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MASONTOPS, INC.
Case No.
Plaintiff,
Judge:
v.
Jury Trial Demanded
AMAZON.COM, INC., and SOLIGT, INC.
Defendants
COMPLAINT
THE PARTIES
of the country of Canada, province of Ontario, with its principal place of business at 21-620
State of Delaware and having a corporate headquarters address of 410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle,
Washington 98109. Amazon engages in the retail sale of consumer products in North America and
internationally. The company sells merchandise purchased for resale from vendors, and those
offered by third-party sellers through retail websites, operated by Amazon.com, Inc., such as
www.amazon.com.
that Amazon operates a wholly owned subsidiary, Amazon.com Services, Inc., that performs the
same business as Amazon.com in this district and acts as Amazon’s agent in this district.
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4. Soligt, Inc.(“Soligt”) is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New
York, and has a corporate address of 72 Elizabeth Street, Kingston, New York 12401. Soligt sells
5. This is an action for patent infringement arising under the patent laws of the United
6. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338.
7. This Court has specific personal jurisdiction over each Defendant because each
Defendant has committed and continues to commit acts of infringement in violation of 35 U.S.C.
§ 271, and offers for sale or sells, or aids, abets, and induces the sale and offer for sale, of infringing
products in the State of Illinois and to residents of the State of Illinois, including in this District.
The acts by each Defendant injure Plaintiff within this District. Upon information and belief, each
Defendant derives substantial revenue from the infringing products within this District, expects its
actions to have consequences within this District, and derives substantial revenue from sales in
this District.
8. The Court has general personal jurisdiction over Defendant Amazon because its
affiliations with Illinois and this District are so continuous and systematic as to render Amazon
essentially at home in Illinois and this District, given Amazon’s large and continuous sales and
in Illinois by utilizing Amazon’s distribution and fulfillment system to provide Soligt with a
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10. Venue is proper within this District under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b) and (c) and
1400(b).
11. Masontops is the owner by assignment of U.S. Design Patent D854,929 (“the ‘929
12. U.S. Design Patent D854,929 was issued on July 30, 2019 and claims a design for
13. Defendant Amazon markets and sells the Soligt Easy Rinse & Drain Sprouting Lids
for Wide Mouth Mason Jars (“Soligt Sprout Lid”) via its website www.amazon.com under number
ASIN# B07KVL25SR. See Ex. B. On www.amazon.com, the accused products are stated to be
14. Defendant Soligt markets and sells Soligt Easy Rinse & Drain Sprouting Lids for
Wide Mouth Mason Jars (“Soligt Sprout Lid”). See Ex. C. Below is a side-by-side visual
comparison of the figures of the ‘929 patent with the accused product.
FIG. 1
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FIG. 2
FIG. 3
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15. Amazon sells, offers for sale, and exposes for sale the Soligt Sprout Lids without
authorization of Plaintiff.
16. Soligt sells, offers for sale, exposes for sale and imports the Soligt Sprout Lids
17. Plaintiff has placed the Defendants on notice of the infringement of the ‘929 patent
on multiple occasions yet Defendants continue to infringe. On ten (10) occasions, Plaintiff lodged
complaints with Amazon using Amazon’s intellectual property dispute resolution process
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demanding that the listing from the Soligt Sprout Lid be taken down and that Amazon no longer
permit the product to be relisted. For each complaint, Amazon assigned Masontops’ submissions
a “Complaint ID.”
Amazon Complaint ID 6304769051, dated July 30, 2019 (no take down);
Amazon Complaint ID 6450183181, dated September 18, 2019 (no take down);
Amazon Complaint ID 6530663441, dated September 25, 2019 (no take down);
Amazon Complaint ID 6470352121, dated September 26, 2019 (no take down);
Amazon Complaint ID 6585959161, dated November 12, 2019 (no take down).
19. All of Masontops above ten (10) complaints stated the identical allegation, namely,
that the Soligt Sprout Lid, sold under ASIN #B07KVL25SR, infringed the ‘929 design patent.
