Case 8:18-cv-01994 Document 1 Filed 11/07/18 Page 1 of 5 Page ID #:1

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2║ NEAL M. COHEN (SBN 184978) nmc@viplawgroup.com │
║ JAMES K. SAKAGUCHI (SBN 181010) jks@viplawgroup.com │
3║ Vista IP Law Group LLP │
║ 100 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 900 │
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║ Tel: (949) 724-1849 │
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6║ Attorneys for Plaintiff │
║ Neal M. Cohen │
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║ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT │
8║ CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA │
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9║ Neal M. Cohen, ) Case No. 18-cv-01994 │
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) COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT │
║ v. ) OF U.S. PATENT NO. D487,321 │
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║ Walmart Inc., a Delaware ) │
12║ Corporation; and DOES 1-10, ) │
║ ) DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL │
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14║ Neal M. Cohen (“Plaintiff”), for his Complaint against │
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15║ Walmart Inc. (“Walmart”) and DOES 1-10, alleges as set forth │
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║ herein. │
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║ Jurisdiction And Venue │
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║ 1. This action arises under the United States patent laws │
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║ (Title 35 of the United States Code). This Court has original │
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21║ jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and │
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23║ 2. Venue is proper in this District as to Walmart │
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║ pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1400 because Walmart resides in this │
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║ 3. Walmart has committed acts of infringement in this │
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2║ 4. Walmart has a regular and established place of │
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║ 5. Venue is proper in this District as to DOES 1-10 │
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║ pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1400 because upon information and belief │
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║ DOES 1-10 reside in this District. │
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9║ 6. Plaintiff is an individual residing in this District. │
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10║ 7. Upon information and belief, Walmart is a Delaware │
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12║ 8. Plaintiff is currently unaware of the true names and │
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║ capacities of DOES 1-10, but on upon information and belief DOES │
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║ 1-10 are individuals, corporations, and other entities residing │
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║ Patent Infringement of U.S. Patent No. D487,321 │
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║ 9. On Mar 2, 2004, United States Patent No. D487,321 │
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║ (“the '321 Patent”), titled “FLASHLIGHT”, was issued to Mark A. │
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║ Pellegrini and Plaintiff (see Exhibit 1). │
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22║ 10. Plaintiff is the current owner of all rights, title, │
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23║ and interest in and to the ‘321 Patent, including the right to │
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24║ sue for past infringement. │
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25║ 11. The '321 Patent is presumed valid pursuant to │
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║ 35 U.S.C. § 282. │
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2║ 12. During the term of the ‘321 Patent, in violation of │
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3║ 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), Walmart manufactured, used, sold, and/or │
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║ offered for sale in this District and other Districts, and/or │
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║ imported into this District and other Districts, products which │
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║ infringe the '321 Patent (collectively “Walmart Products”), │
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║ including products known as: 1) the TACBAT flashlight (see │
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9║ Exhibit 2); the Q5 LED Baseball Bat Security Camping Torch Long │
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10║ Emergency Light Flashlight (see Exhibit 3); the Ozark Trail Mini Bat │
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11║ Light (see Exhibit 4); the Stalwart CREE 17 in LED Aluminum Safety │
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12║ Flashlight Bat (see Exhibit 5); and the LED Security Stick Bat │
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║ Flashlight (see Exhibit 6). │
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║ 13. The Walmart Products embody the patented design of the │
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║ ‘321 Patent and/or colorable imitations thereof. │
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17║ 14. Upon information and belief, the Walmart Products were │
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18║ offered for sale in Walmart retail stores during the term of the │
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19║ ‘321 Patent. │
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20║ 15. Upon information and belief, the Walmart Products were │
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║ offered for sale on-line at www.walmart.com during the term of │
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║ the ‘321 Patent. │
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║ 16. During the term of the ‘321 Patent, in violation of │
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║ 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), DOES 1-10 manufactured, used, sold, and/or │
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26║ offered for sale in this District and other Districts, and/or │
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27║ imported into this District and other Districts, products which │
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28║ infringe the '321 Patent. │

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2║ 17. Plaintiff has been damaged by the acts of infringement │
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3║ of the '321 Patent alleged herein, in an amount to be proven at │
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║ trial, not less than $1,000,000. │
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║ WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests judgment as │
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9║ A. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284, Plaintiff be awarded │
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10║ damages, interest, and costs, not less than $1,000,000. │
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11║ B. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 289, Plaintiff be awarded │
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12║ Walmart’s total profits for Walmart’s sale of Walmart Products │
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║ during the term of the ‘321 Patent. │
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║ C. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 289, Plaintiff be awarded the │
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║ total profits of DOES 1-10 for their sale of infringing products │
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17║ during the term of the ‘321 Patent. │
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18║ D. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285, the case be declared │
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19║ exceptional, and Plaintiff be awarded reasonable attorney fees. │
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20║ E. Plaintiff be awarded pre-judgment and post-judgment │
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║ interest according to law. │
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║ F. Plaintiff be awarded such other relief as this Court │
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║ deems appropriate. │
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║ Respectfully submitted, │
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26║ Dated: November 7, 2018 /s/ Neal M. Cohen │
║ Vista IP Law Group LLP │
27║ Neal M. Cohen │
║ Attorneys for Plaintiff │
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2║ JURY DEMAND │
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3║ Pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. Rule 38(b) and L.R. 38-1, Plaintiff │
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║ demands a jury trial on all issues triable to a jury. │
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║ Respectfully submitted, │
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║ Dated: November 7, 2018 /s/ Neal M. Cohen │
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║ Vista IP Law Group LLP │
9║ Neal M. Cohen │
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