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JA M ES C .YO O N , StateB arN o.17 7155jyoon@ w sg r.comRYA N R. SM I TH , StateB arN o.229323rsm ith @ w sg r.comW I LSO N SO N SI N I G O O DRI C H &RO SA TI P .C .6 50Pag eM illRoadPalo A lto, C alifornia 9 4304-1050Teleph one:(6 50) 493-9 300F ax:(650) 56 5-5100
A ttorneysforPlaintiffsSZ DJI Tech nolog yC o., Ltd. andDJIEuropeB .V.
UN I TED STA TES D I STRI C TC O URT
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SZ DJI Tech nolog yC o., Ltd. andDJIEuropeB .V.,
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Yuneec I nternationalC o. Ltd. andYuneec USA I nc.,
Defendants.
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Pursuantto Section 1338 of Title28 of th eUnitedStatesCode, PlaintiffsSZ
DJI Tech nolog yC o., Ltd. andDJI EuropeB .V. (collectiv ely“Plaintiffs”or“DJI”)
alleg eforth eirCom plaintag ainstDefendantsYuneec I nternationalC o. Ltd. and
Yuneec USA I nc. (collectively“Defendants”or“Yuneec”), on personalknow ledg e
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asto DJI’sow n actionsandon inform ation andbelief asto th eactionsof oth ers, as
follow s:
1. Th isC om plaintarisesunderth epatentlaw sof th eUnitedStates,Title
35of th eUnitedStatesC ode. Th isCourth assubjectm atterjurisdiction ov erth is
action under35U.S.C . § 27 1etseq.,28 U.S.C . §§ 1331and1338 (a ).
TH E PA RTI ES
2. Plaintiff SZ DJI Tech nolog yC o., Ltd. (“DJI SZ”) isa C h inese
corporation w ith itsprincipalplaceof businessat14th F loor,W estW ing ,
Skyw orth Sem iconductorDesig n B uilding , N o.18 G aoxin South 4th A v e, N ansh an
D istrict, Sh enzh en, C h ina . DJI SZ isresponsibleforth eresearch anddevelopm ent
of DJI -brandedproductssoldin th eUnitedStates.
3. Plaintiff DJI EuropeB .V. (“DJI B V”) isa European corporation w ith
itsprincipalplaceof businessatI m B irkenfeld2, 9 7 7 9 5Sch ondra, G erm any. DJI
B V sellsDJI -brandedproductsin th eUnitedStates.
4. O n inform ation andbelief, DefendantYuneec I nternationalC o. Ltd.
(“Yuneec I nternational”) isa H ong K ong corporation w ith itsprincipalplaceof
businessat2/F , M an Sh ung I ndustrialB uilding , 7 LaiYip Street, K w un Tong ,
K ow loon, H ong K ong .
5. O n inform ation andbelief, DefendantYuneec USA I nc. (“Yuneec
USA ”) isa Delaw arecorporation w ith itsprincipalplaceof businessat5555
O ntario M illsParkw ay, O ntario, C alifornia 9 17 64,USA .
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6 . Th eC ourtm ayexercisepersonaljurisdiction overYuneec because
Yuneec h ascontinuousandsystem atic contactsw ith th eStateof C alifornia and, on
inform ation andbelief, doesbusinessin th isDistrict.
7 . O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec conductsbusinessin th isDistrict
byim porting , m arketing , offering forsale, andselling itsinfring ing productsin th is
District.
8 . F orexam ple,Yuneec h aspartneredw ith U.S.electronicsretailerB est
B uysinceatleastO ctober15,2015. Seeh ttp://w w w .yuneec.com /node/158 (last
v isitedM ar.31,2016 ). Yuneec’spartnersh ip w ith B estB uyincludesth esaleof its
infring ing productsonline. SeeF ig ure1. Yuneec’sproductsareav ailablefor
purch asebyaccessing B estB uy’sw ebsitein th isDistrictandareadv ertised
along sideDJI’sproducts.
