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COMPLAINT for DAMAGES and Injunctive Relief-Violation of Can-Spam Act of 2003 (15 U.S.C. Section 7701, et seq.) and California Business and Professions Code Section 17529.5 against Valueclick Inc.; DEMAND for JURY TRIAL ( Filing fee $ 350, receipt number 34611007574). Filed byAsis Internet Services. (far, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/21/2007) Additional attachment(s) added on 8/14/2007 (slh, COURT STAFF). Additional attachment(s) added on 8/14/2007 (slh, COURT STAFF). Additional attachment(s) added on 8/14/2007 (slh, COURT STAFF). Additional attachment(s) added on 8/14/2007 (slh, COURT STAFF).
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Jason K. Singleton, State Bar #166170
lawgroup@sbcglobal.net rgrabows@pacbell.net
Richard E. Grabowski, State Bar #236207 SINGLETON LAW GROUP 611 "L" Street, Suite A Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 441-1177 FAX 441-1533 Attorneys for Plaintiff, ASIS INTERNET SERVICES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) ) VALUECLICK, INC., dba VC E-COMMERCE ) ) SOLUTIONS, INC., also dba CONSUMERINCENTIVEZONE.COM, also dba ) ) PROMOTIONSGATEWAY.COM, also dba ) GENEROUSGENIE.COM, also dba ) REWARDSGATEWAY.COM, also dba ) CONSUMERPROMOTIONCENTER.COM, also ) ) dba REWARDAMAZON.COM, also dba ) GIVEAWAYCAFE.COM and DOES ONE ) through FIFTY, inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ASIS INTERNET SERVICES, a California corporation, Case No. C-07-3261 EMC COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF VIOLATION OF CAN-SPAM ACT OF 2003 [15 U.S.C. § 7701, et seq.] AND CALIFORNIA BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS CODE §§ 17529.5 DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
Plaintiff, ASIS INTERNET SERVICES, a California corporation, and an Internet Access Provider, complains of Defendants VALUECLICK, INC., dba VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., also dba CONSUMERINCENTIVEZONE.COM, dba GENEROUSGENIE.COM, also also dba dba
PROMOTIONSGATEWAY.COM,
also
REWARDSGATEWAY.COM, also dba CONSUMERPROMOTIONCENTER.COM, also dba REWARDAMAZON.COM, also dba GIVEAWAYCAFE.COM, and DOES ONE through FIFTY, inclusive, and alleges violations of CAN-SPAM Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7704(a) and (b) and
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California Business and Professions Code § 17529.5(a) and requests injunctive relief, liquidated damages, statutory damages, aggravated damages, and attorney fees authorized as remedies under 15 U.S.C. § 7706(g) and California Business and Professions Code § 17529.5(b)(1)(B). JURISDICTION AND VENUE 1. This Court has original jurisdiction of this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 for This Court also has
violations of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (15 U.S.C. §§ 7701 et seq.).
original jurisdiction under 15 U.S.C. § 7706(g)(1) for cases involving a civil action by an internet access provider adversely affected by a violation of section 15 U.S.C. § 7704(a)(1), 15 U.S.C. § 7704(b), or 15 U.S.C. § 7704(d), or a pattern or practice that violates paragraphs (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 15 U.S.C. § 7704(a). Pursuant to pendent jurisdiction, attendant and related causes of action, arising from the same facts, are also brought under California law, including, but not limited to, violations of California Business & Professions Code § 17529.5. 2. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendants VALUECLICK, INC., who
maintain offices at 30699 Russell Ranch Road, Suite 250, Westlake Village, CA 91362, and VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., who maintain offices at 15360 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1750, Los Angeles, CA 91403, according to representations made to the Secretary of State of California. VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., is listed by the Secretary of State of
California as a suspended corporation. The Secretary of State of California also lists agents for service for VALUECLICK, INC., and VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., in California. The other dba's named in this suit are copyrighted names owned by VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC. Therefore, the court has personal jurisdiction pursuant to physical
presence of the Defendant within the court's territorial jurisdiction. Burnham v. Sup.Ct., 495 US at 610611, (1990). 3. Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) and is founded on
the fact that a substantial part of the unlawful actions of the defendants occurred in this judicial district.
