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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
`OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
`UNWIRED PLANET, LLC,
`UNWIRED PLANET INTERNATIONAL
`LIMITED, AND
`PANOPTIS PATENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
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`Civil Action No. 2:19-cv-66
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`JURY TRIAL REQUESTED
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`ORIGINAL COMPLAINT
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`Plaintiffs Optis Wireless Technology, LLC, Optis Cellular Technology, LLC, Unwired
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`Planet, LLC, Unwired Planet International Limited, and PanOptis Patent Management, LLC
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`(collectively and/or individually referred to as the “Plaintiff(s)” herein) file this Complaint
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`against Apple Inc. (“Apple”), and allege as follows:
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`NATURE OF THE ACTION
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`1.
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`The Plaintiffs have repeatedly negotiated with Apple to reach an agreement for a
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`global FRAND license to the Plaintiffs’ patent portfolios which Apple is infringing. For
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`example, Apple has infringed and continues to infringe, contribute to the infringement of, and/or
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`actively induce others to infringe U.S. Patent Nos. 8,005,154 (“the ’154 patent”), 8,019,332 (“the
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`’332 patent”), 8,385,284 (“the ’284 patent”), 8,411,557 (“the ’557 patent”), 9,001,774 (“the ’774
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`patent”), 8,102,833 (“the ’833 patent”), and 8,989,290 (“the ’290 patent”) (collectively, “the
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`Asserted Patents” or “the Patents-in-Suit”).
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`2.
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`The negotiations have been unsuccessful because Apple refuses to pay a FRAND
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`royalty for a license to the Plaintiffs’ patents. Therefore, the Plaintiffs file this Complaint
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`seeking a judgment of and relief for patent infringement by Apple.
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`PARTIES
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`3.
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`Plaintiff Optis Wireless Technology, LLC (“Optis Wireless”) is a limited liability
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`company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and maintains its
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`principal place of business at 7160 Dallas Parkway, Suite 250, Plano, TX 75024.
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`4.
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`Plaintiff Optis Cellular Technology, LLC (“Optis Cellular”) is a limited liability
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`company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and maintains its
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`principal place of business at 7160 Dallas Parkway, Suite 250, Plano, TX 75024.
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`5.
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`Plaintiff PanOptis Patent Management, LLC (“PPM”) is a limited liability
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`company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and maintains its
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`principal place of business at 7160 Dallas Parkway, Suite 250, Plano, TX 75024.
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`6.
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`Plaintiff Unwired Planet, LLC (“Unwired Planet”) is a limited liability company
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`organized and existing under the laws of Nevada, and is located at 7160 Dallas Pkwy., Ste. 250,
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`Plano, TX 75024.
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`7.
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`Plaintiff Unwired Planet International Limited (“Unwired Planet International”) is
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`a company organized under the laws of Ireland, and is located at Unit 32, Hyde Bldg., The Park,
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`Carrickmines, Dublin 18, Ireland.
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`8.
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`Defendant Apple Inc. is a California corporation with its principal place of
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`business at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California 95014. Apple designs, manufactures, uses,
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`imports into the United States, sells, and/or offers for sale in the United States smartphones,
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`tablets, smartwatches, and other mobile computing devices that operate over the 4G (LTE)
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`cellular standard. Apple’s devices are marketed, offered for sale, and/or sold throughout the
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`United States, including within this District.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`9.
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`Within the United States, this Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this case
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`under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332, 1338, and 1367.
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`10.
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`11.
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`12.
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`The amount in controversy exceeds $75,000.
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`Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391 and 1400(b).
