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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

DATA CARRIERS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. EXPEDIA, INC., Defendant. C.A. No. _________ JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT Plaintiff Data Carriers, LLC (Plaintiff ! alle"es t#e follo$in" for its %o&'laint a"ainst Defendant E('edia, In%. (Defendant !. THE PARTIES 1. Plaintiff is a Dela$are li&ited lia)ilit* %o&'an* #avin" a 'rin%i'al 'la%e of

)+siness at ,-./ 0ennett Pi1e, S+ite 2/1, 3il&in"ton, Dela$are 145-67.-15. .. Defendant is a %or'oration or"ani8ed +nder t#e la$s of t#e State of Dela$are $it#

a 'rin%i'al offi%e at /// 1-5t# Aven+e NE, 9ellev+e, 3as#in"ton 45--,. Defendant &a* )e served $it# 'ro%ess via its re"istered a"ent National Re"istered A"ents, In%., 1:- ;reentree Drive, S+ite 1-1, Dover, Dela$are 144-,. JURISDICTION AND VENUE /. T#is is a 'atent infrin"e&ent a%tion. T#e Co+rt #as s+)<e%t &atter <+risdi%tion

'+rs+ant to .5 =.S.C. >>1//1 and 1//5. ,. T#e Co+rt #as 'ersonal <+risdi%tion over Defendant, )e%a+se Defendant %ond+%ts

)+siness in t#is <+risdi%tion, in%l+din" )* offerin" and 'ro&otin" 'rod+%ts for sale via t#e

internet, $#i%# is a%%essi)le to and a%%essed )* residents of t#is Distri%t. T#e Co+rt also #as 'ersonal <+risdi%tion over Defendant, )e%a+se it is a Dela$are %or'oration. 2. ?en+e is 'ro'er in t#is Distri%t '+rs+ant to .5 =.S.C. >>1/41()!7(%! and >1,--()!,

)e%a+se Defendant resides in t#is distri%t and s+)stantial a%ts of infrin"e&ent #ave o%%+rred in t#is Distri%t. COUNT ONE INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 5,388,198 :. Plaintiff is t#e o$ner )* assi"n&ent of =nited States Patent No. 2,/55,145 (t#e

@145 'atent !, entitled Proa%tive Presentation of A+to&atin" Aeat+res to a Co&'+ter =ser. T#e a''li%ation for t#e @145 'atent $as filed on A'ril 1:, 144.. T#e 'atent iss+ed on Ae)r+ar* 6, 1442 and $as ori"inall* assi"ned to S*&ante% Cor'oration. A tr+e and %orre%t %o'* of t#e @145 Patent is atta%#ed as E(#i)it A #ereto. 6. Plaintiff #olds t#e e(%l+sive ri"#t to ta1e all a%tions, in%l+din" t#e filin" of t#is

'atent infrin"e&ent la$s+it, ne%essar* to enfor%e its ri"#ts to t#e @145 Patent. Plaintiff also #as t#e ri"#t to re%over all da&a"es for 'ast, 'resent, and f+t+re infrin"e&ent of t#e @145 Patent and to see1 in<+n%tive relief as a''ro'riate +nder t#e la$. 5. Defendant #as dire%tl* infrin"ed, eit#er literall* or )* eB+ivalents, one or &ore

%lai&s of t#e @145 Patent, in%l+din" at least Clai& 2, )* +sin" t#e %lai&ed &et#od in o'eratin" t#e $e)sites $$$.e('edia.%o& and $$$.#otels.%o& in a $a* t#at a+to&ati%all* intervenes in a %+sto&er or 'otential %+sto&er@s +se of t#e $e)site(s! to s+""est or 'resent feat+res )ased on infor&ation on t#e +se of t#e s*ste&, in%l+din" )+t not li&ited to a+to%o&'lete feat+res. 3#ile a +ser is a%%essin" eit#er of t#e $e)sites, Defendant %ontin+o+sl* &onitors and %o&'ares +ser &ani'+lations and 'ro"ra& %onte(t $it# feat+re te&'lates stored in &e&or* and 'resents a+to&atin" feat+res if a &at%# is fo+nd. .

4.

Defendant@s o'eration of its $e)sites in t#e a)ove7des%ri)ed &anner in t#e =nited

States is $it#o+t t#e 'er&ission of Plaintiff and %onstit+tes infrin"e&ent +nder /2 =.S.C. >.61 for $#i%# Defendant is lia)le. 1-. As a res+lt of Defendant@s infrin"e&ent, Plaintiff #as )een da&a"ed &onetaril*

and is entitled to adeB+ate %o&'ensation of no less t#an a reasona)le ro*alt* '+rs+ant to /2 =.S.C. > .5,. JURY DEMAND Plaintiff reB+ests a <+r* on all iss+es so tria)le. PRAYER 3CEREADRE, Plaintiff res'e%tf+ll* reB+ests t#at t#e Co+rtE A. @145 PatentF 9. A$ard Plaintiff da&a"es for Defendant@s infrin"e&ent in an a&o+nt to )e Enter <+d"&ent t#at Defendant #as infrin"ed, eit#er literall* or )* eB+ivalents, t#e

deter&ined at trial, in%l+din" en#an%ed da&a"es, %osts, and 're and 'ost7<+d"&ent interestF and C. A$ard an* ot#er relief dee&ed <+st and 'ro'er. 9AHARD, P.A. JsJ Ri%#ard D. 0ir1 (r1-4..! Ri%#ard D. 0ir1 (r1-4..! Ste'#en 9. 9ra+er&an (s),42.! ?anessa R. Tiradentes (vt2/45! Sara E. 9+ssiere (s)26.2! ... Dela$are Aven+e, S+ite 4-3il&in"ton, DE 145-1 (/-.! :2272--r1ir1I)a*ardla$.%o& s)ra+er&anI)a*ardla$.%o& vtiradentesI)a*ardla$.%o& s)+ssiereI)a*ardla$.%o& Attorneys for Plaintiff Data Carriers, LLC

Nove&)er 12, .-1/ DA CD=NSELE Pa+l ?. Stor& Sara# G. Pa(son ;ARDERE 3HNNE SE3ELL LLP 1:-1 El& Street, S+ite /--Dallas, Te(as 62.-1 (.1,! 4447/--'vstor&I"ardere.%o& s'a(sonI"ardere.%o&

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