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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
`CHARLOTTESVILLE DIVISION
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`Case No. ____________________________
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`UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
`PATENT FOUNDATION
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
`d/b/a GE HEALTHCARE
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`Defendant.
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`______________________________________________________________________________
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`PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
`AND JURY DEMAND
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`Plaintiff University of Virginia Patent Foundation files this Complaint for patent
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`infringement against Defendant, General Electric Company d/b/a GE Healthcare, and alleges as
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`follows:
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`THE PARTIES
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`1.
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`Plaintiff University of Virginia Patent Foundation (“UVAPF”) is a not-for-profit
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`Virginia corporation having a principal place of business at 250 West Main St., Suite 300,
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`Charlottesville, Virginia 22902.
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`2.
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`Defendant General Electric Company is a New York corporation having a
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`principal place of business at 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, Connecticut 06828. General
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`Electric Company does business as GE Healthcare, which is a wholly owned business unit
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`thereof. General Electric Company d/b/a GE Healthcare is hereinafter referred to as “GE
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`Healthcare.”
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`PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
`AND JURY DEMAND
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`3.
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`This action arises under the patent laws of the United States, Title 35 of the
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`United States Code. The Court’s jurisdiction over this action is proper under the above statutes,
`including 35 U.S.C. § 271, et seq., and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a).
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`4.
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`Personal jurisdiction exists generally over GE Healthcare because it has sufficient
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`minimum contacts with the forum as a result of business conducted within the State of Virginia
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`and within the Western District of Virginia. Personal jurisdiction also exists specifically over GE
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`Healthcare because of its conduct in selling and offering to sell infringing products within the
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`State of Virginia and within the Western District of Virginia.
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`5.
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`Venue is proper in this Court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b), (c), and (d), as well as
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`28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), because, upon information and belief, GE Healthcare has committed acts
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`within this judicial district giving rise to this action and does business in this district, including
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`using, selling, offering for sale, providing service and support for its customers, and/or importing
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`infringing products in and/or into this district.
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`COUNT I
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`PATENT INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT RE44,644
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`6.
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`7.
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`Paragraphs 1 through 5 are incorporated by reference as if fully stated herein.
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`United States Reissued Patent No. RE44,644, titled “Method and apparatus for
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`spin-echo-train MR imaging using prescribed signal evolutions” (“the ’644 patent”), was duly
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`and legally issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on December 17, 2013. A
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`true and correct copy of the ’644 patent is attached as Exhibit A.
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`8.
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`UVAPF is the owner of all rights, title, and interest in and under the ’644 Patent,
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`with full right to bring suit to enforce the patent, including the right to recover for past
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`infringement damages.
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`9.
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`10.
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`The ’644 patent is valid and enforceable.
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`GE Healthcare has infringed, and continues to infringe the ’644 patent directly,
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`literally, and/or equivalently under the doctrine of equivalents by making, using, selling, offering
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`for sale, and/or importing into the United States without authority magnetic resonance imaging
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`(“MRI”) pulse sequences—including but not limited to a pulse sequence known as Cube—and
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`MRI systems that incorporate said pulse sequences, that are covered by one or more claims of
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`the ’644 patent (collectively, “Accused Instrumentalities”).
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`11.
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`As a direct and proximate result of GE Healthcare’s acts of patent infringement,
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`UVAPF has been and continues to be injured and has sustained and will continue to sustain
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`substantial damages in an amount not presently known.
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`12.
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`GE Healthcare has known of the ’644 patent and that its products infringe the
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`’644 patent since at least as early as April 2014 as a result of correspondence from UVAPF.
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`Moreover, GE Healthcare has had actual notice of its infringement of the ’644 patent as a result
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`of UVAPF’s filing of this lawsuit.
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`13.
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`GE Healthcare has had actual notice of, and has knowingly and willfully infringed
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`the ’644 patent. GE Healthcare had and continues to have actual knowledge of or a deliberate
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`disregard for the ’644 patent and its coverage of GE Healthcare’s Accused Instrumentalities, but
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`has nonetheless engaged in infringing conduct. GE Healthcare’s infringement of the ’644 patent
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`was and continues to be willful.