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over Apple. Apple has continuous and
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`systematic business contacts with the State of Texas. Apple, directly or through subsidiaries or
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`intermediaries (including distributors, retailers, and others), conducts its business extensively
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`throughout Texas, by shipping, distributing, offering for sale, selling, and advertising (including
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`the provision of interactive web pages) its products and services in the State of Texas and the
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`Eastern District of Texas. Apple, directly and through subsidiaries or intermediaries (including
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`distributors, retailers, and others), has purposefully and voluntarily placed its infringing products
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`and services into this District and into the stream of commerce with the intention and expectation
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`that they will be purchased and used by consumers in this District. Apple has offered and sold
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`and continues to offer and sell these infringing products and services in this District, including at
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`physical Apple stores located within this District. Apple has also directed communications in
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`connection with negotiations with the Plaintiffs into the Eastern District of Texas. Apple has
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`committed acts of infringement in this judicial district and has a regular and established place of
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`business in this judicial district.
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`THE ASSERTED PATENTS
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`13.
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`On August 23, 2011, the ’154 patent was duly and legally issued for an invention
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`titled, “Method and Apparatus for Transmitting and Receiving Shared Control Channel Message
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`in a Wireless Communication System Using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access.”
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`The Plaintiffs own all rights to the ’154 patent necessary to bring this action.
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`14.
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`On September 13, 2011, the ’332 patent was duly and legally issued for an
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`invention titled, “Method for Transmitting and Receiving Control Information through PDCCH.”
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`The Plaintiffs own all rights to the ’332 patent necessary to bring this action.
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`15.
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`On February 26, 2013, the ’284 patent was duly and legally issued for an
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`invention titled, “Control Channel Signaling Using a Common Signaling Field for Transport
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`Format and Redundancy Version.” The Plaintiffs own all rights to the ’284 patent necessary to
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`bring this action.
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`16.
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`On April 2, 2013, the ’557 patent was duly and legally issued for an invention
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`titled, “Mobile Station Apparatus and Random Access Method.” The Plaintiffs own all rights to
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`the ’557 patent necessary to bring this action.
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`17.
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`On April 7, 2015, the ’774 patent was duly and legally issued for an invention
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`titled, “System and Method for Channel Estimation
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`in a Delay Diversity Wireless
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`Communication System.” The Plaintiffs own all rights to the ’744 patent necessary to bring this
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`action.
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`18.
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`On January 24, 2012, the ’833 patent was duly and legally issued for an invention
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`titled, “Method for Transmitting Uplink Signals.” The Plaintiffs own all rights to the ’833 patent
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`necessary to bring this action.
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`19.
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`On March 24, 2015, the ’290 patent was duly and legally issued for an invention
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`titled, “Mode switching between SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO.” The Plaintiffs own all rights to
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`the ’290 patent necessary to bring this action.
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`20.
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`The Plaintiffs exclusively own all rights, title, and interest in the Patents-in-Suit
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`necessary to bring this action, including the right to recover past and future damages. Apple is
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`not currently licensed to practice the Patents-in-Suit.
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`21.
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`The Patents-in-Suit are valid and enforceable.
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`COMPLIANCE WITH FRAND
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`22.
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`In the telecommunications industry, global standards are fundamental to
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`ubiquitous connectivity and enable any company—even a company like Apple with no history in
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`the wireless communication development—to enter the market and sell smartphones.
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`23.
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`The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent,
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`non-profit standard setting organization (SSO) that produces globally-accepted standards in the
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`telecommunications industry. In addition to its own activities, ETSI is also one of several SSOs
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`that are organization partners of the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), which
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`maintains and develops globally applicable technical specifications, including for 4G (LTE)
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`mobile systems. Together, ETSI and its members have developed open standards that ensure
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`worldwide interoperability between networks, devices and network operators.
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`24.
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`ETSI has developed and promulgated an IPR Policy, which is intended to strike a
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`balance between the need for open standards on the one hand, and the rights of IPR owners on
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`the other hand. Clause 15.6 of the ETSI IPR Policy defines the term “ESSENTIAL” to mean
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`that “it is not possible on technical (but not commercial) grounds, taking into account normal
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`technical practice and the state of the art generally available at the time of standardization, to
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`make, sell, lease, otherwise dispose of, repair, use or operate EQUIPMENT or METHODS
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`which comply with a STANDARD without infringing that IPR.”
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`25.