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9 . I n addition,Yuneec’sinfring ing productsareav ailableforpurch aseat
B estB uyretailstoreslocatedin th isDistrict. SeeF ig ure2. I n 2016 , atleastone
infring ing Yuneec productw assoldata B estB uyretailstorelocatedin th is
District.
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10. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec USA isa div ision of Yuneec
I nternational. Seeh ttp://w w w .yuneec.com /support_office(lastv isitedM ar.31,
2016 ). O n itsw ebsite,Yuneec describesYuneec USA as“responsibleforall
aspectsof Yuneec I nternational’sbusinessin th eA m ericas.” See
h ttp://w w w .yuneec.com /careers(lastv isitedM ar.31,2016 ).
11. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec USA m aintainsan officein th is
Districtat5555O ntario M illsParkw ay, O ntario, C alifornia 917 64.
12. B ecauseYuneec h asav aileditself of th epriv ileg esof conducting
activ itiesin th isDistrict,itissubjectto personaljurisdiction in th isDistrict.
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13. Venueisproperin th isjudicialdistrictpursuantto 28 U.S.C .
§§ 1391(b), (c), (d), and/or1400(b) because, am ong oth erth ing s, Defendantsare
subjectto personaljurisdiction in th isDistrict, h av ecom m ittedactsof patent
infring em entin th isDistrict, andcontinueto com m itactsof infring em entin th is
District.
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14. DJI bring sth isaction to seekinjunctiv erelief anddam a g esarising out
of Yuneec’sinfring em entof DJI’sU.S. PatentN os. 9 ,16 4,506 and9 ,280,038
(collectively“th ePatents-in-Suit”).
DJI
15. DJI isan innov atoratth eforefrontof com m ercialunm annedaerial
v eh icle(“UA V”) tech nolog y. DJI dev elopsandm anufacturesaerialv ideog raph y
andph otog raph ysystem sforcom m ercialandrecreationaluse. DJI’sUA Vs
includeth eDJI I nspire1Pro (F ig ure3) andth erecentlyreleasedDJI Ph antom 4
(F ig ure4), w h ich bring tog eth erDJI’spatentedtech nolog yin easyto use, all-in-
oneproductsth atprov ideconsum ersw ith accessto h ig h qualityaerialim a g ing .
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16 . DJI’soperationsareg lobal, currentlyspanning N orth A m erica,
Europe, andA sia. DJI’scom m ercialUA Vsarev ersatile;th eyareusedeach and
ev erydayforth ing ssuch asaerialph otog raph yandcinem atog raph y,scientific
research , g eolog icalsurveying , andm uch m ore. DJI h asdev elopedh ig h ly
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soph isticatedsoftw areapplicationsandinterfacesth atallow consum ersto fully
controlth eflig h tsystem andonboardcam era.
17 . Sinceitsfounding , DJI h asinv estedm illionsof dollarsin research to
dev elop industryleading tech nolog yfundam entalto th everyconceptof UA Vs.
To date,DJI’sresearch inv estm enth asresultedin atleast30issuedUnitedStates
patentsandov er50pending UnitedStatespatentapplications. DJI em ploysov er
seven h undredeng ineersth atdev elop cutting -edg eandg round-breaking solutions
to th em anych alleng ing issuesfacing com m ercialUA Vsin an em erg ing industry.
I n orderto prov ideout-of-th e-box,ready-to-flyproductsforboth am ateurand
professionalconsum ers, DJI ’sUA Vsarem anufacturedandpre-assem bledw ith
precision andcarefulcalibration.
18 . DJI’sextensiv eresearch anddev elopm enteffortsh av eresultedin
m oreth an justth edesig n anddev elopm entof rev olutionaryUA Vsliketh eDJI
I nspire1andDJI Ph antom series;th eyh avealso ledto DJI’sdev elopm entof
supporting applications,such asth oseusedforfilm ing , adv ertising , construction,
firefig h ting , farm ing , andm anyoth ers. F orinstance, asth eW allStreetJournal
reportedin lateN ov em ber2015, DJI h asdev elopedapplicationsto h elp farm ers
m oreefficientlysprayth eircropsin plotsof landth ataredifficultforairplanesto
reach .