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FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS Plaintiff is informed and believes and therefore alleges that Defendant
VALUECLICK, INC., is a Delaware Corporation registered with the Secretary of State of California to do business in California with agent for service in California. (see Exhibit "A"). Plaintiff is informed and believes and therefore alleges that Defendant VALUECLICK, INC., is the sole owner of VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., a defunct California corporation whose status is listed by the Secretary of State of California as "suspended". (See Exhibit "B"). Plaintiff is informed and believes and therefore alleges that Defendant VALUECLICK, INC. is the successor in interest to the defunct corporation VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC. Defendant VALUECLICK, INC., is believed to be a corporation or the agent of a corporation or partnership providing internet marketing services to retailers selling to residents of the United States and California over the internet. 4. Plaintiff is informed and believes and therefore alleges that Defendants PROMOTIONSGATEWAY.COM, GENEROUSGENIE.COM,
CONSUMERINCENTIVEZONE.COM,
REWARDSGATEWAY.COM, CONSUMERPROMOTIONCENTER.COM, REWARDAMAZON.COM, and GIVEAWAYCAFE.COM are aliases or agents for Defendants VALUECLICK, INC., and or VC ECOMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC. (See Exhibit "C" see Para. 17 of each set of Terms and
Conditions describing ownership of each program name and declaring the name as a trademark of VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC.). 5. Plaintiff ASIS INTERNET SERVICES (hereafter "ASIS) does not know the true
names and capacities of defendants VALUECLICK, INC., dba VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., also dba CONSUMERINCENTIVEZONE.COM, dba GENEROUSGENIE.COM, also also dba dba
PROMOTIONSGATEWAY.COM,
also
REWARDSGATEWAY.COM, also dba CONSUMERPROMOTIONCENTER.COM, also dba REWARDAMAZON.COM, also dba GIVEAWAYCAFE.COM, and DOES ONE to FIFTY, inclusive, their business capacities, their ownership connection to the business(s), nor their relative responsibilities in causing the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and other violations herein complained of, and alleges a joint venture and common enterprise by all such defendants.
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Plaintiff is informed and believes that each of the defendants herein, including DOES ONE to FIFTY, inclusive, is the agent, ostensible agent, master, servant, employer, employee, representative, franchiser, franchisee, joint venturer, partner, and associate, or such similar capacity, of each of the other defendants, and was at all times acting and performing, or failing to act or perform, with the authorization, consent, permission or ratification of each of the other defendants, and is responsible in some manner for the acts and omissions of the other defendants in legally causing the violations and damages complained of herein, and have approved or ratified each of the acts or omissions of each other defendant, as herein described. Plaintiff will seek leave to amend this Complaint when the true names, capacities, connections and responsibilities of defendants VALUECLICK, INC., dba VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., also dba CONSUMERINCENTIVEZONE.COM, dba GENEROUSGENIE.COM, also also dba dba
PROMOTIONSGATEWAY.COM,
also
REWARDSGATEWAY.COM, also dba CONSUMERPROMOTIONCENTER.COM, also dba REWARDAMAZON.COM, also dba GIVEAWAYCAFE.COM, and DOES ONE to FIFTY, inclusive, are ascertained. 6. Plaintiff is informed and believes that all named defendants, including DOES
ONE to FIFTY, inclusive, conspired to commit the acts described herein, or alternatively, aided and abetted one another in the performance of the wrongful acts hereinafter alleged. 7. Plaintiff ASIS is a California corporation registered to do business in California
and is located in Garberville, California. ASIS provides Internet access service within the meaning of 15 U.S.C. § 7702(11). 8. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants sent or caused to have sent 5624 commercial
electronic mail messages from October 25, 2005, through March 30, 2007, to Plaintiff's server, a protected computer, containing, and/or accompanied by, header information that was materially false or materially misleading. 9. Plaintiff states that the email accounts that the 5624 commercial emails were
sent to did not solicit the emails. These emails were unsolicited because they were sent to unassigned or inactive email accounts owned by ASIS. ASIS did not solicit any product,
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service, or information from any entity using these email accounts. 10. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants transmitted 5624 unsolicited commercial
electronic mail messages with a subject line that a person would know would be likely to mislead a recipient, acting reasonably under the circumstances, about a material fact regarding the contents and subject matter of the message. 11. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants sent or caused to have sent 5624 unsolicited e-
mail advertisements containing and/or accompanied by falsified, misrepresented, or forged header information. 12. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants transmitted 5624 unsolicited e-mail