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`Optis Wireless is the assignee of numerous patents, many originally assigned to
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`Panasonic Corporation (“Panasonic”), that are, and remain, essential (as that term is defined by
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`ETSI) to practicing the LTE Standard.
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`26.
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`Optis Cellular is the assignee of numerous patents, many originally assigned to
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`LG Electronics Inc. (“LG”), that are, and remain, essential (as that term is defined by ETSI) to
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`practicing the LTE Standard.
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`27.
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`Unwired Planet International is the assignee of numerous patents, many originally
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`assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”), that are, and remain, essential (as that
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`term is defined by ETSI) to practicing the LTE Standard.
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`28.
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`Unwired Planet is the assignee of numerous patents, many originally assigned to
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`Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (“Ericsson”), that are, and remain, essential (as that term is
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`defined by ETSI) to practicing the LTE Standard.
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`29.
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`Each of the Patents-in-Suit has been declared to ETSI, by its original assignee, as
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`essential to practicing the LTE Standard.
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`30.
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`The Plaintiffs, in conformance with ETSI’s IPR Policy, have informed Apple that
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`they are prepared to grant Apple an irrevocable license to their standard essential patents,
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`including the Patents-in-Suit, on terms that are Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory
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`(“FRAND”).
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`31.
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`Apple requires a license to one or more essential patents owned by Optis Cellular,
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`Optis Wireless, Unwired Planet International, and Unwired Planet.
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`32.
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`Not later than January 6, 2017, the Plaintiffs sent Apple correspondence initiating
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`Plaintiffs’ good faith efforts to license their essential patents to Apple on FRAND terms.
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`33.
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`Over the following months, the Plaintiffs’ representatives routinely corresponded
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`with and met in-person with Apple representatives on several occasions. During those meetings,
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`the Plaintiffs’ representatives presented, in good faith, material concerning their LTE essential
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`patents and technical details evidencing the essentiality of the Plaintiffs’ LTE essential patents.
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`The Plaintiffs’ representatives also provided Apple with multiple license offers made on FRAND
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`terms.
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`34.
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`To date, Apple has not reciprocated the Plaintiffs’ good faith efforts. Apple has
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`failed to negotiate in good faith. Apple has instead declined to take a license to the Plaintiffs’
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`valuable intellectual property, including the Patents-in-Suit.
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`35.
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`Apple has been operating and continues to operate without a license to the
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`Plaintiffs’ essential patents. Given Apple’s unwillingness to license the Plaintiffs’ essential
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`patents, or to cease its infringement, the Plaintiffs have filed this lawsuit for the purpose of
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`protecting their patent rights in the United States.
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`36.
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`The parties’ licensing negotiations have been unsuccessful for the simple reason
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`that Apple refuses to pay FRAND royalties for the Plaintiffs’ valuable patent portfolios. Apple
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`is failing to honor that FRAND licensing is a two-way street, requiring not only that the licensor
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`is fair and reasonable in providing licensing terms, but also that the licensee is fair and
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`reasonable in accepting them when they are offered.
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`GENERAL PATENT INFRINGEMENT ALLEGATIONS
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`37.
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`Apple has imported/exported into/from the United States, manufactured, used,
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`marketed, offered for sale, and/or sold in the United States, smartphones, smartwatches and
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`tablets that infringe the Patents-in-Suit. Apple’s accused devices (“the Apple Accused
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`Products”) which infringe one or more claims of the Patents-in-Suit, are all Apple products
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`capable of implementing the LTE standard, including, but not necessarily limited to, all LTE-
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`capable models in Apple’s iPhone, iPad and Watch lines of products.
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`38.
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`For example, as shown below, Apple advertises that each of its iPhone models
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`beginning with the iPhone 5 supports the LTE standard.
