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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORP.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendants.
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`SIGNIFY N.V. (F/K/A PHILIPS
`LIGHTING N.V.) & SIGNIFY NORTH
`AMERICA CORPORATION (F/K/A
`PHILIPS LIGHTING NORTH AMERICA
`CORPORATION)
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`COMPLAINT
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`Plaintiff Lighting Science Group Corp. files this Complaint against Defendants Signify
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`N.V. (F/K/A Philips Lighting N.V.) & Signify North America Corporation (F/K/A Philips
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`Lighting North America Corporation) for patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271. Plaintiff
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`alleges, based on its own personal knowledge with respect to its own actions and based upon
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`information and belief with respect to all others’ actions, as follows:
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`INTRODUCTION
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`1.
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`For nearly two decades, Lighting Science Group Corporation (“LSG”) has been at
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`the forefront of innovation in the light-emitting diode (“LED” or “LEDs”) lighting space. LSG
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`was the first U.S.-based manufacturer to make an LED light commercially available. In the ensuing
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`years, LSG proved instrumental to the proliferation of LED lighting across American residences.
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`In May 2010, through a relationship with The Home Depot, LSG released a 40-watt equivalent,
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`429 lumen LED bulb under The Home Depot’s EcoSmart brand for $20. In an article titled, “The
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`Home Depot takes LED lighting mainstream with $20 bulbs,” Endgaget celebrated the product for
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`making high-quality LED lighting more economically accessible, noting that LSG’s product was
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`“cheaper and nearly as powerful as the 450 lumen, $40-$50 design industry heavyweight GE
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`unveiled” the month before, and concluding, “[h]onestly, we’re starting to wonder what the catch
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`is.”1
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`2.
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`By 2011, LSG’s winning combination of innovation, quality, and accessible pricing
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`had led the company to become the largest North American producer of LED lights, selling 4.5
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`million LED lights in 2011 alone, and increasing sales by 450-percent over the prior year.2 That
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`success, in turn, led LSG to become a significant American employer. For three consecutive years,
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`from 2012 to 2014, LSG was named on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™ as one of the top 500
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`fastest growing companies in North America.3
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`3.
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`Meanwhile, as LSG continued to advance the field of LED lighting both
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`commercially and technologically, it simultaneously protected and disclosed its innovative
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`intellectual property through hundreds of issued U.S. patents. Those patents, in turn, further
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`advanced the LED lighting space, garnering thousands of citations from later patents filed by
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`LSG’s competitors.
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`4.
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`But in recent years, an explosion of products which infringe LSG’s innovative
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`1 Sean Hollister, “The Home Depot Takes LED Lighting Mainstream with $20 Bulbs,” Engadget
`(May 11, 2010), https://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-
`mainstream-with-20-bulbs/.
`2 Jasmine Zhuang, “Lighting Science Group Becomes North American Largest LED Lights
`Producer,”
`LEDinside
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`2012),
`https://www.ledinside.com/news/2012/1/lighting_science_group_north_american_largest_produ
`cer_20120131.
`3 “Lighting Science Group Corporation Ranked in Top 500 Fastest Growing Companies for Third
`Consecutive Year in North America on Deloitte’s 2014 Technology Fast 500™,” Pegasus Capital
`Advisors (Nov. 17, 2014), http://www.pcalp.com/lighting-science-group-corporation-ranked-top-
`500-fastest-growing-companies-third-consecutive-year-north-america-deloittes-2014-
`technology-fast-500/
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`patents has eroded LSG’s market position. Thus, in order to protect its valuable intellectual
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`property rights and substantial investments in innovating the LED lighting space, LSG files this
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`complaint for patent infringement.
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`5.
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`This matter is a companion case to an ITC proceeding, captioned In the Matter of
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`Certain Light-Emitting Diode Products, Systems, and Components Thereof, filed concurrently
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`herewith by the same Plaintiff, naming the same Defendants as respondents. Plaintiff hereby
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`incorporates by reference the relevant portions of the Complaint filed in that ITC proceeding as if
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`restated herein.
