More ~ v 19 Sign in to start talking with friends 20 Frank Weyer Shared pnvately - 6 52 PM 21 22 23 Hangouts #GOO,,, When a member posts a message, the Google servers provide an interface that allows other members to send data comprising messages to the posting member. I e .,., 24 Add a comment +1 Sign in 25 26 27 20. The next limitation of claim 1 of the '631 patent states: 28 -4- Complaint 1 "said server computer system receiving first input data entered into said 2 message interface from said first internet access device of said second member;" 3 21. 4 When the second member enters input data into the message interface 5 from the second member's internet access device, the first input data is received by 6 Google's server computer system, as indicated by the input data now being displayed 7 as a received message with an indicated time of receipt on the web page provided by 8 the Google server computer system, as shown in the screen capture below. In the 9 screen capture below, the web page indicates that the input data was received by 10 Google's server computer system from the internet access device of "second" member 11 "Techcoast Law" at "8:04 PM": 12 Techcoas Law I_~ ~~are .. 13 14 More Following intances ~ v 15 Sign in to start talking with friends 16 Frank Weyer Shared pnvately 17 18 19 Hangouts - 6 52 PrJ .Google When a member posts a message, the Google servers provide an interface that allows other members to send data comprising messages to the posting member. I e ."o 20 21 22 23 +1 "". Sign in Techcoast Law Signing In will sign you Into 8 0<1PI\' Hangouts This is a message to the first member that is input into the across Google. Learn more interface and received by Google's server computer system 24 Add a comment. 25 26 27 22. The next limitation of claim 1 of the '631 patent states: 28 -5- Complaint 1 "said server computer system sending a second message to a telephone number 2 associated with said first member notifying said first member of said first input data;." 3 23. 4 Google+ allows members to indicate a telephone number at which to 5 receive notifications of online messages. The screen capture below shows the 6 different kinds of notifications the Google server computer system is configured to 7 send to a member's telephone number: 8 Receive notifications Notify me by email or SMS when someone ... 9 Posts .Email I Phone Mentions me in a post ~ ~ 11 Shares a post with me directly ~ ~ 12 Shares a post and they're in a circle I subscribe to ~ ~ 13 Comments on a post I created ~ ~ Comments on a post after I comment on it ~ ~ Shares or comments on your content across the web (for example, your blog) ~ ~ 10 14 15 16 Circles Email I Phone Adds me to a circle ~ ~ Suggests new people to add to my circles ~ ~ 18 Joins who is in my contacts ~ ~ 19 Photos .Email I Phone 20 Tags me in a photo ~ ~ Tags one of my photos ~ ~ Suggests a profile photo for me ~ ~ Comments on a photo after I comment on it ~ ~ 23 Comments on a photo I am tagged in ~ ~ 24 Messenger .Email I Phone 25 Starts a conversation with me ~ ~ 26 Hangouts .Email I Phone Invites me to a video call ~ ~ 17 21 22 27 28 -6- Complaint 1 24. 2 3 4 If a member has elected to receive phone notifications, Google's server computer system sends an SMS message ("second message") to the telephone number of the first member notifying the first member of the data input into the message interface by the second member. Below is a photograph of an example of such an 5 SMS message sent to the first member's telephone number: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 25. 16 The last limitation of claim 1 of the '631 patent states: 17 "said server computer system sending a third message to said first server 18 created email box of said first member, said third message comprising said first input 19 data." 20 26. Google+ allows members to receive notifications of messages input by 21 other members via their gmail mailboxes. If a member has elected to receive gmail 22 notifications, Google's server computer system sends an email ("third message") to 23 Google server created gmail email box comprising the first input data. Below is a 24 screen capture of such a "third message" sent by the Google server computer system 25 to the first server created email address ..frank.weyer@gmail.com .. of first member 26 "Frank Weyer": 27 28 -7- Complaint 1 2 Re: When a member posts a message, the Google,., IODOX x View this post in Google+ New comment Techcoast Law 3 Frank Weyer 4 Shared privately 5 6 When a member comprising 7 posts a message, messages the Google servers provide an interface that allows other members to send data to the posting member. +1 8 Techcoast Law 9 804 PM This is a message server computer to the first member that is input into the interface and received by Google's system 10 11 Adel a comment. (Shared privately! 