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`iPhone XS:
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`7
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`Source: https://www.apple.com/iphone-xs/specs/
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`iPhone XR:
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`Source: https://www.apple.com/iphone-xr/specs/
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`iPhone X:
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`8
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`Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP770?locale=en_US
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`iPhone 8:
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`Source: https://www.apple.com/iphone-8/specs/
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`iPhone 7:
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`Source: https://www.apple.com/iphone-7/specs/
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`iPhone 6s:
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`Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP726?locale=en_US
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`iPhone SE:
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`10
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`Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP738?locale=en_US
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`iPhone 6:
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`Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP705?locale=en_US
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`iPhone 5s:
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`Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP685?locale=en_US
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`iPhone 5:
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`Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP655?locale=en_US
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`39.
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`Similarly, Apple advertises that each of its current cellular-capable iPad models
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`supports the LTE Standard.
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`iPad Pro:
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`Source: https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/specs/
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`Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP762?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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`Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP739?locale=en_US
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`iPad (Fifth Generation):
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`Source: https://www.apple.com/ipad-9.7/specs/
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`iPad Mini 4:
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`Source: https://www.apple.com/ipad-mini-4/specs/
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`40.
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`The Plaintiffs understand that each cellular-capable iPad model released during or
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`after 2012 also supported the LTE standard, including at least iPad model numbers A1454,
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`A1455, A1459, A1460, A1475, A1476, A1490, A1491, A1550, A1567, A1600, A1652, A1671,
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`A1674, A1675, A1709, and A1823.1
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`41.
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`Further, as shown below, Apple advertises that each of its cellular-capable Apple
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`Watch models supports the LTE standard.
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`1 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201471
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`Source: https://www.apple.com/watch/cellular/
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`Source: https://www.apple.com/watch/cellular/
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`42.
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`In accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 287, Apple has had actual notice and knowledge
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`of all of the Patents-in-Suit no later than the filing of this Complaint and/or the date this
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`Complaint was served upon Apple. On information and belief, Apple continues without license
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`to make, use, import/export into/from, market, offer for sale, and/or sell in the United States
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`products that infringe the Patents-in-Suit.
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`43.
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`Apple has directly and indirectly infringed and continues to directly and indirectly
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`infringe each of the Patents-in-Suit by engaging in acts constituting infringement under 35
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`U.S.C. § 271(a), (b), and/or (c), including but not necessarily limited to one or more of making,
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`using, selling and offering to sell, in this District and elsewhere in the United States, and
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`importing into and exporting from the United States, the Apple Accused Products or components
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`thereof.
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`44.
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`Apple provides instruction manuals that instruct the users of the Accused
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`Products to use the Accused Products in a manner that infringes the Patents-in-Suit. For example,
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`Apple advertises the compatibility of the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch models identified above
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`with LTE.
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`45.
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`Further, Apple tests each of the LTE Accused Products in the United States and
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`thereby directly performs the claimed method and/or uses the claimed apparatus, thus infringing
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`the Patents-in-Suit.
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`46.
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`Apple’s acts of infringement have caused damage to the Plaintiffs. The Plaintiffs
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`are entitled to recover from Apple the damages sustained by the Plaintiffs as a result of Apple’s
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`wrongful acts in an amount subject to proof at trial.
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`47.
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`Apple’s infringement of the Patents-in-Suit is willful. Apple continues to commit
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`acts of infringement despite a high likelihood that its actions constitute infringement, and Apple
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`knew or should have known that its actions constituted an unjustifiably high risk of infringement.
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`48.
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`In the interest of providing detailed averments of infringement, the Plaintiffs have
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`identified below at least one claim per patent to demonstrate infringement. However, the
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`selection of claims should not be considered limiting, and additional claims of the Patents-in-Suit
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`that are infringed by Apple will be disclosed in compliance with the Court’s rules related to
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`infringement contentions.
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`COUNT I: PATENT INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’154 PATENT
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`49.
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`Plaintiffs incorporate by reference the preceding paragraphs as though fully set
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`forth herein.
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`50.
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`Apple infringes, contributes to the infringement of, and/or induces infringement
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`of the ’154 Patent by making, using, selling, offering for sale, exporting from, and/or importing
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`into the United States products and/or methods covered by one or more claims of the ’154 Patent
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`including, but not limited to, at least the Apple Accused Products.