19 . DJI h asdev elopeda seriesof pre-prog ram edflig h tpatternsth ath elp
captureh ig h quality,targ etedaerialim a g es. I n onesuch flig h tprog ram , called
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“A ctiv eTrack,”userscan instructth ePh antom 4to recog nizea ch osen subjectand
follow th esubjectautom aticallyto keep th esubjectconstantlyin fram e. See
F ig ures5and6 .
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20. To furth erenh anceim a g ecapturing capabilitiesbym axim izing
cam era v iew ing ang les,th eDJI I nspire1h asan adv ancedcam era support,referred
to asa “g im bal,”th atallow sth ecam era to rotate36 0-deg reesacrossth reedifferent
axes. SeeF ig ures7 and8 . A sDJI’sw ebsitedescribes, “[t]h e3-axisg im bal
constantlydraw son data fedbyth eintellig entflig h tcontroller,so itknow sth e
aircraft’sflig h tparam etersandcom putesth eproperm otion correction ev ery
m illisecond.”
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21. F orh andh eldph otog raph yandcinem atog raph y,th eadv ancedg im bal
includedw ith th eI nspire1can bedetach edandreattach edto a separateh andh eld
cam era supportcalledth eDJI O sm o. SeeF ig ure9 . Th isflexibledesig n allow sa
consum erto m axim izeth eusabilityandversatilityof th eadv ancedg im balsystem .
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22. Presently, DJI’sproductsareav ailableforsaleonlineandin retail
stores, including A m azon.com , B estB uy, W alm art,eB ay, th eA ppleStore, and
h obbysh ops.
Yuneec
23. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec isa com panyfoundedbyTian Yu
andh eadquarteredin Jiang su, C h ina .
24. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec w asfoundedin 19 9 9 asa
m anufacturerof sing lerotor, fixed-w ing aircraft. Yuneec adv ertisesin th e“A bout
Yuneec”section of itsw ebpag eth atit“pioneeredmannedelectric flig h t.”Upon
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inform ation andbelief,relativ eto DJI ,Yuneec isa recententrantto th eUA V
m arket.
25. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec h asm ade, used, offeredto sell,
andsoldUA Vssinceatleastasearlyas2014,including th eYuneec Typh oon G ,
Yuneec Typh oon Q 500,Typh oon Q 500+ , andTyph oon Q 5004K (collectiv elyth e
“Typh oons”).
26 . Th eTyph oonscontain a v arietyof electricalcom ponentsusedto
controlv ariousaspectsof th eoperation of th eUA Vsandsensorsfornav ig ational,
surv eillance, orrem otesensing purposes. Th eseUA Vsareassem bledw ith pre-
config uredelectricalcom ponents.
27 . O n inform ation andbelief,th eTyph oonsareconfig uredto receiv e
targ etinform ation from th euserbyrem otecontrolto autom aticallytrackth etarg et
andto m aintain a position relativ eto th etarg et.
28 . F orexam ple, userscan instructth eTyph oons“to keep th epilot
h olding th eST10+ in focusandin fram e,”using a featurecalled“W atch M e.” See
F ig ures10-13. Th isfeatureisim portantforth eTyph oons.
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29 . A sth eTyph oons’instruction m anualsexplain, in th e“W atch M e”
function,“th epilotw illalw aysbekeptin th efram e;”th eTyph oonsw illadjustth e
UA V’sposition and/orth ecam era’slensto keep th epilotin th efram e. SeeF ig ure
13.
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30. Th eTyph oonsarealso equippedw ith a g im balcam era capableof
being attach edto eith erth eUA V orto a Yuneec h andh elddev icecalledth e
“SteadyG rip.”Th eTyph oon Q 500+ ,th eTyph oon Q 5004K , andth eTyph oon G
allincludeboth a UA V anda SteadyG rip. SeeF ig ures14-16 .
