IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

COHO LICENSING LLC, Plaintiff, C.A. No. v. TRIAL BY JURY DEMANDED AOL INC., Defendant.

COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT Coho Licensing LLC (hereinafter Coho! or Plaintiff!", #$ and thro%gh its %ndersigned attorne$s, as and for its Co&'laint against AOL Inc., (hereinafter AOL! or Defendant!", here#$ alleges as follo(s) NATURE OF THE ACTION *. +his is an action for 'atent infringe&ent arising %nder the 'atent la(s of the

,nited States, +itle -. of the ,nited States Code ( ,.S.C.!" to 'revent and en/oin Defendant fro& infringing and 'rofiting, in an illegal and %na%thori0ed &anner and (itho%t a%thori0ation and1or consent fro& Coho, fro& ,.S. Patent No. 2,345,-6. (the 7-6. 'atent!" (attached hereto as E8hi#it A" and ,.S. Patent No. 2,*99,369 (the 7369 'atent!" (attached hereto as E8hi#it :" (collectivel$, the Asserted Patents!" '%rs%ant to -. ,.S.C. ;4<*, and to recover da&ages, attorne$s7 fees, and costs. THE PARTIES 4. Plaintiff Coho is a Dela(are li&ited lia#ilit$ co&'an$ (ith its 'rinci'al 'lace of

#%siness at 444 Dela(are Aven%e, PO :o8 4.*-3, =il&ington, DE *6266.

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Defendant AOL is a Dela(are cor'oration (ith its 'rinci'al 'lace of #%siness at

<<3 :road(a$, Ne( >or?, Ne( >or? *333-. AOL &a$ #e served (ith 'rocess via its registered agent, the Cor'oration Services Co&'an$, 4<** Centerville @oad, S%ite 533, =il&ington, Dela(are *6232. JURISDICTION AND VENUE 5. +his Co%rt has s%#/ect &atter /%risdiction over this action '%rs%ant to 42 ,.S.C.

;;*--* and *--2(a" #eca%se the action arises %nder the 'atent la(s of the ,nited States, -. ,.S.C. ;;* et seA. .. +his Co%rt has 'ersonal /%risdiction over Defendant #$ virt%e of its s$ste&atic

and contin%o%s contacts (ith this /%risdiction, as (ell as #eca%se of the in/%r$ to Coho and the ca%se of action Coho has raised, as alleged herein. 9. Defendant is s%#/ect to this Co%rt7s s'ecific and general 'ersonal /%risdiction

'%rs%ant to d%e 'rocess and1or Dela(are7s LongBAr& Stat%te, Del. Code. A. Tit. 3, 3104, d%e to at least its s%#stantial #%siness in this for%&, incl%ding) (i" at least a 'ortion of the infringe&ent alleged hereinC and (ii" reg%larl$ doing or soliciting #%siness, engaging in other 'ersistent co%rses of cond%ct, and1or deriving s%#stantial reven%e fro& goods and services 'rovided to individ%als in Dela(are. <. Defendant has cond%cted and does cond%ct #%siness (ithin the state of Dela(are,

directl$ or thro%gh inter&ediaries, resellers, agents, or offers for sale, sells, advertises its services in Dela(are that infringe the Asserted Patents. 2. In addition to Defendant7s contin%o%sl$ and s$ste&aticall$ cond%cting #%siness in

Dela(are, the ca%ses of action against Defendant are connected (#%t not li&ited" to Defendant7s '%r'osef%l acts co&&itted in the state of Dela(are, incl%ding Defendant7s &a?ing, %sing,

i&'orting, offering for sale, selling services (hich incl%de feat%res that fall (ithin the sco'e of at least one clai& of each of the Asserted Patents. 6. Den%e lies in this District %nder 42 ,.S.C. ;;*-6* and *533(#" #eca%se, a&ong

other reasons, Defendant is s%#/ect to 'ersonal /%risdiction in this District, and has co&&itted and contin%es to co&&it acts of 'atent infringe&ent in this District. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS The 395 patent *3. On Se'te&#er 43, 43** the ,nited States Patent and +rade&ar? Office

( ,SP+O!" d%l$ and legall$ iss%ed the E-6. 'atent, entitled Distri#%ted Processing F%lti'le +ier +as? Allocation! after a f%ll and fair e8a&ination. **. Coho is 'resentl$ the o(ner #$ assign&ent of the E-6. 'atent, having received all

right, title, and interest in and to the E-6. 'atent fro& the 'revio%s assignee of record. Coho 'ossesses all rights of recover$ %nder the E-6. 'atent, incl%ding the e8cl%sive right to recover for 'ast infringe&ent. *4. +he E-6. 'atent contains three inde'endent clai&s and seventeen de'endent

clai&s. Defendant co&&erciali0es, inter alias, &ethods that 'erfor& all the ste's recited in at least one clai& of the E-6. 'atent. *-. +he invention descri#ed in the E-6. 'atent incl%des a co&'%terBi&'le&ented