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`51.
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`For example and as shown below, the Apple Accused Products infringe at least
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`claim 37 of the ’154 patent by virtue of their compatibility with and practice of the LTE
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`Standard. For example, and to the extent the preamble is limiting, each of the Apple Accused
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`Products comprises an apparatus for receiving a downlink shared channel in Orthogonal
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`Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) wireless communication systems. As shown
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`below, this functionality is described in the LTE Standard, including but not limited to in 3GPP
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`TS 36.201 section 4 and 3GPP TS 36.211 section 6.
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`52.
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`The accused products further comprise a reception unit for receiving a downlink
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`control channel comprising transmission scheme information for downlink shared channel data
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`and downlink shared channel data from a base station. As shown below, this functionality is
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`described in the LTE standard, including but not limited to 3GPP TS 36.212 sections 4.2 and 5.3.
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`Physical Channel
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`PHICH
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`Downlink shared channel, Paging channel and Multicast channel
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`Figure 5.3.2-1 shows the processing structure for the DL-SCH. PCH and MCH transport channels. Data arrives to the
`coding unit in the form of a maximum of one transport block every transmission time interval (TII). The following
`coding steps can be identified:
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`5.3.3
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`Downlink control information
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`A DCI transports downlinjk or uplink scheduling information. or uplink power control commands for one RNTI. The
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`Format 1A
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`DCI format 1A is used for the compact scheduling of one PDSC'H codeword and random access procedure initiated by a
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`The following information is transmitted by means of the DC‘I format 1A:
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`- Flag for formath’formatlA differentiation — 1 bit. where value 0 indicates format 0 and value 1 indicates format 1A
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`Format 1A is used for random access procedure initiated by a PDC'CH order only if fmmat 1A (RC is scrambled
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`- Localizedeistributed V'RB assignment flag — 1 bit is set to '0‘
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`- Resource block assiginnent — i—log3{N%{'N% +1);’2)_‘ hits. where all bits shall be set to 1
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`53.
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`The accused products further comprise a control information extractor for
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`configuring transmission information for the downlink control channel via higher layer signaling.
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`As shown below, this functionality is described in the LTE standard, including but not limited to
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`3GPP TS 36.331 sections 4.4 and 5.4 and 3GPP TS 36.213 section 7.1.
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`54.
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`The accused products further comprise a demodulator for demodulating the
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`downlink shared channel data. As shown below, the downlink shared channel data in LTE is
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`modulated and must be demodulated by the UE. This functionality is described in the LTE
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`standard, including but not limited to 3GPP TS 36.211 sections 6.3 and 6.4 and 3GPP TS 36.212
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`section 5.3.3.
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`6.3
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`General structure for downlink physical channels
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`This section describes a general structure. applicable to more than one physical channel.
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`The baseband signal representing a don‘nlink physical channel is defined in terms of the following steps:
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`scrambling of coded bits in each of the code words to be transmitted on a physical channel
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`- modulation of scrambled bits to generate complex-valued modulation symbols
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`- mapping of the complex-valued modulation symbols onto one or several transmission layers
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`preceding of the complex-valued modulation symbols on each layer for transmission on the antenna ports
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`- mapping of complex-valued modulation symbols for each antenna port to resource elements
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`Modulation
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`For each code word :1 . the block of scrambled bits 5 (“{0}..... l; (9') {M1:? — 1) shall be modulated as described in
`Section ?.1 using one of the modulation schemes in Table 6.3 .2-1. resulting in a block of complex-valued modulation
`symbols (1“?)(0)..... d‘q3{M% —1).
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`Table 6.3.2-1: Modulation schemes
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`PDSCH
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`Modulation schemes
`QPSK, 1BQAM, 6:10AM
`QPSK, 1SQAM, 64QAM
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`55.
