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Case 1:17-cv-00890-ELR Document 1 Filed 03/10/17 Page 1 of 58 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION SONY CORPORATION and SONY ELECTRONICS INC., Civil Action No. Plaintiffs, _______________ v. DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL ARRIS INTERNATIONAL PLC, ARRIS GROUP, INC., ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC., ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC., ARRIS GLOBAL LTD., PACE AMERICAS HOLDINGS, INC., PACE AMERICAS, LLC, PACE USA LLC, and PACE AMERICAS INVESTMENTS, LLC Defendants. COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR TRIAL BY JURY Plaintiffs Sony Corporation (“Sony Corp.”) and Sony Electronics Inc. (“SEL”) (collectively, “Sony” or “Plaintiffs”) by its undersigned attorneys, hereby files this Complaint against Defendants ARRIS International plc (“ARRIS International”), ARRIS Group, Inc. (“ARRIS Group”), ARRIS Technology, Inc. (“ARRIS Technology”), ARRIS Enterprises LLC (“ARRIS Enterprises”), ARRIS Solutions, Inc. (“ARRIS Solutions”), ARRIS Global Ltd. (“ARRIS Global”) (collectively, “ARRIS” or “ARRIS Defendants”), Pace Americas Holdings, Inc. (“Pace Americas Holdings), Pace Americas, LLC (“Pace Americas”), Pace USA 1 Case 1:17-cv-00890-ELR Document 1 Filed 03/10/17 Page 2 of 58 LLC (“Pace USA”), and Pace Americas Investments, LLC (“Pace Americas Investments”) (collectively, “Pace” or “Pace Defendants”) (collectively, “Defendants”), alleging as follows: NATURE OF THE SUIT 1. This is an action for patent infringement under the United States Patent Statute, 35 U.S.C. §§ 1, et seq., arising from Defendants’ infringement of one or more claims of United States Patent Nos. RE45,126 (“the ’126 patent”); 6,467,093 (“the ’093 patent”); 8,032,919 (“the ’919 patent”); 6,556,221 (“the ’221 patent”); and 6,915,525 (“the ’525 patent”) (collectively, “the Asserted Patents”) through the use and sale of certain digital cable and satellite products, set-top boxes, and gateways (“Accused Products”).
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