Groupon Patent and Its Infringement Complaint

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Patent #: 6269343 Issue Dt: 07/31/2001 Application #: 09376884 Filing Dt: 08/18/1999
Inventor: MATTHEW G. PALLAKOFF
Title: ON-LINE MARKETING SYSTEM AND METHOD
Assignment: 1
Reel/Frame: 010187/0735 Recorded: 08/18/1999 Pages: 2
Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS).
Assignor: PALLAKOFF, MATTHEW G. Exec Dt: 08/16/1999
Assignee: ACCOMPANY INC.
SUITE 420
208 UTAH STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94103
Correspondent: ELMER GALBI
13314 VERMEER DRIVE
LAKE OSWEGO, OR 97035
Assignment: 2
Assignor: ACCOMPANY, INC. Exec Dt: 11/22/1999
Assignee: COMDISCO, INC.
LEGAL DEPT.
6111 N. RIVER RD.
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS 60018
Correspondent: COMDISCO, INC.
NANCY O'CONNOR
LEGAL DEPT.
ONE POST ST., SUITE 2675
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104
Assignment: 3
RE-RECORD TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE FROM ASSIGNMENT TO SECURITY INTEREST, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 10611,
Conveyance:
FRAME 257.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
6111 N. RIVER ROAD
Correspondent: JENNISON & SHULTZ, P.C.

KATHRYN JENNISON SHULTZ
CRYSTAL PLAZA #1, SUITE 1102
2001 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHW AY
ARLINGTON, VA 22202
Assignment: 4
Conveyance: TERMINATION OF CORRECTIVE RECORDATION OF DOCUMENT RECORDED 2/1/2000 ON REEL 10611, FRAME 257 EXECUTED 11/22/1999
LEGAL DEPT
6111 N. RIVER RD.
Correspondent: COMDISCO, INC.

ATTN: NANCY O'CONNOR
ONE POST ST
SUITE 2675
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104
Assignment: 5
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Conveyance: CHANGE OF NAME (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS).
Assignee: MOBSHOP, INC.
208 UTAH STREET, SUITE 310
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94103
Correspondent: LEE & HAYES, PLLC
STEVEN R. SPONSELLER
421 W . RIVERSIDE AVE
SUITE 500
SPOKANE, WA 99201
Assignment: 6
Assignor: MOBSHOP, INC. Exec Dt: 09/11/2003
Assignees: ROSE, JAMES
1328 1/2 JOSEPHINE ST.
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94703
EHRLICH, JONATHAN
50 GLENHARDEN RD.
TORONTO, ONTARIO M6C 3K4, CANADA
TEJA, SALIM
1001 BAY STREET #2902
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5S 3A6, CANADA
Correspondent: LEE & HAYES, PLLC
STEVEN R. SPONSELLER
421 W EST RIVERSIDE AVENUE
SUITE 500
SPOKANE, WA 99201
Assignment: 7
Assignors: ROSE, JAMES Exec Dt: 09/17/2010
EHRLICH, JONATHAN Exec Dt: 09/17/2010
TEJA, SALIM Exec Dt: 09/17/2010
Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
600 W EST CHICAGO AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60654
Correspondent: JEFFREY A. PINE, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC
10 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 2300
CHICAGO, IL 60606
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
GROUPON, INC.,
Plaintiff, Civil Action No.:
v. Judge:
MOBGOB, LLC,
Defendant.
COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT AND DAMAGES
Plaintiff Groupon, Inc. (hereinafter “Groupon”), by and through its
attorneys, complains and alleges against MobGob, LLC, (hereinafter “MobGob”),
as follows:
PARTIES
1. Groupon is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware and having a place of business at 600 West Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
60654.
2. Groupon is in the business of, inter alia, promoting the goods and
services of others through its website at www.groupon.com. Groupon’s website
feature coupons, price-comparison information, product reviews, links to the
retail websites of others and discount information.
3. Upon information and belief, MobGob is a limited liability
corporation organized under the laws of the State of California and having a
place of business at 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025.
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4. Upon information and belief, MobGob markets and advertises
goods and services in conjunction with the promotion of goods and services of
others by providing a website www.mobgob.com, that features coupons and
discounts of those goods and services. MobGob transacts business within the
State of Illinois and in this District, and has committed acts of patent
infringement as hereinafter set forth within the State of Illinois and in this
District.
NATURE OF THE ACTION, JURISDICTION AND VENUE
5. This is a civil action for patent infringement arising under the
Patent Laws of the United States, and more specifically, under Title 35, United
States Code §1 et seq.
6. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1331 and
1338, and 35 U.S.C. §§ 271, 281, 283, 284 and 285. Venue is proper in this
District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1391(b) and (c) and 28 U.S.C. §1400(b).
THE PATENTS-IN-SUIT
7. On July 31, 2001, United States Patent No. 6,269,343 (“the ‘343
patent”), entitled “On-Line Marketing System And Method,” was duly and
legally issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the
‘343 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
8. The ‘343 patent is valid and subsisting and is owned by Groupon.
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COUNT I: PATENT INFRINGEMENT
9. Groupon repeats and realleges each of the allegations of
paragraphs 1 through 8 as if set forth fully herein.
10. MobGob has created, or has had created for it, and has used, or
actively induced others to use, a system for aggregating demand for the
purchase of a product by a number of individual buyers. The MobGob website,
located at the URL www.mobgob.com, allows sellers to provide a conditional
sales offer for a product or service and set a price for that product or service
depending on the aggregate amount of acceptances of the conditional sales
offer made in a specified and limited time.
11. MobGob has infringed and is infringing, within this district and
elsewhere within the United States, one or more claims of the ‘343 patent in
violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271 through the creation and use of the MobGob
website. Infringement is direct, as well as contributory, and by actively
inducing infringement by others.
12. On information and belief, MobGob had actual and constructive
notice of the existence of the ‘343 patent. MobGob’s continued acts of
infringement has been, and will continue to be, wanton and willful.
13. MobGob’s infringing activities have damaged and will continue to
damage Groupon. Unless MobGob’s infringing activities complained of herein
are preliminarily and permanently enjoined by this Court, MobGob will
continue to infringe the ‘343 patent causing harm to Groupon’s business,
market, reputation and goodwill.
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PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, plaintiff Groupon prays for relief against the Defendant as
follows:
A. That U.S. Patent No. 6,269,343 be adjudged infringed by MobGob,
and that the infringement be held to be willful;
B. That Groupon be awarded compensatory damages for past
infringement by MobGob in an amount no less than a reasonable royalty, in a
sum to be determined at trial, and that said damages be trebled in view of the
willful and deliberate nature of the infringement;
C. That MobGob, their officers, agents, servants, employees and
attorneys, and other persons in active concert or participation with MobGob be
preliminarily and permanently enjoined from further infringement of the
patents in suit;
D. That MobGob be ordered to deliver to Groupon for destruction all
infringing products and systems in their possession, including the MobGob
website located at the URL www.mobgob.com;
E. That this case be declared an exceptional case under 35 U.S.C.
§285, and that Groupon be awarded its attorney fees incurred in this action;
F. For an award to Groupon of costs of this action, interest on the
award and other charges to the maximum extent permitted; and
G. For such other further relief as the Court deems just and proper
under the circumstances.
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JURY DEMAND
Plaintiff hereby demands a trial by jury on all issues so triable.
Dated: November 18, 2010 Respectfully submitted,