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`The accused products further comprise a controller for controlling the
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`aforementioned reception unit to receive the downlink control channel with a format
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`corresponding to the transmission information and the demodulator to demodulate the downlink
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`shared channel data according to the transmission scheme information included in the format.
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`This functionality is described in the LTE standard, including but not limited to 3GPP TS 36.213
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`section 7.1 and 3GPP TS 36.212 section 5.3.3.
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`56.
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`In the accused products, the transmission scheme information referenced above
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`indicates that a transmit diversity or open loop spatial multiplexing is used for transmitting the
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`downlink shared channel data. This functionality is described in the LTE standard, including but
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`not limited to 3GPP TS 36.213 section 7.1 and 3GPP TS 36.212 section 5.3.3.
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`7.1
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`UE procedure for receiving the physical downlink shared
`channel
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`A UE shall upon detection of a PDCC‘H with DCI format 1. 1A. 1B. 1C. 1D. 2 or 2A intended for the UE in a suhfi‘ame.
`decode the corresponding PDSC‘H in the same snbframe with the restriction of the number of transport blocks defined
`in the higher layers.
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`If a HE is configured by higher layers to decode PDCCH with CRC scrambled by the C-RNTI. the UE shall decode the
`PDCCH and any corresponding PDSCH according to the respective combinations defined in table 7.1-5. The
`scrambling initialization of PDSCH corresponding to these PDCCHs is by C-RNTI.
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`Table 7.1-5: PDCCH and PDSCH configured by C-RNTI
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`Transmission
`DCI format
`Search Space
`Transmission scheme of PDSCH
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`mode
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`Mode 1
`Single—antenna port, port I] {see subclause
`Common and
`UE specific by C—RNTI
`7.1. 1)
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`DCI format 'EA
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`DCI format 1
`UE specific by C—RNTI
`Single—antenna port, port 0 {see subclause
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`7.1.1}
`DCI format 'IA
`Common and
`"ranst diversity (see subclause 7.1.2)
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`UE specific by C—RN"I
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`DCI format 1
`UE specific by C—RNTI
`"ransmit diversity (see subclause 7.1.2)
`DCI format 'IA
`Common and
`"ransmit diversity (see subclause 7.1.2)
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`UE specific by C—RN"I
`UE specific by C—RN"]
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`Mode 2
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`Mode 3
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`DCI format 2A
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`Mode 4
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`DCI format 'IA
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`DCI format 2
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`Common and
`UE specific by C—RN"I
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`Large delay CDD (see subclause 7.1.3) or
`"ranst diversity (see subclause 7.1.2}
`"ranst diversity (see subclause 7.1.2}
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`Multi—user MIMO {see suhclause 7.1.5)
`"ransmit diversity (see subclause 7.1.2)
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`Closed—loop spatial multiplexing (see
`subclause 7.1 .4)or Transmit diversity (see
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`subclause 7.1.2)
`DCI format 1A
`Common and
`"ransmit diversity (see subclause 7.1.2)
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`UE specific by C—RN"I
`UE specific by C—R NTI
`Common and
`UE specific by C—RN"I
`UE specific by C—RN"I
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`Closed—loop spatial multiplexing (see
`subclause 7.1.4) using a single
`transmission layer
`If the number of PBCH antenna ports is
`one, Single—antenna port, port D is used
`(see subclause 7.1.1). otherwise Transmit
`diversity (see subclause 7.1.2)
`Single—antenna port; port 5 (see subclause
`UE specific by C—RNTI
`DCI format ’I
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`7.1.1)
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`Mode 5
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`Mode 6
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`DCI format 'ID
`DCI format 1A
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`DCI format 18
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`Mode 7
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`DCI format 1A
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`Common and
`UE specific by C—RNTI
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`57.
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`Thus, as just illustrated above, the Apple Accused Products directly infringe one
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`or more claims of the ’154 Patent. Apple makes, uses, sells, offers for sale, exports, and/or
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`imports, in this District and/or elsewhere in the United States, these devices and thus directly
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`infringes the ’154 Patent.