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`THE PARTIES
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`Lighting Science Group Corp. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of
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`business located at 801 N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931.
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`7.
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`Both directly and through its subsidiaries, LSG is in the business of manufacturing,
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`researching, developing, and selling devices and systems that use LEDs as the light source.
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`8.
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`Signify N.V. (f/k/a Philips Lighting N.V.) is a publicly traded company organized
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`under the laws of the Netherlands. It has its principal place of business at High Tech Campus 48,
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`5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Signify N.V. recently changed its name from Philips
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`Lighting N.V. and will continue to sell products under the Philips brand name.
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`9.
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`Signify N.V. designs and manufactures, among other things, LED lighting
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`products.4 Upon information and belief, Signify N.V. manufactures certain Accused Products
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`abroad, including in manufacturing facilities in China and Mexico.5
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`4 Ex. 147 (Signify 2018 Annual Report) at 9, 21.
`5 See, e.g., infra Section VIII(E); Ex. 34 (Stonedale Importation Decl.) ¶¶ 9, 36-40, 42-47, 49-55,
`103-104, 208, 212-215 (identifying Signify (f/k/a Philips) products with indicated country of
`origin of Mexico and/or China).
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`10.
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`On information and belief, Signify N.V. directly or through its affiliates, imports
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`into the United States, sells for importation into the United States, and/or sells after importation
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`into the United States certain Accused Products and/or knowingly induces such activity.
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`11.
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`Signify North America Corporation (f/k/a Philips Lighting North America
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`Corporation), is a privately held corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. It
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`has its principal place of business at 200 Franklin Square Drive, Somerset, New Jersey 08873.
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`Signify North America Corporation recently changed its name from Philips Lighting North
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`America Corporation.
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`12.
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`On information and belief, Signify North America Corporation is a wholly-owned
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`subsidiary of Signify N.V., and it, directly or through its affiliates, imports into the United States,
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`sells for importation into the United States, and/or sells after importation into the United States
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`certain Accused Products, including products manufactured abroad by Signify N.V. On
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`information and belief, Signify North America Corporation will continue to import and sell
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`products under the Philips brand name and/or knowingly induces such activity.
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`13.
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`Signify N.V. and Signify North America Corporation collectively are referred to as
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`the “Signify Defendants.”
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`14.
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`As a result of the above, Signify N.V. and Signify North America Corporation are
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`liable jointly, severally, or in the alternative with respect to the same series of transactions or
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`occurrences, and questions of fact common to both of them will arise in this action, consistent with
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`35 U.S.C. § 299.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`This action arises under the patent laws of the United States, Title 35 of the United
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`States Code. This Court has original subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and
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`1338(a).
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`16.
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over Signify in this action because Signify has
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`committed acts within this district giving rise to this action, and has established minimum contacts
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`with this forum such that the exercise of jurisdiction over Signify would not offend traditional
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`notions of fair play and substantial justice. Signify, directly and through subsidiaries or
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`intermediaries, has committed and continues to commit acts of infringement in this district by,
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`among other things, importing, offering to sell, and selling products that infringe the asserted
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`patents. Signify North America Corporation is a resident of this district. Signify N.V. controls
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`the products sold by Signify North America Corporation, and controls or acts jointly with Signify
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`North America Corporation in the marketing and sale of the accused products.
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`17.
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`Venue is proper as to Defendant Signify in this district under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b),
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`1391(c), and 1400(b). Defendant Signify North America Corporation is organized under the laws
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`of Delaware, and thus resides in this district, and commits acts of infringement in this district.
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`18.
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`Venue is proper as to Defendant Signify N.V., which is organized under the laws
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`of the Netherlands. 28 U.S.C. § 1391(c)(3) provides that “a defendant not resident in the United
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`States may be sued in any judicial district, and the joinder of such a defendant shall be disregarded
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`in determining where the action may be brought with respect to other defendants.”
