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PERFORMANCE DESIGNED
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Case No.
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-1COMPLAINT
THE PARTIES
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5 principal place of business at 2300 West Empire Avenue, Suite 600, Burbank,
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23 States Design Patent Numbers D624,078 (the D078 Patent) arising under the
24 patent laws of the United States, Title 35 of the United States Code.
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This Court has original subject matter jurisdiction of this action under
27 28 U.S.C. 1331 (federal question), and 28 U.S.C. 1338(a) and (b) (any Act of
28 Congress relating to patents).
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COMPLAINT
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2 Defendants pursuant to due process and/or the California Long Arm Statute because
3 Defendants are California entities with their principal place of business in California
4 and within this judicial district, have committed and continue to commit acts of
5 infringement in violation of 35 U.S.C. 271(a), (b), and (c), and place infringing
6 products into the stream of commerce, with the knowledge or understanding that
7 such products are sold in the State of California, including in this judicial district.
8 On information and belief, Defendants derive substantial revenue from the sale of
9 infringing products within this judicial district, expect their actions to have
10 consequences within this judicial district, and derive substantial revenue from
11 interstate and international commerce, including within this judicial district.
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13 because a substantial portion of the events giving rise to the claims for relief stated
14 in this Complaint arose in this judicial district. Specifically, Defendants have sold
15 or offered for sale infringing products in this district. Furthermore, Plaintiff PDP
16 maintains a business office within this district and has suffered harm within this
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BACKGROUND FACTS
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20 manufactures video game accessories. PDP has been supplying video game
21 accessories to the market for over a decade and has additional offices and facilities
22 in San Diego, California, China, Hong Kong, France and the United Kingdom.
23 Customers use PDPs high quality products in many places throughout the world,
24 including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. PDP is an
25 innovator in the field of video game accessories and holds multiple patents,
26 including the D078 Patent. Attached as Exhibit A is a copy of the D078 Patent.
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1 products are on sale and in use throughout the United States, including in the State
2 of California and this district. Mad Catz offers for sale the Fight Pad Pro
3 Controller in this district and throughout the United States1.
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On information and belief, Mad Catz has used, imported into, sold, or
offered for sale in the United States its accused controllers, which infringe the
D078 Patent. Mad Catz has not obtained permission from PDP to use, import, sell,
or offer PDPs designs claimed in the D078 Patent. Mad Catz had many options in
infringe PDPs designs claimed in the D078 Patent by making, using, selling or
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Mad Catzs marketing materials inconsistently refer to the accused product as the Fight
Pad Pro Controller and the FightStick TE2. For removal of doubt, PDP accuses te product
28 shown in the picture attached to Paragraph 11 of infringement.
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COMPLAINT
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Mad Catzs Fight Pad Pro Controller has an overall appearance that is
2 confusingly similar and substantially the same, in view of the prior art and in the
3 eyes of an ordinary observer, as PDPs Fight Pad for Xbox One controller (and the
4 designs claimed in the D078 Patent), as demonstrated by the side-by-side
5 comparison below:
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24 infringe, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, the D078 Patent by making,
25 using, selling, and/or offering to sell in the United States, and/or importing into the
26 United States the Fight Pad Pro Controller identified in this Complaint, which
27 controller embodies the design covered by the D078 Patent.
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7 of the D078 Patent is and has been willful. On information and belief, Defendants
8 have acted and continue to act with objective recklessness by proceeding despite an
9 objectively high likelihood that their actions constitute infringement of PDPs valid
10 patents, and Defendants are aware of PDPs patents, including the D078 Patent, and
11 know of the high likelihood that they cover Defendants products.
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13 PDP under 35 U.S.C. 284, and an award of attorneys fees under 35 U.S.C. 285.
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15 harm from Defendants infringement of the D078 Patent. PDP has no adequate
16 remedy at law and is, under 35 U.S.C. 283, entitled to an injunction against
17 Defendants continuing infringement of the D078 Patent. Unless enjoined,
18 Defendants will continue their infringing conduct.
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PRAYER
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(b)
23 Patent;
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1 who receive actual notice of the judgment by personal service or otherwise, from
2 further acts of infringement of PDPs D078 Patent;
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4 (30) days after entry of any injunction in this case, a written statement, under oath,
5 setting forth in detail the manner in which Defendants have complied with the
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For any other remedy to which PDP may be entitled under the
17 law, and any other further relief as the Court may deem appropriate.
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Respectfully submitted,
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Exhibit A
US D624,078 S
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Jennings et al.
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Date of Patent:
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Primary Examiner-Prabhakar
ExammeriPrabhakar Deshmukh
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Sheppard
FirmiSheppard Mullin Richter &
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CLAIM
CLAIM
DESCRIPTION
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