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`58.
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`Apple has had knowledge and notice of the ’154 Patent at least as of the filing of
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`the Complaint.
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`59.
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`Apple indirectly infringes the ’154 patent, as provided in 35 U.S.C. § 271(b), by
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`inducing infringement by others, such as Apple’s customers and end-users, in this District and
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`elsewhere in the United States. For example, Apple’s customers and end-users directly infringe
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`through their use of the inventions claimed in the ’154 patent. Apple induces this direct
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`infringement through its affirmative acts of manufacturing, selling, distributing, and/or otherwise
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`making available the Apple Accused Products, and providing instructions, documentation, and
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`other information to customers and end-users suggesting they use the Apple Accused Products in
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`an infringing manner, including in-store technical support, online technical support, marketing,
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`product manuals, advertisements, and online documentation. As a result of Apple’s inducement,
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`Apple’s customers and end-users use the Apple Accused Products in the way Apple intends and
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`directly infringe the ’154 Patent. Apple performs these affirmative acts with knowledge of the
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`’154 Patent and with the intent, or willful blindness, that the induced acts directly infringe the
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`’154 Patent.
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`60.
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`Apple also indirectly infringes the ’154 Patent, as provided by 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 271(c), by contributing to direct infringement committed by others, such as customers and end-
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`users, in this District and elsewhere in the United States. Apple’s affirmative acts of selling and
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`offering to sell, in this District and elsewhere in the United States, the Apple Accused Products
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`and causing the Apple Accused Products to be manufactured, used, sold, and offered for sale
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`contribute to Apple’s customers and end-users use of the Apple Accused Products, such that the
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`’154 Patent is directly infringed. The accused components within the Apple Accused Products
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`are material to the invention of the ’154 Patent, are not staple articles or commodities of
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`commerce, have no substantial non-infringing uses, and are known by Apple to be especially
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`made or adapted for use in the infringement of the ’154 Patent. Apple performs these affirmative
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`acts with knowledge of the ’154 Patent and with intent, or willful blindness, that they cause the
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`direct infringement of the ’154 Patent.
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`61.
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`Apple’s infringement of the ’154 Patent has damaged and will continue to
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`damage the Plaintiffs.
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`COUNT II: PATENT INFRINGEMENT OF THE ’332 PATENT
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`62.
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`Plaintiffs incorporate by reference the preceding paragraphs as though fully set
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`forth herein.
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`63.
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`Apple infringes, contributes to the infringement of, and/or induces infringement
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`of the ’332 Patent by making, using, selling, offering for sale, exporting from, and/or importing
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`into the United States products and/or methods covered by one or more claims of the ’332 Patent
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`including, but not limited to, at least the Apple Accused Products.
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`64.
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`For example and as shown below, the LTE Accused Products infringe claim 6 of
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`the ’332 patent by virtue of their compatibility with and practice of the LTE Standard. For
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`example, and to the extent the preamble is limiting, the Accused Products comprise user
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`equipment (UE) for decoding control information. As shown below, this functionality is
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`described in the LTE Standard, including but not limited to in 3GPP TS 36.201 sections 1 and 4.
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`65.
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`The Accused Products further comprise a receiver for receiving Physical
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`Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from a base station at subframe k. As shown below, this
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`functionality is described in the LTE Standard, including but not limited to in 3GPP TS 36.213
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`section 9.1.1.
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`66.
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`The Accused Products further comprise a decoder for decoding a set of PDCCH
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`candidates within a search space of the PDCCH at the subframe k. As shown below, this
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`functionality is described in the LTE Standard, including but not limited to in 3GPP TS 36.213
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`section 9.1.1.
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`67.
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`The Accused Products further comprise a decoder wherein each of the set of
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`PDCCH candidates comprises ‘L’ control channel elements (CCEs), wherein the ‘L’ CCEs
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`corresponding to a specific PDCCH candidate among the set of PDCCH candidates of the search
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`space at the sub frame k are contiguously located from a position given by using a variable of Yk
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