resource, int'l inc. v. alradco - complaint
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COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT 1
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MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN (SBN 264695) LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN 111 N. Market St., Suite 300 San Jose, CA 95113 Telephone: (408) 628-8882 Facsimile: (408) 625-1148 E-mail: [email protected] Attorney for Plaintiff RESOURCE INTL, INC. D/B/A MISHIMOTO
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
RESOURCE INTL, INC. D/B/A MISHIMOTO, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, vs. ALRADCO, LLC, a California limited liability company, Defendant.
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CASE NO. COMPLAINT FOR INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. D717,702
Resource Intl, Inc. d/b/a Mishimoto, by its attorney, for its Complaint, alleges as
follows:
JURISDICTION
1. This is an action for patent infringement arising under the laws of the United
States, 35 U.S.C. § 1, et seq. Jurisdiction in this district is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 1338(a).
VENUE
2. Venue in this judicial district is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391 and
1400(b), because upon information and belief, Defendant does business in this judicial district.
COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT 2
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PARTIES
3. Plaintiff Resource Intl, Inc. d/b/a Mishimoto (“Mishimoto”) is a Delaware
corporation with its principal place of business at 18 Boulden Road, Suite 14, New Castle,
Delaware 19720.
4. Upon information and belief, Defendant Alradco, LLC (“Alradco”) is a
California limited liability company with its principal place of business at 5433 Clayton Road,
Suite K-205, Clayton, California 94517.
BACKGROUND
5. On Issue Date November 18, 2014, United States Patent No. D717,702 (“the
’D702 patent”) entitled “Automotive Radiator” was duly and legally issued to named inventors
Kevin McCardle and Daniel Tafe, with an assignment recorded to Resource Intl, Inc., which
still owns the rights, title, and interest to the ’D702 patent. A copy of the ’D702 patent is
attached as Plaintiff’s Exhibit 1.
CLAIM FOR RELIEF OF INFRINGEMENT
6. Upon information and belief, Alradco makes, uses, sells, and/or offers to sell
radiators for use in the automotive industry. A copy of a webpage from Alradco’s website
offering to sell a “2008 - 2010 Ford 6.4 Powerstroke Aluminum Radiator” (the “Powerstroke
radiator”) is attached as Plaintiff’s Exhibit 2. Alradco’s Powerstroke radiator falls within the
scope of the claim of the ’D702 patent. Upon information and belief, the accused Powerstroke
radiator is sold to distributors, retailers and/or customers who resell and/or use the Powerstroke
radiator throughout the United States, including in the State of California, including in this
judicial district.
7. Alradco’s acts in making, using, offering to sell, and/or selling, within the State
of California and elsewhere in the United States the above-referenced Powerstroke radiator
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infringes, induces others to infringe, and/or contributorily infringes the claim of the ’D702
patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271 without authority to do so.
8. Upon information and belief, Alradco’s infringement of the ’D702 patent has
been willful, deliberate and in conscious disregard of Plaintiff’s rights. By designing, making,
marketing, and selling Alradco’s Powerstroke radiator, Alradco presumptively knew or should
have known that Mishimoto has a patent covering such Powerstroke radiator.
9. Mishimoto has suffered damages, including loss of sales and profits, as a result
of Alradco’s infringing activities, and is entitled to compensation pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 284
and 289.
10. As a result of Alradco’s infringing activities, Mishimoto has suffered and will
continue to suffer irreparable injury, unless Alradco is permanently enjoined by this Court
pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 283.
11. This case is exceptional and, therefore, Mishimoto is entitled to an award of its
expenses, costs, and attorneys’ fees in accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 285 and Rule 54(d) of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
DEMAND FOR JUDGMENT
WHEREFORE, Mishimoto requests the following relief:
1. A judgment that Defendant’s making, using, offering to sell, and/or selling, within the
State of California and elsewhere in the United States Defendant’s Powerstroke radiator
infringes, actively induces others to infringe, and/or contributorily infringes
Mishimoto’s ’D702 patent;
2. A judgment permanently enjoining Defendant’s infringing activities pursuant to 35
U.S.C. § 283;
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3. A judgment awarding Mishimoto the damages to which it is entitled for Defendant’s
willful acts of infringement complained of herein, including the greater of Defendant’s
total profits from the infringement pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 289 or the trebling of the
damages award pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284, together with pre-judgment and post-
judgment interest;
4. An accounting of Defendant’s profits;
5. Reasonable funds for future corrective advertising;
6. A judgment declaring that this case is exceptional and awarding Mishimoto its expenses,
costs, and attorneys’ fees in accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 285 and Rule 54(d) of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and
7. Such other further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
Respectfully submitted,
DATED: January 6, 2015
/s/Michael J. Sullivan Michael J. Sullivan (SBN 264695) LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN 111 N. Market St., Suite 300 San Jose, CA 95113 Telephone: (408) 628-8882 Facsimile: (408) 625-1148 E-mail: [email protected]
Attorney for Plaintiff
RESOURCE INTL, INC. D/B/A MISHIMOTO
Exhibit 1
Exhibit 2
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