Nevertheless, Amazon’s responses to these complaints have wildly vacillated. On some occasions,
Amazon concluded that there was infringement and took down the listing for the Soligt Sprout
Lid. However, on other occasions (and in response to the identical complaint), Amazon concluded
that there was no infringement and refused to take down the listing. Still further, on other
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Amazon. is aware that it is deeply flawed, continuing to sell and let others sell infringing product
21. Specifically, in response to four (4) of Masontops’ Complaints, after reviewing the
Soligt Sprout Lid product and ‘929 patent, Amazon notified Masontops that it was taking down
the listing. Within a day of such notice, the listing was taken down. Those “successful” Complaint
22. After each take down, however, and sometimes within a single day, the Soligt
Sprout Lid was back for sale on Amazon.com under the identical product listing with the identical
product number (ASIN #B07KVL25SR). When the infringing product would reappear on
Amazon.com, Masontops again would bring the matter to Amazon’s attention lodging yet another
complaint. With each subsequent complaint, Masontops would mention the previous complaints
and Amazon’s previous conclusions of infringement and the resultant take down. Notwithstanding
Masontops’ mention, in its responses, Amazon would never acknowledged this prior history.
Amazon would not take down the listing, briefly reasoning that there was no infringement (even
though it had already concluded on multiple occasions that there was infringement) or providing
no reason at all for the inaction. On other occasions, Amazon has failed to respond to the notice
in any fashion.
24. Amazon has been, and is, on notice that the Soligt Sprout Lid products infringe the
‘929 patent. Nevertheless, Amazon continues to maintain the listing for the product on
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amazon.com. In the instances where it has taken the listing down, it has permitted its reposting
shortly thereafter.
25. All told Amazon’s responses to Masontops multiple and identical infringement
complaints has been incoherent and amounts to willful failure to take due care when on notice of
another’s intellectual property rights. Amazon has responded in inconsistent and ineffective ways
ranging from a refusal by Amazon to take action at all to agreement to “take down” the infringing
sales offers by Soligt, followed by the immediate reposting of the identical product with the
identical Amazon product identifying number (ASIN # B07KVL25SR) in as little as a single day.
26. Defendant Amazon was again notified by way of letter dated September 25, 2019
of Plaintiff’s infringement allegations. Defendant Amazon did not respond to the letter.
27. Defendant Soligt was notified by way of letter dated February 20, 2019, of the
infringing sales, and asked to respond to the allegations by no later than March 8, 2019.
28. Defendant Soligt did not respond to the February 20, 2019 letter.
29. Defendant Soligt was notified again by way of letter dated March 12, 2019, of the
infringing sales, and asked to respond to the allegations by no later than March 20, 2019.
30. Defendant Soligt did not respond to the March 12, 2019 letter.
31. Despite being notified of its infringing activities, Defendant Soligt has continued
33. Each of the Defendants has committed acts of infringement under 35 U.S.C. §
271(a) and continues to infringe U.S. Design Patent D854,929 by using, selling and/or offering to
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sell in the United States, and/or importing into the United States Soligt Sprout Lid with
substantially the same design as that claimed in U.S. Design Patent D854,929.
34. Amazon is also liable under 35 U.S.C. §271(b) for inducing or aiding and abetting
the infringement of Soligt. Amazon provides advertising, technical, and order processing support
for the infringing Soligt Sprout Lids through its platform, and benefits directly or indirectly from
35. Amazon is also liable under 35 U.S.C. §289 for selling and exposing for sale the
resolution process is ineffective and not designed or operated in a reasonable and prudent way to
respect the intellectual property rights of third parties generally, and specifically, the intellectual
37. Each of the Defendants was notified of its infringing activities, but has continued
its infringing acts with no good faith belief that its activities are non-infringing or that the U.S.
Patent No. D854,929 is not valid, and therefore, each of the Defendants’ infringement is willful.
JURY DEMAND
1. A judgment that each of the Defendants has infringed U.S. Patent No. D854,929;
2. An order and judgment permanently enjoining each Defendant and its officers,
directors, agents, servants, employees, affiliates, attorneys, and all others acting in privity or in
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concert with them, and their parents, subsidiaries, divisions, successors and assigns, from further
with the injunction and detailing the steps it has taken to ensure that Soligt’s infringing products
infringement of the asserted patent, including the disgorgement of total profits under 35 U.S.C. §
289.
5. A judgment awarding Plaintiff all damages, costs, and interest, including treble
damages, based on any infringement found to be willful, under 35 U.S.C. § 284, with prejudgment
interest.
8. Awarding Plaintiff such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.
Respectfully submitted,
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