advertisements with a subject line that a person would know would be likely to mislead a recipient, acting reasonably under the circumstances, about a material fact regarding the contents and subject matter of the message. 13. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants used a harvest and directory attack to acquire
Plaintiff's and Plaintiff's customers email accounts to send 5624 commercial electronic mail messages to a Plaintiff's protected computer. Many of the email accounts receiving the emails have not been in-active for several years. 14. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants used an automated creation of multiple email
accounts to send 5624 commercial electronic mail messages to a Plaintiff's protected computer. 15. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants used a protected computer/network without
authorization to relay or retransmit the 5624 commercial electronic mail messages to Plaintiff's protected computer. FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION (Violation of CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 15 U.S.C. §7704(a)(1) and (2), and 15 U.S.C. §7704(b)(1) and (2)) 16. Plaintiff refers to the allegations of the preceding paragraphs of this complaint,
and incorporates the same herein by this reference as though set forth in full. 17. On October 25, 2005, through March 30, 2007, Plaintiff received 5624
commercial electronic mail messages from defendants to its mail server located in California
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that violated the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. 18. Plaintiff alleges that all of the relevant electronic mails sent by the Defendants on
October 25, 2005, through March 30, 2007, contained or were accompanied by header information that was materially false or materially misleading. Each of these 5624 messages indicated that they were from email accounts such as "CustomerService", "Blue Light Special", "ShippingDept", or various other unknown identities. These false email names resolved into emails sent by various person or persons unknown (e,g, CustomerService to
CustomerService@90.cityain.com, Blue Light Special to BlueLight@146.tryeway.com, and ShippingDept to ShippingDept@242.sumnic.com). See sample emails and source code in Exhibit "D" attached hereto. (Note that all receiving email accounts have been
redacted, while these email all represent inactive email accounts they are still the property of ASIS Internet Services and are protected by ASIS's corporate privilege.) A WHOIS check of the domain name registration for cityain.com indicates that the domain name was registered under a protection service. The true registrant for cityain.com cannot be determined without a subpoena. See Exhibit "E" attached hereto. A lookup for the underlying server indicated in the IP Address for tryeway.com indicates that it cannot be determined, this usually indicates that the domain name is not properly registered or was registered under a domain name privacy or proxy service. The true registrant for tryeway.com cannot be determined without a subpoena and possibly not at all. A WHOIS check of the domain name registration for
sumnic.com indicates it is registered under a protection service., Inc. a privacy service that conceals the true registrants identity. See Exhibit "F." The true identity of sumnic.com can only be determined by subpoena. See Exhibit "G." Plaintiff has reviewed the Domain Name registration for all of the sending Domain Names and determined that a majority of the emails were sent using email accounts registered to domain names that are registered under services that conceal the true identity of the domain name registrant through a proxy service or privacy service. See a sample of the WHOIS reports reviewed in Exhibit "H". Also see examples of domain name privacy/proxy service advertisements in Exhibit "K". Some of the proxy/privacy services used boast that they do not even collect identification information and accept
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anonymous cash payments. Plaintiff has been unable to identify any of the remaining domain name registrants as real persons or entities. 15 U.S.C. §7704(a)(1)(A) states: "(A) header information that is technically accurate but includes an originating electronic mail address, domain name, or Internet Protocol address the access to which for purposes of initiating the message was obtained by means of false or fraudulent pretenses or representations shall be considered materially misleading. 15 U.S.C. §7704(a)(6) states: "the term "materially", when used with respect to false or misleading header information, includes the alteration or concealment of header information in a manner that would impair the ability of an Internet access service processing the message on behalf of a recipient, a person alleging a violation of this section, or a law enforcement agency to identify, locate, or respond to a person who initiated the electronic mail message or to investigate the alleged violation..." Therefore, since false information was used to generate the domain names and/or domain names were concealed from investigation through proxy/privacy services the electronic mail messages violated 15 U.S.C. §7704(a)(1)(A). 19. Plaintiff further alleges that the Defendants sent 5624 separate items of