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`COUNT ONE: INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’483 PATENT
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,098,483 (“the ’483 Patent”), titled “Light Emitting Diodes
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`Packaged for High Temperature Operation,” was issued on August 29, 2006, naming Joseph
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`Mazzochette and Greg Blonder as the inventors. Ex. 1 (’483 Patent).
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`20.
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`LSG owns by assignment all rights, title, and interest in the ’483 Patent, and holds
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`and future infringement.
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`21.
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`On information and belief, Signify imports, sells for importation, and/or sells after
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`importation into the United States certain Accused Products (“Signify Accused Products”) that
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`infringe the ’483 Patent, including products sold as the Philips LUMEC Roadfocus LED
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`Luminaire (RF1739601/1).
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`22.
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`The Signify Accused Products directly infringe, literally and/or under the doctrine
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`of equivalents, at least claims 11 and 14-16 of the ’483 Patent, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).
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`Signify directly infringes at least these claims by importing, selling for importation, and/or selling
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`after importation into the United States the Signify Accused Products. The Signify Accused
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`Products satisfy all claim limitations of at least claims 11 and 14-16 of the ’483 Patent at the time
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`of importation into the United States.
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`23. Moreover, on information and belief, one or more of the Defendants knowingly and
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`intentionally induces infringement of the ’483 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) by actively
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`encouraging others to offer to sell, sell, use, and/or import Signify Accused Products into the
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`United States (that is, by actively encouraging others to directly infringe). On information and
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`belief, with knowledge and intent, or with willful blindness, one or more of the Defendants is
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`encouraging and facilitating infringement by others. For example, on information and belief, one
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`or more of the Defendants sells the Signify Accused Products or otherwise provides the Signify
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`Accused Products to another Defendant or to distributors knowing that these distributors intend to
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`import and/or sell the Signify Accused Products in the United States. On information and belief,
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`as of the filing of this Complaint or earlier, the Defendants have had knowledge of, or have been
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`willfully blind toward, the Asserted Patents and the infringement of the Asserted Patents by
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`making, using, selling, offering to sell, and/or importing the Signify Accused Products.
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`24.
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`A claim chart comparing claims 11 and 14-16 of the ’483 Patent to a representative
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`Signify Accused Product, the Philips LUMEC Roadfocus LED Luminaire (RF1739601/1),6 is
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`attached as Exhibit 2.
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`COUNT TWO: INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’053 PATENT
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,095,053 (“the ’053 Patent”), titled “Light Emitting Diodes
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`25.
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`Packaged for High Temperature Operation,” issued on August 22, 2006, naming Joseph
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`Mazzochette and Greg Blonder as the inventors. Ex. 3 (’053 Patent).
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`26.
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`LSG owns by assignment all rights, title, and interest in the ’053 Patent, and holds
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`all substantial rights pertinent to this suit, including the right to sue and recover for all past, current,
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`and future infringement.
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`27.
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`On information and belief, Signify imports, sells for importation, and/or sells after
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`importation into the United States certain Accused Products (“Signify Accused Products”) that
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`infringe the ’053 Patent, including products sold as the Philips LUMEC Roadfocus LED
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`Luminaire (RF1739601/1).
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`28.
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`The Signify Accused Products directly infringe, literally and/or under the doctrine
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`of equivalents, at least claims 7, 11, 14, 22, 26, and 29 of the ’053 Patent, in violation of 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 271(a). Signify directly infringes at least these claims by importing, selling for importation,
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`and/or selling after importation into the United States the Signify Accused Products. The Signify
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`Accused Products satisfy all claim limitations of at least at least claims 7, 11, 14, 22, 26, and 29
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`of the ’053 Patent at the time of importation into the United States.
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`29. Moreover, on information and belief, one or more of the Defendants knowingly and
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`intentionally induces infringement of the ’053 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) by actively
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`6 Upon information and belief, this product was manufactured by or for Signify.
