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Robert M. Shore, Cal. Bar No. 166018 Mark I. Labaton, Cal. Bar No. 159555 Robert M.T. Zabb, Cal. Bar No. 114405 MOTLEY RICE LLP 1100 Glendon Avenue, 14th Floor Los Angeles, California 90024 Telephone: (310) 500-3540 Facsimile: (310) 824-2870 Attorneys for Plaintiff Automated Facilities Management Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA AUTOMATED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. COMPUTER POWER SOFTWARE GROUP, INC. dba TODAY SYSTEMS, Defendant. Case No. COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT

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Plaintiff Automated Facilities Management Corporation, as and for its Complaint in this matter, alleges as follows:

JURISDICTION 1. This is a Complaint for infringement of United States patents. Accordingly,

this Court has federal question jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1331, 1338(a).

PARTIES 2. Plaintiff Automated Facilities Management Corporation is a corporation duly

organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas. 3. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and on that basis alleges, that Defendant

Computer Power Software Group, Inc., purports to be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and on that basis alleges, that Defendant is doing business under the name Today Systems.

FACTS 4. Patent). 5. Patent). 6. Businesses that desire to practice Plaintiffs patents legally and with respect for Plaintiff is the owner of United States Patent No. 7,548,970 (the 970 Plaintiff is the owner of United States Patent No. 6,993,576 (the 576

Plaintiffs legal rights have entered into license agreements with Plaintiff. Any entity, such as Defendant, which disregards Plaintiffs legal rights by practicing Plaintiffs patents without entering into a license agreement with Plaintiff is being unfair to the competitors that have entered such agreements because it is refusing to incur legitimate expenses that Plaintiffs licensees have agreed to pay. 7. this action. 1 COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES Defendant uses the name Today Systems in its business dealings relevant to

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8.

Defendant makes commercially available within the United States a product

that it calls Operating Control System or OCS. 9. Defendant makes, uses, sells, and offers for sale Operating Control System or

OCS within the United States, or imports it into the United States, within the meaning of United States patent law. 10. Plaintiff has not consented to Defendant practicing its patents.

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION (Patent Infringement of the 576 Patent) 11. forth in full. 12. Making, using, selling, offering to sell Operating Control System or OCS Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 10 of this Complaint as though set

within the United States, or importing it into the United States, without Plaintiffs consent is an infringement of the 576 Patent. 13. By making, using, selling, or offering for sale Operating Control System or

OCS, among other products or services, within the United States, Defendant is infringing and has infringed the 576 Patent. 14. Defendants customers who use Operating Control System or OCS, among

other products or services, within the United States directly infringe the 576 Patent. 15. Defendant has induced its customers for Operating Control System or OCS,

among other products or services, to directly infringe the 576 Patent. 16. Defendant is liable for contributory infringement of the 576 Patent in

connection with its customers direct infringement of the 576 Patent. 17. Defendant is therefore liable to Plaintiff for damages in an amount to be

determined at trial but in any event no less than $5 million. 18. Plaintiff is entitled to a permanent injunction to prevent Defendant from

making, using, selling, or offering for sale within the United States, or importing into the United States, its Operating Control System or OCS, or any other product that infringes the 2 COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

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576 Patent, and also to prevent Defendant from inducing or contributing to infringement of the 576 Patent.

SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION (Patent Infringement of the 970 Patent) 19. forth in full. 20. Making, using, selling, offering to sell Operating Control System or OCS Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 10 of this Complaint as though set

within the United States, or importing it into the United States, without Plaintiffs consent is an act of patent infringement. 21. By making, using, selling, or offering for sale Operating Control System or

OCS, among other products or services, within the United States, Defendant is infringing and has infringed the 970 Patent. 22. Defendants customers who use Operating Control System or OCS, among

other products or services, within the United States directly infringe the 970 Patent. 23. Defendant has induced its customers for Operating Control System or OCS,

among other products or services, to directly infringe the 970 Patent. 24. Defendant is liable for contributory infringement of the 970 Patent in

connection with its customers direct infringement of the 970 Patent. 25. Defendant is therefore liable to Plaintiff for damages in an amount to be

determined at trial but in any event no less than $5 million. 26. Plaintiff is entitled to a permanent injunction to prevent Defendant from

making, using, selling, or offering for sale within the United States, or importing into the United States, its Operating Control System or OCS, or any other product that infringes the 970 Patent, and also to prevent Defendant from inducing or contributing to the infringement of the 970 Patent.

Wherefore Plaintiff prays for judgment as follows: 3 COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

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a.

For judgment in favor of Plaintiff, ordering Defendant to pay compensatory

damages in an amount to be proven at trial but no less than $5 million; b. For an order permanently enjoining Defendant, and anyone acting in concert or

participation therewith, during the term of the 576 Patent, from making, using, selling, or offering to sell within the United States, or importing into the United States, Operating Control System or OCS, or any other product that infringes the 576 Patent, and further permanently enjoining Defendant, and anyone acting in concert or participation therewith, during the term of the 576 Patent, from inducing or contributing to the infringement of the 576 Patent; c. For an order permanently enjoining Defendant, and anyone acting in concert or

participation therewith, during the term of the 970 Patent, from making, using, selling, or offering to sell within the United States, or importing into the United States, Operating Control System or OCS, or any other product that infringes the 970 Patent, and further permanently enjoining Defendant, and anyone acting in concert or participation therewith, during the term of the 970 Patent, from inducing or contributing to the infringement of the 970 Patent; d. For prejudgment at the legal rate, accruing from a date no later than January 31,

e. f.

For costs of suit; and For such further relief as justice may require. MOTLEY RICE LLP

Date: January 31, 2012

By:/s/Robert M. Shore_______________________ Robert M. Shore Attorneys for Plaintiff Automated Facilities Management Corporation

COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

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