&ethod for distri#%ted 'rocessing. *5. +he co&'%ter i&'le&ented &ethod of the E-6. 'atent incl%des the ste' of

dividing a tas? into a 'l%ralit$ of 'ortionsC an allocating co&'%ter then allocates at least one tas? 'ortion to a s%#Ballocating co&'%terC and said s%#Ballocating co&'%ter receives the tas? 'ortion. +he s%#Ballocating co&'%ter then allocates a s%#tas? 'ortion to an allocated co&'%ter, (herein

the s%#tas? 'ortion co&'rises a 'ortion of a tas? 'ortionC the allocated co&'%ter receives said s%#tas? 'ortionC and a s%#tas? 'rocessing co&'%ter 'rocesses said s%#tas? 'ortion, there#$ creating and storing at least one res%lt. Ginall$, said s%#tas? 'rocessing co&'%ter transfers said res%lt to a res%lts co&'%terC and said res%lts co&'%ter receives and stores res%lts related to said tas? fro& a 'l%ralit$ of co&'%ters. The 096 patent *.. On A'ril 45, 43*4 the ,SP+O d%l$ and legall$ iss%ed the E369 'atent, entitled

Distri#%ted Processing F%lti'leB+ier +as? Allocation! after a f%ll and fair e8a&ination. *9. Coho is 'resentl$ the o(ner #$ assign&ent of the E369 'atent, having received all

right, title, and interest in and to the E369 'atent fro& the 'revio%s assignee of record. Coho 'ossesses all rights of recover$ %nder the E369 'atent, incl%ding the e8cl%sive right to recover for 'ast infringe&ent. *<. +he E369 'atent contains three inde'endent clai&s and seventeen de'endent

clai&s. Defendant co&&erciali0es, inter alia, &ethods that 'erfor& all the ste's recited in at least one clai& of the E369 'atent. *2. +he invention descri#ed in the E369 'atent incl%des a co&'%terBi&'le&ented

&ethod for distri#%ted 'rocessing. *6. +he co&'%ter i&'le&ented &ethod of the E369 'atent co&'rises a first co&'%ter

receiving fro& a 'l%ralit$ of co&'%ters a 'l%ralit$ of res%lts related to a tas?, (herein said tas? co&'rises a 'l%ralit$ of tas? 'ortions, (herein at least one said tas? 'ortion co&'rises a 'l%ralit$ of s%#tas? 'ortions, (herein a first res%lt received #$ said first co&'%ter is calc%lated fro& a first s%#tas? 'ortion #$ a fo%rth co&'%ter, said first s%#tas? 'ortion received #$ said fo%rth co&'%ter fro& a third co&'%ter, said first s%#tas? 'ortion #eing a divisi#le 'ortion of a first tas? 'ortion,

and (herein said third co&'%ter received said first tas? 'ortion fro& a second co&'%terC said second co&'%ter dividing said tas? into a 'l%ralit$ of tas? 'ortions, incl%ding said first tas? 'ortionC and (herein said receiving occ%rs via net(or? co&&%nication.

Defendants Infringement of the Asserted Patents 43. AOL %ses soft(are that allo(s for the distri#%ted 'rocessing of large data sets

across cl%sters of co&'%ters that for& a distri#%ted a''lication soft(are fra&e(or?. +h%s, AOL %ses a co&'%terBi&'le&ented &ethod for distri#%ted 'rocessing in accordance (ith at least one clai& of the E-6. and E369 'atents, res'ectivel$. 4*. AOL divides a tas? into a 'l%ralit$ of tas? 'ortions. AOL %ses a dataset anal$sis

'latfor& for anal$0ing large data sets that consists of a highBlevel lang%age for e8'ressing data anal$sis 'rogra&s, co%'led (ith a distri#%ted a''lication soft(are fra&e(or? infrastr%ct%re for eval%ating these 'rogra&s. +he dataset anal$sis 'latfor& co&'iles the highBlevel lang%age into Fa'@ed%ce /o#s and e8ec%tes the& in a distri#%ted cl%ster. 44. An allocating co&'%ter for AOL allocates at least one tas? 'ortion to a s%#B

allocating co&'%ter, (hich receives the tas? 'ortion. +here are - &achine roles in a distri#%ted a''lication soft(are fra&e(or? %sed #$ AOL) Client Fachines, Ho# +rac?ers, and +as? +rac?ers. +he Ho# +rac?er coordinates 'arallel 'rocessing of data %sing Fa' @ed%ce. +he Client Fachine s%#&its Fa'@ed%ce /o#s to the Ho# +rac?er. +he dataset anal$sis 'latfor& serves the role of the Client Fachine in the Fa'@ed%ce fra&e(or?. 4-. An AOL s%#Ballocating co&'%ter allocates s%#tas? 'ortions to allocated

co&'%ters, (hich receives the s%#tas? 'ortions. In AOL7s co&'%ter i&'le&ented &ethod, the Ho# +rac?er receives a Fa' @ed%ce /o# consisting of individ%al &a' and red%ce tas?s. Gor e8a&'le, the Ho# +rac?er (ill assign &a' tas?s to #e r%n on vario%s +as? +rac?ers. .