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`encouraging others to offer to sell, sell, use, and/or import Signify Accused Products into the
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`United States (that is, by actively encouraging others to directly infringe). On information and
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`belief, with knowledge and intent, or with willful blindness, one or more of the Defendants is
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`encouraging and facilitating infringement by others. For example, on information and belief, one
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`or more of the Defendants sells the Signify Accused Products or otherwise provides the Signify
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`Accused Products to another Defendant or to distributors knowing that these distributors intend to
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`import and/or sell the Signify Accused Products in the United States. On information and belief,
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`as of the filing of this Complaint or earlier, the Defendants have had knowledge of, or have been
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`willfully blind toward, the Asserted Patents and the infringement of the Asserted Patents by
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`making, using, selling, offering to sell, and/or importing the Signify Accused Products.
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`30.
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`A claim chart comparing 7, 11, 14, 22, 26, and 29 of the ’053 Patent to a
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`representative Signify Accused Product, the Philips LUMEC Roadfocus LED Luminaire
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`(RF1739601/1),7 is attached as Exhibit 4.
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`COUNT THREE: INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’421 PATENT
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`31.
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,528,421 (“the ’421 Patent”), titled “Surface Mountable Light
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`Emitting Diode Assemblies Packaged for High Temperature Operation,” issued on May 5, 2009,
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`naming Joseph Mazzochette as the inventor. Ex. 5 (’421 Patent).
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`32. LSG owns by assignment all rights, title, and interest in the ’421 Patent, and holds
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`all substantial rights pertinent to this suit, including the right to sue and recover for all past, current,
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`and future infringement.
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`33. On information and belief, Signify imports, sells for importation, and/or sells after
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`7 Upon information and belief, this product was manufactured by or for Signify.
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`importation into the United States certain Accused Products (“Signify Accused Products”) that
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`infringe the ’421 Patent, including products sold as the Philips Hue White 9.5W (60W Equivalent)
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`Dimmable A19 Smart LED Light Bulb (9290011369B).
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`34. The Signify Accused Products directly infringe, literally and/or under the doctrine
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`of equivalents, at least claims 1-2 and 6-7, 10 of the ’421 Patent, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).
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`Signify directly infringes at least these claims by importing, selling for importation, and/or selling
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`after importation into the United States the Signify Accused Products. The Signify Accused
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`Products satisfy all claim limitations of at least claims 1-2 and 6-7, 10 of the ’421 Patent at the
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`time of importation into the United States.
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`35. Moreover, on information and belief, one or more of the Defendants knowingly and
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`intentionally induces infringement of the ’421 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) by actively
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`encouraging others to offer to sell, sell, use, and/or import Signify Accused Products into the
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`United States (that is, by actively encouraging others to directly infringe). On information and
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`belief, with knowledge and intent, or with willful blindness, one or more of the Defendants is
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`encouraging and facilitating infringement by others. For example, on information and belief, one
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`or more of the Defendants sells the Signify Accused Products or otherwise provides the Signify
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`Accused Products to another Defendant or to distributors knowing that these distributors intend to
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`import and/or sell the Signify Accused Products in the United States. On information and belief,
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`as of the filing of this Complaint or earlier, the Defendants have had knowledge of, or have been
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`willfully blind toward, the Asserted Patents and the infringement of the Asserted Patents by
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`making, using, selling, offering to sell, and/or importing the Signify Accused Products.
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`36. A claim chart comparing claims 1-2 and 6-7, 10 of the ’421 Patent to a
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`representative Signify Accused Product, the Philips Hue White 9.5W (60W Equivalent) Dimmable
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`A19 Smart LED Light Bulb (9290011369B),8 is attached as Exhibit 6.