GROUPON, INC.
By: s/ Steven McMahon Zeller

One of Plaintiff’s Attorneys
Steven McMahon Zeller

Kyle A. Davis
DYKEMA GOSSETT, PLLC
10 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2300
Chicago, Illinois 60606
PH: (312) 876-1700
Fax: (312) 627-2302
CHICAGO\3081453.2
ID\JAP - 065640/0001
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Correspondent: JENNISON & SHULTZ, P.C.

Correspondent: COMDISCO, INC.

Reel/Frame: 011037/0647 Recorded: 07/28/2000 Pages: 3

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Plaintiff, Civil Action No.:

COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT AND DAMAGES

Plaintiff Groupon, Inc. (hereinafter “Groupon”), by and through its

attorneys, complains and alleges against MobGob, LLC, (hereinafter “MobGob”),

1. Groupon is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of

services of others through its website at www.groupon.com. Groupon’s website

feature coupons, price-comparison information, product reviews, links to the

retail websites of others and discount information.

3. Upon information and belief, MobGob is a limited liability

place of business at 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025.

others by providing a website www.mobgob.com, that features coupons and

NATURE OF THE ACTION, JURISDICTION AND VENUE

5. This is a civil action for patent infringement arising under the

States Code §1 et seq.

6. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1331 and

District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1391(b) and (c) and 28 U.S.C. §1400(b).

‘343 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

8. The ‘343 patent is valid and subsisting and is owned by Groupon.

9. Groupon repeats and realleges each of the allegations of

paragraphs 1 through 8 as if set forth fully herein.

purchase of a product by a number of individual buyers. The MobGob website,

located at the URL www.mobgob.com, allows sellers to provide a conditional

depending on the aggregate amount of acceptances of the conditional sales

offer made in a specified and limited time.

website. Infringement is direct, as well as contributory, and by actively

inducing infringement by others.

12. On information and belief, MobGob had actual and constructive

notice of the existence of the ‘343 patent. MobGob’s continued acts of

13. MobGob’s infringing activities have damaged and will continue to

damage Groupon. Unless MobGob’s infringing activities complained of herein

are preliminarily and permanently enjoined by this Court, MobGob will

continue to infringe the ‘343 patent causing harm to Groupon’s business,

market, reputation and goodwill.

WHEREFORE, plaintiff Groupon prays for relief against the Defendant as

A. That U.S. Patent No. 6,269,343 be adjudged infringed by MobGob,

and that the infringement be held to be willful;

B. That Groupon be awarded compensatory damages for past

infringement by MobGob in an amount no less than a reasonable royalty, in a

willful and deliberate nature of the infringement;

C. That MobGob, their officers, agents, servants, employees and

attorneys, and other persons in active concert or participation with MobGob be

preliminarily and permanently enjoined from further infringement of the

D. That MobGob be ordered to deliver to Groupon for destruction all

infringing products and systems in their possession, including the MobGob

website located at the URL www.mobgob.com;

E. That this case be declared an exceptional case under 35 U.S.C.

F. For an award to Groupon of costs of this action, interest on the

award and other charges to the maximum extent permitted; and

under the circumstances.

Plaintiff hereby demands a trial by jury on all issues so triable.

Dated: November 18, 2010 Respectfully submitted,

By: s/ Steven McMahon Zeller

Steven McMahon Zeller

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