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In an AOL distri#%ted a''lication soft(are fra&e(or?, the s%#tas? 'ortion

co&'rises a 'ortion of the tas? 'ortion. A Fa' @ed%ce Ho# consists of individ%al &a' and red%ce tas?s. A distri#%ted a''lication soft(are fra&e(or? tas? e8ec%tes the individ%al &a' and red%ce tas?s. A distri#%ted a''lication soft(are fra&e(or? /o# consists of all the files and classes needed to r%n a Fa' @ed%ce /o#, incl%ding the individ%al &a' and red%ce tas?s. 4.. An AOL s%#tas? 'rocessing co&'%ter 'rocesses the s%#tas? 'ortion, creating a

res%lt. In AOL7s co&'%ter i&'le&ented &ethod, the +as? +rac?er receives and e8ec%tes the individ%al &a' tas?s. =hen a &a' tas? is finished, the res%lts of the co&'%tation are stored in local storage as inter&ediate data.
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+he AOL s%#tas? 'rocessing co&'%ter transfers the res%lts to a res%lts co&'%ter, In AOL7s co&'%ter

(hich receives and stores res%lts fro& a 'l%ralit$ of co&'%ters.

i&'le&ented &ethod, the +as? +rac?ers transfer their inter&ediate data to a node r%nning a red%ce tas? for final co&'%tation. +he o%t'%t is a file that is (ritten to a distri#%ted file s$ste&. COUNT I (INFRINGEMENT OF THE 395 PATENT) 4<. Plaintiff realleges and incor'orates #$ reference the allegations set forth in

'aragra'hs *B49. 42. +a?en together, either 'artiall$ or entirel$, the feat%res incl%ded in AOL7s

co&'%ter i&'le&ented &ethod, 'erfor& the 'rocess recited in one or &ore of the clai&s of the E-6. 'atent. 46. Defendants directl$ infringe one or &ore of the clai&s of the E-6. 'atent #$

&a?ing, %sing, selling, offering to sell and1or i&'orting the co&'%terBi&'le&ented &ethod for distri#%ted 'rocessing descri#ed in the E-6. Patent in violation of -. ,SC ; 4<*(a".

(COUNT II) DIRECT INFRINGEMENT OF THE 096 PATENT -3. Plaintiff realleges and incor'orates #$ reference the allegations set forth in

'aragra'hs *B46. -*. +a?en together, either 'artiall$ or entirel$, the feat%res incl%ded in AOL7s

co&'%ter i&'le&ented &ethod, 'erfor& the 'rocess recited in one or &ore of the clai&s of the E369 'atent. -4. Defendant directl$ infringes one or &ore of the clai&s of the E369 'atent #$

&a?ing, %sing, selling, offering to sell and1or i&'orting the co&'%terBi&'le&ented &ethod for distri#%ted 'rocessing descri#ed in the E369 'atent in violation of -. ,SC ; 4<*(a". DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL --. Coho de&ands a trial #$ /%r$ of an$ and all ca%ses of action. PRAYER FOR RELIEF Coho res'ectf%ll$ 'ra$s for the follo(ing relief) *. +hat Defendant #e ad/%dged to have infringed the Asserted Patents, literall$

and1or %nder the doctrine of eA%ivalentsC 4. +hat Defendant, its officers, directors, agents, servants, e&'lo$ees, attorne$s,

affiliates, divisions, #ranches, 'arents, and those 'ersons in active concert or 'artici'ation (ith an$ of the&, #e 'reli&inar$ and 'er&anentl$ restrained and en/oined fro& directl$ and1or indirectl$ infringing the Asserted PatentsC -. An assess&ent of 'reB/%dg&ent and 'ostB/%dg&ent interest and costs against

Defendant, together (ith an a(ard of s%ch interests and costs, in accordance (ith -. ,.S.C. ;425C

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+hat Defendant #e directed to 'a$ enhanced da&ages, incl%ding Coho7s

attorne$s7 fees inc%rred in connection (ith this la(s%it '%rs%ant to -. ,.S.C. ;42.C and .. 'ro'er. +hat Coho have s%ch other and f%rther relief as this Co%rt &a$ dee& /%st and

:A>A@D, P.A. Dated) Se'te&#er *<, 43*OG CO,NSEL) E%genio +orresBO$ola GE@@AI,OLI LLC 44* Pla0a .th Gloor 44* Ponce de LeIn Ave. San H%an, P%erto @ico 336*< (<2<" <99B<333 etorresJferrai%oli.co& /s/ Ste hen !. !ra"erman @ichard D. Kir? (L3644" Ste'hen :. :ra%er&an (L56.4" Danessa @. +iradentes (L.-62" 444 Dela(are Aven%e, S%ite 633 P.O. :o8 4.*-3 =il&ington, DE *6266 (-34" 9..B.333 r?ir?J#a$ardla(.co& s#ra%er&anJ#a$ardla(.co& vtiradentesJ#a$ardla(.co& Attorne#s for Coho $i%ensing $$C