electronic mail to Plaintiff's computer that include advertisements with a subject line that a person would know would be likely to mislead a recipient, acting reasonably under the circumstances, about a material fact regarding the contents and subject matter of the message. 15 U.S.C. § 7704(a)(2)(1) defines two methods for determining if a subject line is misleading: "1) if such person has actual knowledge"; or 2) "knowledge fairly implied on the basis of objective circumstances." Plaintiff alleges that the "circumstances" required are plainly visible in the actual subject lines of the emails. The email subject lines received by Plaintiff were clearly intended to get someone to open the email by enticing them with free gifts such as: "$1500 Visa Gift Card on us"; " Joan, Let us pay for a trip to Las Vegas!"; and "All expense paid trip to Chicago to see the show you love!". See Exhibit "I." (Note that all receiving email accounts have been redacted, while these email all represent inactive email accounts they are still the property of ASIS Internet Services and are protected by ASIS's corporate privilege.) These subject lines are provided as examples, various other similar subject lines were
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included in the emails. 20. Plaintiff further alleges that the Defendants sent 5624 separate items of
electronic mail to plaintiff's computer that include statements in the body of the emails stating that they are email messages from CONSUMERINCENTIVEZONE.COM, REWARDSGATEWAY.COM, and
PROMOTIONSGATEWAY.COM,
GENEROUSGENIE.COM,
CONSUMERPROMOTIONCENTER.COM, GIVEAWAYCAFE.COM. emails directed the
REWARDAMAZON.COM,
Uniform Resource Locators (hereafter URLs) contained in the recipient to websites of CONSUMERINCENTIVEZONE.COM, REWARDSGATEWAY.COM, and
PROMOTIONSGATEWAY.COM,
GENEROUSGENIE.COM,
CONSUMERPROMOTIONCENTER.COM, GIVEAWAYCAFE.COM.
REWARDAMAZON.COM,
Plaintiff alleges that these entities, trademarks, and websites are
owned by VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., and their successor corporation VALUECLICK, INC. 21. Plaintiff alleges that VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., is a wholly owned
subsidiary of VALUECLICK, INC., and VALUECLICK, INC., is the successor corporation to VC E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC. Report Ex. 21.1. 22. Plaintiff further alleges that it received thousands of separate items of electronic See Exhibit "J" SEC 10K Subsidiary Registrant
mail from the Defendants to email addresses that had not existed for the prior year and had not requested or agreed to accept any solicitations. 23. Plaintiff further alleges that the Defendants sent or had sent 5624 separate items
of electronic mail to Plaintiff's computer that were acquired as the result of a directory harvest. Said conduct was in violation of 15 U.S.C. §7704(b)(1). 24. Plaintiff further alleges that the defendants sent or had sent 5624 separate items
of electronic mail to the plaintiff, from addresses that were acquired by the use of automated tools or scripts. Said conduct was in violation of 15 U.S.C. §7704(b)(2). 25. Plaintiff further alleges that Defendants used or had used a protected
computer/network without authorization to relay or retransmit the 5624 commercial electronic
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mail messages sent to Plaintiff's protected computer. 26. As a proximate result of said unlawful conduct by said Defendants, Plaintiff is
entitled to statutory damages in the amount of up to $100.00 per email in the case of violation of 15 U.S.C. §7704(a)(1) and up to $25.00 per email in the case of each violation of subsections 15 U.S.C. §7704(a)(2) in the form of statutory damages as set forth in 15 U.S.C. §7706(g)(1)(B)(ii) and (3)(A)(i) and (ii). 27. As a proximate result of said unlawful conduct by said defendants, Plaintiff is
entitled to treble all statutory damages as a result of violation of any section of 15 U.S.C. §7704(b) as set forth in 15 U.S.C. §7706(g)(1)(C). 28. Plaintiff furthermore seeks a preliminary and permanent injunction against the
defendants for their current and future violations of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 as Plaintiff and members of the general public will continue to incur damages as a result of the unlawful conduct of said defendants. The seeking of injunctive relief by the plaintiff is specifically
authorized by 15 U.S.C. §7706(g)(1)(A). 29. Plaintiff furthermore seeks its attorney fees and costs against the defendants
pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §7706(g)(4). SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION (Violation of California Business and Professions Code §17529.5 Unlawful activities relating to commercial email advertisements.) 30. Plaintiff hereby incorporates by reference paragraphs 1 through 29, inclusive, as
if the same were fully set forth herein. 31. Plaintiff alleges that all of the relevant electronic mails sent or sent on behalf of
the Defendants on October 25, 2005, through March 30, 2007, contained or were accompanied by header information that was materially false or materially misleading. Each of these 5624 unsolicited email advertisements indicated that they were from email accounts such as "CustomerService", "Blue Light Special", "ShippingDept", or various other unknown identities. These false email names resolved into emails sent by various persons or persons unknown (e,g, CustomerService to CustomerService@90.cityain.com, Blue Light Special to BlueLight@146.tryeway.com, and ShippingDept to ShippingDept@242.sumnic.com).