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`37. Additionally, on information and belief, including based on teardown analyses and
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`imaging, at least the following additional products constitute Signify Accused Products that
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`infringe the ’421 Patent for the reasons set forth above:
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`Philips Hue White and Color 10W (60W Equivalent) A19 Smart LED Light Bulb
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`Philips 8.5W (60W Replacement) Non-Dimmable A19 LED Light Bulb (Soft White)
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`Philips 4.5W (40W Replacement) Dimmable B11 and E12 LED Light Bulb (Soft White)
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`Philips 14W (100W Replacement) Non-Dimmable A19 LED Light Bulb (Daylight)
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`Philips 6W (50W Replacement) MR16 and GU10 LED Light Bulb (9290012664)
`Philips 8.5W (60W Replacement) Non-Dimmable A19 LED Light Bulb (Soft White)
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`Philips 8W (60W Replacement) Non-Dimmable A19 LED Light Bulb (Daylight)
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`Philips 11W (65W Replacement) Dimmable BR30 LED Light Bulb (Soft White)
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`Philips Dusk to Dawn 8W (60W Replacement) Non-Dimmable A19 LED Light Bulb
`(Soft White) (9290012615)
`Philips 9W (60W Replacement) Dimmable A19 LED Light Bulb (Daylight)
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`Philips 9.5W (75W Replacement) Non-Dimmable A19 LED Light Bulb (Daylight)
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`Philips 8W (60W Replacement) Non-Dimmable A19 LED Light Bulb (Daylight)
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`Philips 4.5W (40W Replacement) Dimmable B11 LED Light Bulb (Soft White)
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`Philips 14.5W (100W Replacement) Non-Dimmable A19 LED Light Bulb (Soft White)
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`Philips 5W (40W Replacement) Non-Dimmable A19 LED Light Bulb (9290012037)
`Philips 10W (60W Replacement) Dimmable G25 LED Light Bulb (Soft White)
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`Philips 3-Way 5/8/18W (40/60/100W Replacement) A21 LED Light Bulb (9290011742)
`Philips 7W (40W Replacement) Dimmable G25 LED Light Bulb (Soft White)
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`Philips 9W (65W Replacement) Dimmable BR30 LED Light Bulb (Soft White)
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`Philips 13W (75W Equivalent) LED Downlight 4”, 5”, or 6” Surface Mounted Fixture
`(Soft White) (51111/31/49 (PC: 800144))
`Philips 11W (65W Equivalent) LED 5” or 6” Recessed Retrofit Trim (Soft White)
`(59234/31/U0)
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`COUNT FOUR: INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’118 PATENT
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`38. U.S. Patent No. 8,506,118 (“the ’118 Patent”), titled “Light Fixture and Associated
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`LED Board and Monolithic Optic,” issued on August 13, 2013, naming Fredric S. Maxik, Zach
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`Gibler, Eric Bretschneider, David Henderson, and Addy Widjaja as the inventors. Ex. 7 (’118
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`Patent).
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`39. LSG owns by assignment all rights, title, and interest in the ’118 Patent, and holds
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`all substantial rights pertinent to this suit, including the right to sue and recover for all past, current,
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`and future infringement.
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`40. On information and belief, Signify imports, sells for importation, and/or sells after
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`importation into the United States certain Accused Products (“Signify Accused Products”) that
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`infringe the ’118 Patent, including products sold as the Signify Streetworks CRTK-R Caretaker
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`LED Roadway Luminaire (CRTK-R-A12-E-120-2-A).
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`41. The Signify Accused Products directly infringe, literally and/or under the doctrine
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`of equivalents, at least claims 1, 15, and 17 of the ’118 Patent, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).
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`Signify directly infringes at least these claims by importing, selling for importation, and/or selling
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`after importation into the United States the Signify Accused Products. The Signify Accused
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`Products satisfy all claim limitations of at least claims 1, 15, and 17of the ’118 Patent at the time
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`of importation into the United States.
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`42. Moreover, on information and belief, one or more of the Defendants knowingly and
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`intentionally induces infringement of the ’118 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) by actively
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`encouraging others to offer to sell, sell, use, and/or import Signify Accused Products into the
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`United States (that is, by actively encouraging others to directly infringe). On information and
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`belief, with knowledge and intent, or with willful blindness, one or more of the Defendants is
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`encouraging and facilitating infringement by others. For example, on information and belief, one
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`or more of the Defendants sells the Signify Accused Products or otherwise provides the Signify
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`Accused Products to another Defendant or to distributors knowing that these distributors intend to
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`import and/or sell the Signify Accused Products in the United States. On information and belief,
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`as of the filing of this Complaint or earlier, the Defendants have had knowledge of, or have been
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`willfully blind toward, the Asserted Patents and the infringement of the Asserted Patents by
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`making, using, selling, offering to sell, and/or importing the Signify Accused Products.