12 13 14 Techcoast Law shared trus post with you Mute notifications from Techcoast Law Mute updates to this post. To change what ernails Googfe'" sends to you you can always manage email subscriptions on the settings page 15 16 27. the www.everymd.com website with the '631 patent number. 17 18 Plaintiff has provided constructive notice of the '631 patent by marking 28. Defendant has constructive and actual notice of Plaintiff' patent rights but Defendant continues to act in conscious and willful disregard of those rights. 19 29. 20 21 22 Defendant's infringements of Plaintiff's patent rights have irreparably damaged Plaintiff and will continue to cause irreparable harm unless enjoined by the Court. 23 24 25 26 27 28 -8- Complaint 1 DEMAND FOR RELIEF 2 Plaintiff asks this Court to: 3 WHEREFORE, 4 a. Enter judgment for Plaintiff against Defendant on this Complaint; 5 b. Enter a preliminary and permanent injunction to enjoin Defendant, and 6 all those in privity with Defendant, from further infringement of the '631 patent 7 during the remaining term of the patent; 8 9 c. Award compensatory damages to Plaintiff and to increase those damages three times in accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 284; 10 d. Award Plaintiff reasonable attorneys' fees in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 13 e. Award Plaintiff interest and costs; and 14 f. Award Plaintiff such other and further relief as is just and proper. 11 12 15 § 285; DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL 16 17 Plaintiff hereby demands a trial by jury of all issues so triable. 18 Respectfully submitted, 19 TECHCOASTLA 20 D Uc 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Dated: September 4, 2013 W® By: Frank M. Weyer (State Bar No. 127011) 2032 Whitley Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90068 (310) 494-6616 Fax (310) 494-9089 fweyer@techcoastlaw.com Attorney for Plaintiff EVERYMD.COM LLC 28 -9- Complaint UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT This case has been assigned Magistrate Judge is to District Andrew The case number TO UNITED STATES JUDGES ___ Judge ___.:P~h.:::il~ipt::....:::::S.:....:G::::..:u:::.:t::::ie:..:.:rr:..:e:.:::.z and the assigned J. Wistrich on all documents flied with the Court should read as follows: 2:13-CV-6490-PSG (AJWx) Pursuant California, to General the Magistrate All discovery Order 05-07 of the United Judge has been designated related motions should States District to hear discovery be noticed on the calendar Court for the Central related 5, 2013 of motions. of the Magistrate Clerk, U. S. District September District Judge. Court By MDAVIS Deputy Clerk Date NOTICE TO COUNSEL A copy of this notice must be served with the summons and complaint on all defendants (if a removal action is filed, a copy of this notice must be served on all plaintiffs). Subsequent documents must be filed at the following location: Western Division 312 N. Spring Street, G-8 Los Angeles, CA 90012 o Southern Division 411 West Fourth St., Ste 1053 Santa Ana, CA 92701 o Eastern Division 3470 Twelfth Street, Room 134 Riverside, CA 92501 Failure to file at the proper location will result in your documents being returned to you. CV-18 (08/13) NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO UNITED STATES JUDGES ~ Name & Address: Frank M. Weyer, Esq. (State Bar No. 127011) TECHCOASTLA W® 2032 Whitley Ave. Los Angeles CA 90068 Telephone: (310) 494-6616 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EVERYMD.COM LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, PLAfNTIFF(S) CASE NUMBER .~ i' v. CV 1 3 - 0 4 9 a 6 GOOGLE INC., a Delaware Corporation, SUMMONS DEFENDANT(S). TO: DEFENDANT(S): A lawsuit has been filed against you. Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it), you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached ri'complaint 0 amended complaint o counterclaim 0 cross-claim or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the plaintiff's attorney, Frank M, Weyer , whose address is Techcoastlaw, 2032 Whitley Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90068 . If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. You also must file your answer or motion with the court. Clerk, U.S. District Court SEP Dated: • 52013 _ By /l(a~:t£A/ (Seal of the Court) [Use 60 days if the defendant is the United States or a United States agency, or is an officer or employee of the United States. Allowed 60 days by Rule 12(a)(3)]. CY-OIA (10/11 SUMMONS • . CIVIL COVER SHEET I. (a) PLAINTIFFS ( Check box if you are representing yourself D) II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION o Number. (b) Attorneys (Firm Name, Address and Telephone are representing yourself, provide same.) If you ~ 04, Diversity Government Defendant (Indicate Citizenship of Parties in Item III) IV. ORIGIN (Place an X in one box only.) Iv1 1.Original 2. Removed from ~ Proceeding State Court D V. REQUESTED IN COMPLAINT: CLASS ACTION under F.R.Cv.P. 0 3. Remanded from Appe"ate Court JURY DEMAND: 0 23: Yes Number. If you o 3. Federal Question (U.S. Government Not a Party) 0 Citizen of Another State o 2. us. 0) III. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES-For Diversity Cases Only (Place an X In one box for plaintiff and one for defendant) DEF PTF DEF PTF 1 0 1 Incorporated or Principal Place 0 4 4 Citizen of This State of Business In this State (Place anX In one box only.) 1. U.S. Government Plaintiff yourself GOOGLEINC.,a Delaware Corporation EVERYMD.COM LLC,a California Limited Liability Company (b) Attorneys (Firm Name, Address and Telephone are representing yourself, provide same.) FRANKM. WEYER(BARNO. 127,011) TECHCOASTLAW 2032 WHITLEYAVE,LOSANGELES 90068 CA 310-494-6616 ( Check box if you are representing DEFENDANTS o 0 2 Citizen or Subject of a Foreign Country Reinstated D 4, Reopened or 181 Yes 0 No (Check o 181No MONEY D 2 Incorporated and Principal Place of Business in Another State Foreign Nation S, Transferred from Another District (Specify) KYes" only if demanded DEMANDED 0 6. MultlDistrict litigation in complaint.) IN COMPLAINT: $ VI. CAUSE OF ACTION (Cite the U.S. Civil Statute under which you are filing and write a brief statement of cause, Do not cite jurisdictional statutes unless diversity.) Patent Infringement under 35 U.S.c. 271(a) VII. NATURE OF SUIT (Place an OTHER STATUTES X in one box only). 0 375 FalseClaims Act 0 CONTRACT 110 Insurance 0 0 0 0 0 400 State 0 120 Marine 0 o 4650ther Immigration 0 0 0 0 0 0 460 Deportation 0 470 Racketeer lnfluenced & Corrupt Org. 140 Negotiable Instrument 150 Recovery of Overpayment & Enforcement of Judgment 245 Tort Product Liability 290 All Other Real 0 Prooertv TORTS P£RSONAL INJURY 310Airplane 0 0 151 Medicare Act 0 152 Recovery of Defaulted Student Loan (Excl.Vet.) 0 0 0 Reapportionment 410 Antitrust 430 Banks and Banking 450 CommercellCC Rates/Etc. o 130 Miller Act 480 Consumer Credit 490 Cable/Sat lV 850 Securities/Commodities/Exchange 890 Other Statutory Actions 891 Agricultural Acts 893 Environmental Matters 895 Freedom of Info. o o 896 Arbitration Act o 0 0 0 0 0 190 Other Contract o . 0 195 Contract Product Liability 0 o REAL PROPERTY 210Land o 899 Admin. ofProcedures o Condemnation Act/Review Appeal of Agency Decision of o 153 Recovery of Overpayment of Vet. Benefits 160 Stockholders' Suits 10 196 Franchise o 950 Constitutionality State Statutes Rnt 'CONT. 240 Torts to Land 0 0 0 0 0 o 220 Foreclosure o 230 Rent Lease & o Ejectment FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: Case Number: _ 315 Airplane Product Liability 320 Assault. Libel & Slander 330 Fed. Employers' Liability 340 Marine 345 Marine Product liability PRISONERPETITIONS H.be.s Corpus: 463 Alien Detainee IMMIGRATION 462 Naturalization Application PROPERTY RIGHTS o 820 Copyrights o Patent o 510 Motions to Vacate lEI 830 Trademark Actions Sentence o o 530 General SOCIAL SECURITY TORTS o 535 Death Penalty o 861 HIA (1395ff) Other: 0 370 Other Fraud o 862 Black Lung (923) 0 540 Mandamus/Other o 863 DIWC/DIWN (405 (g)) 0 371 Truth in Lending 0 550 Civil Rights 380 Other Personal 0 Property Damage o 555 Prison Condition o 864 SSIDTitle XVI o 865 RSI(405 (g)) o Conditions of 560 Civil Detainee 385 Property Damage 840 ..; 0 0 0 Product Liability BANKRUPTCY 422 Appeal 28 USC158 423 Withdrawal 28 USC157 CIVIL RIGHTS 440 Other Civil Rights 350 Motor Vehicle 355 Motor Vehicle Product Liability 0 360 Other Personal 0 441 Voting Injury 362 Personal Injury442 Employment Med Malpratice 443 Housingl 365 Personal InjuryAccomodations Product Liability 445 American with 367 Health Carel DlsabilitiesPharmaceutical Employment Personal Injury Product Liability 446 American with Disabilities-Other 368 Asbestos ::~~n~lll~rytv D.I~Ed~ti~ un'" ~ o o o o Confinement FORF~ITUR~~ENALTY o 625 Drug Related 21 Seizure of Property USC881 o 0 0 FEDERAL TAX SUITS 870 Taxes (U.S.Plaintiff or Defendant) 871 IRS-ThirdParty 26 USC 7609 6900ther LABOR o Act Fair