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See sample emails and source code in Exhibit "D" attached hereto. (Note that all receiving email accounts have been redacted, while these email all represent inactive email accounts they are still the property of ASIS Internet Services and are protected by ASIS's corporate privilege.) A WHOIS check of the domain name registration for cityain.com indicates that the domain name was registered under protection service. The true registrant for cityain.com cannot be determined without a subpoena. See Exhibit "E" attached hereto. A lookup for the underlying server indicated in the IP Address for tryeway.com indicates that it cannot be determined, this usually indicates that the domain name is not properly registered or was registered under a domain name privacy or proxy service. The true registrant for A WHOIS
tryeway.com cannot be determined without a subpoena and possibly not at all.
check of the domain name registration for sumnic.com indicates it is registered under a protection service., Inc. a privacy service that conceals the true registrants identity. See
Exhibit "F." The true identity of sumnic.com can only be determined by subpoena. See Exhibit "G." Plaintiff has reviewed the Domain Name registration for all of the sending Domain Names and determined that a majority of the emails were sent using email accounts registered to domain names that are registered under services that conceal the true identity of the domain name registrant through a proxy service or privacy service. See a sample of the WHOIS reports reviewed in Exhibit "H". Plaintiff has been unable to identify any of the remaining
domain name registrants as real persons or entities. Therefore, the electronic mail violated California Business and Professions Code § 17529.5(a)(2). 32. Plaintiff further alleges that the Defendants sent or had sent at least 5624
separate unsolicited electronic mail advertisements to plaintiff's computer that include various subject lines that were false and misleading and would be likely to mislead a recipient, acting reasonably under the circumstances, about a material fact regarding the contents or subject matter of the message in violation of California Business and Professions Code § 17529.5(a)(3). Plaintiff alleges that the "circumstances" required are plainly visible in the
actual subject lines of the emails. The email subject lines received by Plaintiff were clearly intended to get someone to open the email by enticing them with free gifts such as: "$1500
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Visa Gift Card on us"; " Joan, Let us pay for a trip to Las Vegas!"; and "All expense paid trip to Chicago to see the show you love!". See Exhibit "I." These subject lines are provided as examples, various other similar subject lines were included in the emails. 33. As a proximate result of said unlawful conduct by said Defendants, Plaintiff is
entitled to liquidated damages in the amount of $1,000.00 for each unsolicited commercial email transmitted in violation of California Business and Professions Code § 17529.5(a) as set forth in California Business and Professions Code § 17529.5(b)(1)(B)(ii). 34. Plaintiff furthermore seeks its attorney fees and costs against the defendants
pursuant to California Business and Professions Code §17529.5(b)(1)(C). WHEREFORE, plaintiff prays judgment against the defendants and each of them as follows: 1. For statutory damages of up to $100.00 for each violation of 15 U.S.C.
§7704(a)(1) and up to $25.00 in the case of violations of § 7704(a)(2) in the sum of $703,000; 2. For aggravated damages under 15 U.S.C. §7706(g)(1)(C) of up to three times
the amount above for these violations committed by the defendants' violations of 15 U.S.C. §7704(b) in the sum of $2,109,000; 3. For a preliminary and permanent injunction preventing the defendants and all
persons acting in concert with them from the violation of the Can-Spam Act of 2003; 4. For liquidated damages of $1000.00 for each violation of California Business
and Professions Code § 17529.5(a) in the sum of $5,624,000; 4. 5. 6. For an award of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs according to proof; For costs of suit; and For such other and further relief as this Courts deems just and proper. SINGLETON LAW GROUP Dated: June 13, 2007 /s/ Jason K. Singleton Jason K. Singleton Richard E. Grabowski, Attorneys for Plaintiff, ASIS INTERNET SERVICES
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REQUEST FOR JURY TRIAL Plaintiff hereby requests a jury for all claims for which a jury is permitted.
SINGLETON LAW GROUP /s/ Jason K. Singleton Jason K. Singleton Richard E. Grabowski Attorneys for Plaintiff, ASIS INTERNET SERVICES
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