Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC v. Softlayer Technologies, Inc. et al

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COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT against AOL LLC, CME Group Inc., Softlayer Technologies, Inc., CitiWare Technology Solutions, LLC, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., MySpace Inc., Amazon.com Inc., PayPal Inc., Match.com, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 350 receipt number 05400000000002036921.), filed by Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Civil Cover Sheet)(Baxter, Samuel)

Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC v. Softlayer Technologies, Inc. et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION Bedrock Computer Technologies LLC, Plaintiff, v. 1. Softlayer Technologies, Inc., 2. CitiWare Technology Solutions, LLC, 3. Google Inc., 4. Yahoo! Inc., 5. MySpace Inc., 6. Amazon.com Inc., 7. PayPal Inc., 8. Match.com, Inc., 9. AOL LLC, and 10. CME Group Inc., Defendants. § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § §

Case No. 6:09-cv-269

Jury Trial Demanded

ORIGINAL COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT Plaintiff Bedrock Computer Technologies LLC ("Bedrock") files this Original Complaint for Patent Infringement. PARTIES 1. Plaintiff Bedrock is a Texas corporation with its principal place of

business at 100 E. Ferguson Street, Suite 712, Tyler, Texas 75702. 2. Defendant Softlayer Technologies, Inc. is a Texas corporation, with its

principal place of business at 6400 International Pkwy., Suite 2000, Plano, Texas 75093, which is doing business and infringing Bedrock's patent in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere in the United States.

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Defendant CitiWare Technology Solutions, LLC is, upon information and

belief, a limited liability Texas corporation, with its principal place of business at 819 Pinegrove Lane, Longview, Texas 75604, which is doing business and infringing Bedrock's patent in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere in the United States. 4. Defendant Google Inc. is a Delaware corporation, with its principal place

of business at 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View, California 94043-1351, which is doing business and infringing Bedrock's patent in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere in the United States. 5. Defendant Yahoo! Inc. is a Delaware corporation, with its principal place

of business at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94089-1019, which is doing business and infringing Bedrock's patent in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere in the United States. 6. Defendant MySpace Inc. is a Delaware corporation, with its principal

place of business at 1223 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 402, Santa Monica, California 90403-5400, which is doing business and infringing Bedrock's patent in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere in the United States. 7. Defendant Amazon.com Inc. is a Delaware corporation, with its principal

place of business at 1200 12th Avenue S, Suite 1200, Seattle, Washington 98144-2734, which is doing business and infringing Bedrock's patent in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere in the United States. 8. Defendant PayPal Inc. is a Delaware corporation, with its principal place

of business at 2211 N. 1st Street, San Jose, California 95131-2021, which is doing business and infringing Bedrock's patent in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere in the United States.

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Defendant Match.com, Inc. is a Delaware corporation, with its principal

place of business at 8300 Douglas Avenue, Suite 800, Dallas, Texas 75225, which is doing business and infringing Bedrock's patent in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere in the United States. 10. Defendant AOL LLC is a Delaware corporation, with its principal place of

business at 770 Broadway, New York, New York 10003, which is doing business and infringing Bedrock's patent in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere in the United States. 11. Defendant CME Group Inc. is a Delaware corporation, with its principal

place of business at 20 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, which is doing business and infringing Bedrock's patent in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere in the United States. JURISDICTION AND VENUE 12. This is a civil action for patent infringement arising under the patent laws

of the United States, Title 35, United States Code, including 35 U.S.C. §§ 271 and 281-285. Jurisdiction is conferred on this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a). 13. Venue is proper in the Tyler Division of the Eastern District of Texas

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391 and 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b). 14. Defendants are transacting business within the State of Texas and this

District. Defendants are operating and/or supporting products or services that fall within one or more claims of Bedrock's patent in this District. Defendants are therefore subject to the personal jurisdiction of this Court. GENERAL ALLEGATIONS 15. Bedrock holds all right, title, and interest in and to United States Patent

No. 5,893,120, entitled "Methods and Apparatus for Information Storage and Retrieval Using a

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Hashing Technique with External Chaining and On-the-Fly Removal of Expired Data," (hereinafter "the `120 Patent" or the "Patent-in-Suit"). A copy of the `120 Patent is attached as Exhibit A to this Complaint. 16. In the course of their business operations, Defendants use the method and

apparatus falling within one or more claims of the `120 Patent. 17. Defendants infringe the Patent-in-Suit directly, contributorily and/or by

active inducement by importing, manufacturing, using, marketing, distributing, selling, and/or supporting products and/or services that fall within one or more claims of the `120 Patent. COUNT I Infringement of the `120 Patent 18. fully set forth herein. 19. Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe the `120 Patent in this Plaintiff repeats and realleges the allegations in paragraphs 1-17 as though

District and elsewhere in the United States by their manufacture, importation, sale, offering for sale, and/or use of the claimed method and apparatus of the `120 Patent without authority or license of Bedrock. 20. Defendants have contributorily infringed and/or induced others to infringe

and continue to contributorily infringe and/or to induce others to infringe the `120 Patent in this District and elsewhere in the United States by their manufacture, importation, sale, offering for sale, and/or use of the claimed method and apparatus of the `120 Patent without authority or license of Bedrock. 21. Defendants' acts have caused, and unless restrained and enjoined, will

continue to cause, irreparable injury and damage to Bedrock and its affiliates for which there is

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no adequate remedy at law. Unless enjoined by this Court, Defendants will continue to infringe the `120 Patent. PRAYER FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE, Bedrock requests the following relief: 22. that Defendants and their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, agents,

servants, employees, attorneys, successors, and assigns, and all those persons in active concert or participation with them, or any of them, be enjoined from making, importing, using, offering for sale, selling, or causing to be sold any product or service falling within the scope of any claim of the Patent-in-Suit, or otherwise infringing or contributing to or inducing infringement of any claim of the Patent-in-Suit; 23. 24. 25. a finding that Defendants have infringed the Patent-in-Suit; that Bedrock be awarded its actual damages; that Bedrock be awarded pre-judgment interest and post-judgment interest

at the maximum rate allowed by law; 26. 27. that the Court order an accounting for damages; that the Court declare this to be an exceptional case pursuant to 35 U.S.C.

§ 285 and award Bedrock its attorneys' fees; 28. 29. 30. 31. just and proper. that the Court award enhanced damages pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284; that the Court award a compulsory future royalty; that Bedrock be awarded costs of court; and that Bedrock be awarded such other and further relief as the Court deems

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DEMAND FOR A JURY TRIAL Pursuant to Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Bedrock demands a trial by jury on all issues triable of right by a jury.

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DATED: June 16, 2009

Respectfully submitted, McKOOL SMITH, P.C. _/s/ Sam F. Baxter_________ Sam F. Baxter, Lead Attorney Texas Bar No. 01938000 McKOOL SMITH, P.C. [e-mail] 104 E. Houston Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 0 Marshall, Texas 75670 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Douglas A. Cawley

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[e-mail] Theodore Stevenson, III Texas Bar No. 19196650 [e-mail] McKOOL SMITH, P.C. 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 214-978-4044 Robert M. Parker Texas Bar No. 15498000 Robert Christopher Bunt Texas Bar No. 00787165 PARKER, BUNT & AINSWORTH, P.C. 100 E. Ferguson, Suite 1114 Tyler, Texas 75702 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 903-533-9687 E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail] ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF BEDROCK COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES

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