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`43. A claim chart comparing claims 1, 15, and 17 of the ’118 Patent to a representative
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`Signify Accused Product, the Philips 14W (100W Replacement) Non-Dimmable A19 LED Light
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`Bulb (Daylight) (9290011351A),9 is attached as Exhibit 8.
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`44. Additionally, on information and belief, including based on teardown analyses and
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`imaging, at least the following additional products constitute Signify Accused Products that
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`infringe the ’421 Patent for the reasons set forth above: the Philips LUMEC Roadfocus LED
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`Luminaire (RF1739601/1).
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`COUNT FIVE: INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’608 PATENT
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`45. U.S. Patent No. 8,674,608 (“the ’608 Patent”), titled “Configurable Environmental
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`Condition Sensing Luminaire, System and Associated Methods,” issued on March 18, 2014,
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`naming Eric Holland, Mark P. Boomgaarden, and Eric Thosteson as the inventors. Ex. 9 (’608
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`Patent).
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`9 Upon information and belief, this product was manufactured by or for Signify.
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`46. LSG owns by assignment all rights, title, and interest in the ’608 Patent, and holds
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`all substantial rights pertinent to this suit, including the right to sue and recover for all past, current,
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`and future infringement.
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`47. On information and belief, Signify imports, sells for importation, and/or sells after
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`importation into the United States certain Accused Products (“Signify Accused Products”) that
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`infringe the ’608 Patent, including products sold as the Philips Hue System.
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`48. The Signify Accused Products directly infringe, literally and/or under the doctrine
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`of equivalents, at least claims 1, 2, 6, 12-13, 16, 19-22, 24, 28, and 37 of the ’608 Patent, in
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`violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a). Signify directly infringes at least these claims by importing,
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`selling for importation, and/or selling after importation into the United States the Signify Accused
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`Products. The Signify Accused Products satisfy all claim limitations of at least claims 1, 2, 6, 12-
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`13, 16, 19-22, 24, 28, and 37 of the ’608 Patent at the time of importation into the United States.
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`49. Moreover, on information and belief, one or more of the Defendants knowingly and
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`intentionally induces infringement of the ’608 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) by actively
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`encouraging others to offer to sell, sell, use, and/or import Signify Accused Products into the
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`United States (that is, by actively encouraging others to directly infringe). On information and
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`belief, with knowledge and intent, or with willful blindness, one or more of the Defendants is
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`encouraging and facilitating infringement by others. For example, on information and belief, one
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`or more of the Defendants sells the Signify Accused Products or otherwise provides the Signify
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`Accused Products to another Defendant or to distributors knowing that these distributors intend to
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`import and/or sell the Signify Accused Products in the United States. On information and belief,
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`as of the filing of this Complaint or earlier, the Defendants have had knowledge of, or have been
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`willfully blind toward, the Asserted Patents and the infringement of the Asserted Patents by
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`making, using, selling, offering to sell, and/or importing the Signify Accused Products.
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`50. A claim chart comparing claims 1, 2, 6, 12-13, 16, 19-22, 24, 28, and 37 of the ’608
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`Patent to a representative Signify Accused Product, the Philips Hue System,10 is attached as
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`Exhibit 10.
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`COUNT SIX: INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’968 PATENT
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`51. U.S. Patent No. 8,201,968 (“the ’968 Patent”), titled “Low Profile Light,” issued
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`on June 19, 2012, naming Fredric S. Maxik, Raymond A. Reynolds, Addy S. Widjaja, Mark Penley
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`Boomgaarden, Robert Rafael Soler, and James L. Schellack as the inventors. Ex. 11 (’968 Patent).