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31. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec dem onstratesitsUA V products
tog eth erw ith itsh andh eldSteadyG rip dev ice(w h ich also retailsasth eTyph oon
A ctionC am ) attradesh ow sanddealerexpos.
32. Th eabilityof th eg im balcam era to releasablyconnectto th eUA V
and/orto th eSteadyG rip isan im portantfeatureforYuneec. I tisa featureth at
Yuneec h ig h lig h tsin itsadv ertising m aterial. SeeF ig ure17 . Yuneec expressly
adv ertisesth at“[t]h eSteadyG rip h andh elddev iceensuresg roundsh otsareas
sm ooth asth osetaken from th eair.”
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33. A tth eC onsum erElectronicsSh ow (“C ES”) in LasVeg as, N ev ada in
January2016 ,Yuneec dem onstratedth eTyph oon H , a six-rotorUA V w ith a built-
in collision av oidancesystem . SeeF ig ure18 .
F ig ure18.
34. O n inform ation andbelief,th eTyph oon H isequippedw ith a g im bal
cam era capableof being attach edeith erto th eUA V orto a h andh elddev icelike
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35. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec plansto m arketth eTyph oon H as
a com petitorto DJI’sI nspire1UA V. Upon inform ation andbelief,th eTyph oon H
w illretailforunder$2,000.
36 . I n a January2016 articlefrom PRN ew sw ire,Yuneec I nternational
C EO Tian Yu h asem ph asizedth eim portanceof pricecom petition,stating th at
“[w ]e’v eeng ineeredth eTyph oon H to redefinew h atcustom erssh ouldexpectto
payfora dronew ith such an arrayof professionalfeatures. A tth ispricepoint, no
oth erdronecom escloseto th eTyph oon H in term scapabilityandv alue.”
Th eC om m ercia lUA V M a rket
37 . Th ecom m ercialUA V industryisyoung andfast-g row ing . A ccording
to onem arketreport,“th etotalC om m ercialUA V M arketw asv aluedat$15.22
M illion in 2014, andisexpectedto reach $1.27 B illion by2020, atan estim ated
C A G R(C om poundA nnualG row th Rate) of 109 .31% betw een 2014and2020.”
38 . C ustom ersin th eUA V m arketinclude, forexam ple, ph otog raph ers,
cinem atog raph ers, h obbyists, g eolog icalsurv eyors, firstresponders,energ y
equipm entinspectors, andtech nolog yenth usiasts. Popularsalesch annelsinclude
directconsum ersales, consum erelectronicsretail, andonlineretailsales.
39 . A ccording to an A pril2015Econom istarticle, DJI isoneof th e
leading playersand“a pioneerin th enascentm arket.”Th eW allStreetJournal
callsDJI th ecom panyth at“kickstartedth eg lobalcraze”forUA Vs. C K G SB
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K now ledg enotedin late2015th at“DJI w asth efirstdronem akerto puttog eth era
turnkeypackag eth atdoesn’trequireanyspecialknow ledg eto use.”
40. DJI seniorproductm ana g erandinv entor, PaulPan,toldF orbes
M ag azine:“Itjustcom esdow n to innov ation andbeing ableto createsom eth ing
th atisnotav ailableorw h ata com petitordoesn’th av e.”
41. A n industryanalystfrom th eresearch andadv isoryfirm “Drone
A nalyst”com m entedin lateJanuary2016 th atth e“onlyoth erv endorcapableof
com peting w ith [DJI ]basedon featureandpriceisYuneec.”
C om petition B etw een DJI a ndYuneec
42. DJI andYuneec aredirectcom petitorsin th eUA V m arket. Since
Yuneec v enturedinto th ecom m ercialUA V m arketin 2014,sourcesw ith in th e
industry,including a w riterforEng adg et, h av elabeledYuneec “a directriv alto
DJI .” Seeh ttp://w w w .eng adg et.com /2015/08 /16 /yuneec-4k-typh oon-drone/ (last
v isitedM ar.31,2016 ).