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`14.
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`GE Healthcare actively, knowingly, and intentionally induced, and continues to
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`actively, knowingly, and intentionally induce, infringement of the ’644 patent by making, using,
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`selling, offering for sale, and/or importing into the United States, without authority the Accused
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`Instrumentalities, all with knowledge of the ’644 patent and its claims; with knowledge that its
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`customers and end users will use, sell, offer to sell, and/or import the Accused Instrumentalities;
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`and with knowledge and the specific intent to encourage and facilitate those infringing uses
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`and/or sales of the Accused Instrumentalities through service, support, and training, and by
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`providing product manuals and promotional, marketing, instructional and technical materials
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`relating to the Accused Instrumentalities.
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`15.
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`GE Healthcare has also contributed to the infringement by others, including the
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`customers and end users of the Accused Instrumentalities, and continues to contribute to
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`infringement by others, by selling, offering to sell, and/or importing Accused Instrumentalities or
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`one or more components thereof into the United States, knowing that the Accused
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`Instrumentalities or one or more components constitute a material part of the inventions of the
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`’644 patent, knowing the Accused Instrumentalities or one or more components to be especially
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`made or adapted to infringe the ’644 patent, and knowing that the Accused Instrumentalities or
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`one or more components are not staple articles or commodities of commerce suitable for
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`substantial non-infringing use.
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`16.
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`GE Healthcare knew, or should have known, that its encouragement would result
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`in infringement of at least one claim of the ’644 patent.
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`CONCLUSION
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`17.
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`Unless GE Healthcare is enjoined by this Court from continuing its patent
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`infringements, UVAPF will suffer additional irreparable harm for which there is no adequate
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`remedy at law and impairment of the value of its patent rights.
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`18.
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`UVAPF is entitled to recover from GE Healthcare the damages sustained by
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`UVAPF as a result of GE Healthcare’s wrongful acts in an amount subject to proof at trial,
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`which, by law, cannot be less than a reasonable royalty, together with interest and costs as fixed
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`by this Court.
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`19.
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`UVAPF has incurred and will incur attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses in the
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`prosecution of this action.
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`20.
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`UVAPF reserves the right to amend, supplement, or modify its allegations of
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`infringement as facts regarding such allegations arise during the course of this case.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`UVAPF respectfully requests that judgment be entered in its favor and against Defendant
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`and that the Court grant the following relief to UVAPF:
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`A.
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`A judgment that GE Healthcare has infringed and continues to infringe the patent-
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`in-suit as alleged herein;
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`B.
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`C.
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`A judgment that GE Healthcare’s infringement has been willful;
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`A judgment against GE Healthcare awarding damages to UVAPF to which it is
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`entitled for patent infringement;
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`D.
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`A judgment that this is an exceptional case and that UVAPF be awarded its
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`expenses, costs, and attorneys’ fees pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285;
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`E.
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`A judgment that UVAPF be awarded increased damages in an amount not less
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`than three times the amount of damages found by the jury or assessed by this Court pursuant to
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`35 U.S.C. § 284;
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`F.
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`A permanent injunction against further and continued infringement of each of the
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`patents-in-suit as alleged herein; and
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`G.
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`A judgment awarding interest on UVAPF’s damages and such other relief as the
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`Court deems just and proper.
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`JURY DEMAND
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`In accordance with FED. R. CIV. P. 38 and 39, UVAPF asserts its rights under the Seventh
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`Amendment of the United States Constitution and demand a trial by jury on all issues.
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`Dated: December 8, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/s/ C. Connor Crook
`THE LAW OFFICE OF C. CONNOR CROOK
`C. Connor Crook
`VSB #71599
`P.O. Box 1680
`Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
`(434) 964-6447 Telephone
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`SHORE CHAN DEPUMPO LLP
`Joseph F. DePumpo (pro hac vice application to be filed)
`Ari Rafilson (pro hac vice application to be filed)
`901 Main Street, Suite 3300
`Dallas, Texas 75202
`(214) 593-9110 Telephone
`(214) 593-9111 Facsimile
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF, UNIVERSITY OF
`VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION
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`PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
`AND JURY DEMAND
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