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`52. LSG owns by assignment all rights, title, and interest in the ’968 Patent, and holds
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`all substantial rights pertinent to this suit, including the right to sue and recover for all past, current,
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`and future infringement.
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`53. On information and belief, Signify imports, sells for importation, and/or sells after
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`importation into the United States certain Accused Products (“Signify Accused Products”) that
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`infringe the ’968 Patent, including products sold as the Philips 13W (75W Equivalent) LED
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`Downlight 4”, 5”, or 6” Surface Mounted Fixture (Soft White) (51111/31/49).
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`54. The Signify Accused Products directly infringe, literally and/or under the doctrine
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`of equivalents, at least claim 6 of the ’968 Patent, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a). Signify
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`directly infringes at least this claim by importing, selling for importation, and/or selling after
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`importation into the United States the Signify Accused Products. The Signify Accused Products
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`satisfy all claim limitations of at least claim 6 of the ’968 Patent at the time of importation into the
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`United States.
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`55. Moreover, on information and belief, one or more of the Defendants knowingly and
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`10 Upon information and belief, this product was manufactured by or for Signify.
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`intentionally induces infringement of the ’968 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) by actively
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`encouraging others to offer to sell, sell, use, and/or import Signify Accused Products into the
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`United States (that is, by actively encouraging others to directly infringe). On information and
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`belief, with knowledge and intent, or with willful blindness, one or more of the Defendants is
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`encouraging and facilitating infringement by others. For example, on information and belief, one
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`or more of the Defendants sells the Signify Accused Products or otherwise provides the Signify
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`Accused Products to another Defendant or to distributors knowing that these distributors intend to
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`import and/or sell the Signify Accused Products in the United States. On information and belief,
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`as of the filing of this Complaint or earlier, the Defendants have had knowledge of, or have been
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`willfully blind toward, the Asserted Patents and the infringement of the Asserted Patents by
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`making, using, selling, offering to sell, and/or importing the Signify Accused Products.
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`56. A claim chart comparing claim 6 of the ’968 Patent to a representative Signify
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`Accused Product, the Philips 13W (75W Equivalent) LED Downlight 4”, 5”, or 6” Surface
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`Mounted Fixture (Soft White) (51111/31/49),11 is attached as Exhibit 12.
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`COUNT SEVEN: INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’844 PATENT
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`57. U.S. Patent No. 8,967,844 (“the ’844 Patent”), titled “Low Profile Light and
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`Accessory Kit for the Same,” issued on March 3, 2015, naming Mark Penley Boomgaarden,
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`Michael Balestracci, Rick LeClair, Wei Sun, David Henderson, and Shane Sullivan as the
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`inventors. Ex. 13 (’844 Patent).
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`58. LSG owns by assignment all rights, title, and interest in the ’844 Patent, and holds
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`all substantial rights pertinent to this suit, including the right to sue and recover for all past, current,
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`and future infringement.
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`11 Upon information and belief, this product was manufactured by or for Signify.
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`59. On information and belief, Signify imports, sells for importation, and/or sells after
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`importation into the United States certain Accused Products (“Signify Accused Products”) that
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`infringe the ’844 Patent, including products sold as the Philips 13W (75W Equivalent) LED
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`Downlight 4”, 5”, or 6” Surface Mounted Fixture (Soft White) (51111/31/49 (PC: 800144)).
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`60. The Signify Accused Products directly infringe, literally and/or under the doctrine
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`of equivalents, at least claim 4 of the ’844 Patent, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a). Signify
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`directly infringes at least this claim by importing, selling for importation, and/or selling after
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`importation into the United States the Signify Accused Products. The Signify Accused Products
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`satisfy all claim limitations of at least claim 4 of the ‘844 Patent at the time of importation into the
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`United States.
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`61. Moreover, on information and belief, one or more of the Defendants knowingly and
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`intentionally induces infringement of the ’844 Pat