43. W h en Yuneec dem onstrateditsTyph oon H productatC ES in Las
Veg as, N ev ada in January2016 , a w riterforth eVerg ecalledth eTyph oon H “th e
big g estch alleng eyetto DJI’ssuprem acy.” A n articlefrom C inem a5D labeledth e
Typh oon H “a seriouscontenderto DJI’sProsum erlineup.” O neph otog raph y
focusedw ebsitew entso farasto callYuneec’sTyph oon H a “D JI K iller.”
44. DJI andYuneec productsareoften displayedandadv ertisedalong side
each oth er, com peting forlim itedconsum erexposureandattention. SeeF ig ure19 .
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45. Th ePatents-in-Suitg o to th eh eartof DJI’sbusiness,representkey
ach iev em entsin DJI’scontinuousresearch anddev elopm entefforts, andh elp driv e
consum erdem andforDJI’sproducts.
46 . O n O ctober20,2015,th eUnitedStatesPatentandTradem arkO ffice
dulyandleg allyissuedU.S. PatentN o. 9 ,16 4,506 (“th e’506 patent”),entitled
“System sandM eth odsforTarg etTracking ,”to B o Zang . DJI SZ isth eow nerof
th e’506 patent. DJI B V isth eexclusiv elicenseeof th e’506 patent. A trueand
correctcopyof th e’506 patentisattach edh ereto asExh ibit1.
47 . O n M arch 8 ,2016 ,th eUnitedStatesPatentandTradem arkO ffice
dulyandleg allyissuedU.S. PatentN o. 9 ,28 0,038 (“th e’038 patent”),entitled
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“I nterch ang eableM ounting Platform ,”to PaulPan,Xifeng Zh ao, andTao Zh ao.
DJI SZ isth eow nerof th e’038 patent. DJI B V isth eexclusiv elicenseeof th e
’038 patent. A trueandcorrectcopyof th e’038 patentisattach edh ereto as
Exh ibit2.
48 . O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec eith erh adactualknow ledg eof th e
Patents-in-Suitand/orth eirrespectiv eapplicationspriorto th isaction, orw illfully
blindeditself to th eexistenceof th ePatents-in-Suit. I n anyev ent,Yuneec h ad
actualknow ledg eof th ePatents-in-Suitno laterth an th efiling of th eorig inal
C om plaintin th isaction.
49 . O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec m onitorsDJI’spatentportfolio by,
forexam ple, m onitoring anypressreleases, articles, andw ebsitesreg arding DJI’s
patentportfolio. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec cam eacrossan articleentitled
“N ew Tradem arksanda PatentSug g estth atDJI h asB ig Plansforth ePh antom 4,”
datedF ebruary14,2016 . Seeh ttp://m yfirstdrone.com /new s/g round-breaking -
ph antom -4-features-rev ealed-dji-patent/ (lastv isitedM ar.31,2016 ). Th isarticle
discussesDJI ’sU.S. PatentA pplication Publication N o.2016 /0031559 , w h ich isa
continuation of th e’506 patent.
50. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec w illfullyblindeditself to th e
Patents-in-Suitto th eextentitlackedaffirm ativeknow ledg eof th ePatents-in-Suit
priorto th earticleidentifiedin th epreceding parag raph and/orfailedto inv estig ate
DJI ,th ecom panyth at“kickstartedth eg lobalcraze”forUA Vs.
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51. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec h as, on atleastoneoccasion,
alteredth edesig n of itsproductsto av oidth einfring em entof DJI’spatents. F or
exam ple, DJI’sU.S. PatentN o. 9 ,016 ,617 , filedN ov em ber27 ,2013,disclosesa
m a g netom eterpositionedon th elanding standof a UA V. O n inform ation and
belief, asof atleastJanuary23,2015,th eUA V soldaspartof th eYuneec Q 500
producth ada m a g netom eterpositionedon itslanding stand. See
h ttps://w w w .youtube.com /w atch ?v =PxlLw Vg jVnk(lastv isitedM ar.31,2016 ).