Labor Standards 710 o Relations 720 Labor/Mgmt. o 740 Railway Labor Act o 751 Family and Medical Leave Act o 790 Other Labor litigation 0 791 Employee Ret. Inc. Security Act t;VI1-UOLJ'1U AFTER COMPLETING PAGE 1 OF FORM CV-71 , COMPLETE THE INFORMATION REQUESTED ON PAGE 2. CV-71 (02/13) CIVILCOVERSHEET Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL COVER SHEET VIII (a). IDENTICAL CASES: Has this action been previously filed In this court and dismissed, remanded or closed? IE] NO DYES ~ DYES If yes, list case number(s): VIII (b). RELATED CASES: Have any cases been previously filed in this court that are related to the present case? NO If yes, list case number(s): CIvil casesart dHmtd relattd If a previously filed cast and the present case: (Check all boxes that apply) 0 A. Arise from the same or closely related transactions, happenings, or events; or o B. Call for determination of the same or substantially related or similar questions of law and fact; or o C. For other reasonswould entail substantial duplication of labor If heard by different judges; or o D. Involve the same patent, trademark or copyright....an.d..onef the factors identified above in a, b or c also is present. o IX. VENUE: (When completing the following information, use an additional sheet if necessary.) (a) List the County in this District; California County outside of thisDistrict. State if other than Californle: or Foreign Country, in which EACH named plaintiff resides. o Check here if the government, its agencies or employees is a named plaintiff. If this box is checked, go to item (b). California County outside of this District; State, if other than California; or Forei9n Countrv County In this Dlstrlct:LOSANGELES (b) List the County in this Dlstrict: California County outside of this District; State if other than California; or Foreign Country, in which EACH named defendant resides. o Check here if the government, its agencies or employees is a named defendant. If this box is checked, go to item (c). California County outside of this District; State, if other than California; or Foreign Country County In this Dlstrlct:LOSANGELES (c) List the County In this Dlstrlct; California County outside of this District State if other than Californiai or Foreign Country, in which EACH claim arose. NOTE: In land condemnation cases, use the location of the tract of land Involved. Califomia County outside of this District; State, if other than Californiai or Foreign Country County In this Dlstrlct:LOSANGELES r: -Los Angeles, Orang., San Bernardino, Rlv.nld., Ventura, Santa Barba" , or San Luis OfsPO countl1 Note: In land condemnation cases,use the location of the tract of land invol • d l -, '-"./"'" <. ./' DATE: SEPTEMBER 201 3 4, X. SIGNATUREOF ATTORNEY(OR SELF·REPRESENTED LITIGANT): NotlcUo CounsellPartles: The CV-71 (JS-44)Civil Cover Sheetand the inforn ation contained herein neither re lace nor supp lement the filln 9 and service of P leadin 9s or p other papers as required by law. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September' 974, is required pursuant to Local Rule-1 Is not filed 3 but is used by the Clerk of the Court for the purpose of statistics, venue and initiating the civil docket sheet. (For more detailed instructions, see separate instructions sheet). Key to Statistical codes relating to Social Security Cases: Nature of Suit Code Abbreviation Substantive Stat.ment of Cause of Action All claims for health insurance benefits (Medicare) under rrtle '8, Part A, of the Social Security Act, asamended. Also, 861 HIA include claims by hospitals, skilled nursin9 facilities, etc, for certification as providers of services under the program. (42 U.S.c. 1935FF(b)) 862 BL All claims for "Black Lung" benefits under Title 4, Part8, of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. (30 U.S.c. 923) 863 DIWC All claims filed by insured workers for disability insurance benefits under Title 2 of the Social Security Act, as amended; plus all claims filed for child's insurance benefits based on disability. (42 U.S.c.405 (g)) 863 DI'INI All claims filed for widows or widowers insurance benefits based on disability under Title 2 of the Social Security Act, as amended. (42 U.S.C. 05 (9)) 4 864 SSID 86S RSI All claims for supplemental security Income payments based upon disability filed under Title16 of the Social Security Act, as amended. All claims for retirement (old age) and survivors benefits under Title 2 of the Social Security Act, as amended. (42 U.S.c. 405 (g)) CV-71 (02/13) CIVIL COVER SHEET Page 20f2

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