O n inform ation andbelief, a fterth e’6 17 patentw aspublish ed,Yuneec m ov edth e
m ag netom eteraw ayfrom th elanding standof th eQ 500productsoldin th eUnited
States.
52. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec h asknow n aboutth ePatents-in-
Suitand/orth eirrespectiv eclaim ssincebeforeth efiling of th islaw suit. Despite
h av ing fullknow ledg eof th eseclaim s,Yuneec continuesitsinfring ing conductto
th isday.
F I RST C A USE O F A C TI O N
(I nfring em entof U.S. Pa tentN o. 9 ,164,506)
53. DJI repeatsandrealleg esth ealleg ationsof parag raph s1th roug h 52in
th eirentirety.
54. Yuneec h asinfring ed,eith erliterallyand/orunderth edoctrineof
equiv alents, oneorm oreclaim sof th e’506 patentandcontinuesto infring ein th is
District, bym aking , using ,selling , offering forsale, and/orim porting into th e
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UnitedStatesproductsincluding , butnotlim itedto,th eYuneec Typh oon G
productpackag e,th eYuneec Typh oon Q 500productpackag e,th eYuneec
Typh oon Q 5004K productpacka g e, andth eYuneec Typh oon H productpackag e,
w ith outth eperm ission of DJI . Yuneec isth usliablefordirectinfring em entof th e
’506 patentpursuantto 35U.S.C . § 27 1(a ). A representativ eclaim ch artdetailing
Yuneec’sinfring em entof atleastclaim s1and6 of th e’506 patentisattach edas
Exh ibit3.
55. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec h adknow ledg eof th e’506 patent
priorto,oratleastasof,th efiling of th isCom plaintandh adknow ledg eth atth e
productsandsystem sidentifiedh erein infring e,eith erliterallyand/orunderth e
doctrineof equiv alents,oneorm oreclaim sof th e’506 patent. Yuneec h as
inducedandencourag edth edirectinfring em entof th e’506 patentbyYuneec’s
custom ers,resellers,retailers, andendusersbyintentionallydirecting th em and
encourag ing th em to m ake, use,sell, and/orofferto sellw ith in th eUnitedStates
and/orto im portinto th eUnitedStatesoneorm oredev icesth atem bodyth e
patentedinv ention andth atincorporateth eaccusedproductsandsystem s
identifiedabov e. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec prov idesuserg uides, v ideo
tutorials, andcustom ersupportto instructitscustom erson h ow to useth e
infring ing tech nolog y. Yuneec isth ereforeliableforindirectinfring em entof th e
’506 patentpursuantto 35U.S.C . § 27 1(b).
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56 . O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec h adknow ledg eof th e’506 patent
priorto,oratleastasof,th efiling of th isCom plaintandh adknow ledg eth atth e
productsandsystem sidentifiedinfring e,eith erliterallyand/orunderth edoctrine
of equiv alents,oneorm oreclaim sof th e’506 patent. Yuneec h asandcontinuesto
contributorilyinfring e, andw illcontinueto contributorilyinfring e,eith erliterally
and/orunderth edoctrineof equiv alents, oneorm oreclaim sof th e’506 patent.
Yuneec h ascontributorilyinfring edth e’506 patentbyoffering to sell,selling ,
and/orim porting into th eUnitedStatesa com ponentconstituting a m aterialpartof
th einv ention disclosedin th e’506 patent,know ing th esam eto bem adeoradapted
speciallyforusein th einfring em entof th e’506 patent, andnota staplearticleor
com m odityof com m ercesuitableforsubstantialnoninfring ing use. Yuneec is
th ereforeliableforindirectinfring em entof th e’506 patentpursuantto 35U.S.C . §
271(c).
57 . Unlessenjoinedbyth isCourt,Yuneec w illcontinueto infring eth e
’506 patent, andDJI w illcontinueto sufferirreparableh arm forw h ich th ereisno
adequaterem edyatlaw . A ccording ly, DJI isentitledto prelim inaryand
perm anentinjunctiv erelief ag ainstsuch infring em entpursuantto 35U.S.C . § 28 3.
58 . A sa resultof Yuneec’sinfring em entof th e’506 patent,DJI h asbeen
andcontinuesto beirreparablyinjuredin itsbusinessandpropertyrig h ts, andis
entitledto recov erdam a g esforsuch injuriespursuantto 35U.S.C . § 284in an
am ountto bedeterm inedattrial.
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SEC O N D C A USE O F A C TI O N
(I nfring em entof U.S. Pa tentN o. 9 ,280,038)
59 . DJI repeatsandrealleg esth ealleg ationsof parag raph s1th roug h 58 in
th eirentirety.
6 0. Yuneec h asinfring ed,eith erliterallyand/orunderth edoctrineof
equiv alents, oneorm oreclaim sof th e’038 patentandcontinuesto infring ein th is
District, bym aking , using ,selling , offering forsale, and/orim porting into th e
UnitedStatesproductsincluding , butnotlim itedto,th eYuneec Typh oon G
productpackag e,th eYuneec Typh oon Q 500productpackag e,th eYuneec
Typh oon Q 5004K productpacka g e,th eYuneec Typh oon H productpackag e, and
th eTyph oon A ctionC am , w ith outth eperm ission of DJI . Yuneec isth usliablefor
directinfring em entof th e’038 patentpursuantto 35U.S.C . § 27 1(a ). A
representativeclaim ch artdetailing Yuneec’sinfring em entof atleastclaim s1,4,
and12of th e’038 patentisattach edasExh ibit4.
6 1. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec h adknow ledg eof th e’038 patent
priorto,oratleastasof,th efiling of th isCom plaintandh adknow ledg eth atth e
productsandsystem sidentifiedinfring e,eith erliterallyand/orunderth edoctrine
of equiv alents,oneorm oreclaim sof th e’038 patent. Yuneec h asinducedand
encourag edth edirectinfring em entof th e’038 patentbyYuneec’scustom ers,
resellers,retailers, andendusersbyintentionallydirecting th em andencourag ing
th em to m ake, use,sell, and/orofferto sellw ith in th eUnitedStatesand/orto
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im portinto th eUnitedStatesoneorm oredev icesth atem bodyth epatented
inv ention andth atincorporateth eaccusedproductsandsystem sidentifiedabov e.
O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec prov idesuserg uides, v ideo tutorials, and
custom ersupportto instructitscustom erson h ow to useth einfring ing tech nolog y.
Yuneec isth ereforeliableforindirectinfring em entof th e’038 patentpursuantto
35U.S.C . § 271(b).
6 2. O n inform ation andbelief,Yuneec h adknow ledg eof th e’038 patent
priorto,oratleastasof,th efiling of th isCom plaintandh adknow ledg eth atth e
productsandsystem sidentifiedinfring e,eith erliterallyand/orunderth edoctrine
of equiv alents,oneorm oreclaim sof th e’038 patent. Yuneec h asandcontinuesto
contributorilyinfring e, andw illcontinueto contributorilyinfring e,eith erliterally
and/orunderth edoctrineof equiv alents, oneorm oreclaim sof th e’038 patent.
Yuneec h ascontributorilyinfring edth e’038 patentbyoffering to sell,selling ,
and/orim porting into th eUnitedStatesa com ponentconstituting a m aterialpartof
th einv ention disclosedin th e’038 patent,know ing th esam eto bem adeoradapted
speciallyforusein th einfring em entof th e’038 patent, andnota staplearticleor
com m odityof com m ercesuitableforsubstantialnoninfring ing use. Yuneec is
th ereforeliableforindirectinfring em entof th e’038 patentpursuantto 35U.S.C . §
271(c).
6 3. Unlessenjoinedbyth isCourt,Yuneec w illcontinueto infring eth e
’038 patentandDJI w illcontinueto sufferirreparableh arm forw h ich th ereisno
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adequaterem edyatlaw . A ccording ly, DJI isentitledto prelim inaryand
perm anentinjunctiv erelief ag ainstsuch infring em entpursuantto 35U.S.C . § 28 3.
6 4. A sa resultof Yuneec’sinfring em entof th e’038 patent,DJI h asbeen
andcontinuesto beirreparablyinjuredin itsbusinessandpropertyrig h ts, andis
entitledto recov erdam a g esforsuch injuriespursuantto 35U.S.C . § 284in an
am ountto bedeterm inedattrial.
PRA YERF O RREL I EF
W H EREF O RE, Plaintiffsrequestentryof judg m entin th eirfav orand
a g ainstDefendantsasfollow s:
a. Th atDefendantsareliableforinfring em ent, contributing to th e
infring em ent, and/orinducing th einfring em entof oneorm oreclaim sof th e
Patents-in-Suit, asalleg edh erein;
b. Th atDefendantsandth eirparents,subsidiaries, a ffiliates,successors,
predecessors, assig ns, andth eofficers,directors, ag ents,serv ants, andem ployees
of each of th eforeg oing , custom ersand/orlicenseesandth osepersonsacting in
concertorparticipation w ith anyof th em , areenjoinedandrestrainedfrom
continuedinfring em ent, including butnotlim itedto using , m aking , im porting ,
offering forsaleand/orselling productsth atinfring e, andfrom contributorily
and/orinducing th einfring em entof th ePatents-in-Suitpriorto th eirexpiration,
including anyextensions;
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c. A n O rderdirecting Defendantsto filew ith th isCourtandserveupon
Plaintiffs’counselw ith in 30daysafterth eentryof th eO rderof I njunction a report
setting forth th em annerandform in w h ich Defendantsh av ecom pliedw ith th e
injunction;
d. A n a w ardof dam a g esadequateto com pensatePlaintiffsforth e
infring em entth ath asoccurred, in accordancew ith 35U.S.C . § 28 4, in lostprofits,
priceerosion and/orreasonableroyalty, including prejudg m entandpost-judg m ent
interestatth eh ig h estratesallow edbylaw ;
e. A n accounting and/orsupplem entaldam a g esforalldam a g es
occurring a fteranydiscov erycutoff andth roug h th eCourt’sdecision reg arding th e
im position of a perm anentinjunction;
f. A n a w ardof attorneys’feesbasedon th isbeing an exceptionalcase
pursuantto 35U.S.C . § 28 5, including prejudg m entintereston such fees;
g . C ostsandexpensesin th isaction;
h . Such oth erandfurth errelief, in la w andin equity, asth isCourtm ay
deem justandappropriate.
D ated: A pril1,2016 W I LSO N SO N SI N I G O O DRI C H & RO SA TIProfessionalC orporation
B y: /s/ JamesC .YoonJam esC .Yoon
A ttorneysforPlaintiffsDJI SZ Tech nolog yC o., Ltd. andDJI EuropeB .V.
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DEM A N D F O RJURYTRI A L
Pursuantto Rule38 (b) of th eF ederalRulesof C iv ilProcedure, plaintiffsDJI
SZ Tech nolog yC o., Ltd. andDJI EuropeB .V.dem anda trialbyjuryof th is
action.
D ated: A pril1,2016 W I LSO N SO N SI N I G O O DRI C H & RO SA TIProfessionalC orporation
B y: /s/ JamesC .YoonJam esC .Yoon
A ttorneysforPlaintiffsDJI SZ Tech nolog yC o., Ltd. andDJI EuropeB .V.
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TA B L E O F EXH I B I TS
Exh ibit Pa g e(s)1 33-802 8 1-1353 136 -1484 149 -163
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