Case 2:16-cv-02340-AB-PJW Document 1 Filed 04/06/16 Page 1 of 9 Page ID #:1 1 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP Bruce E. Van Dalsem (Bar No. 124128) 2 (
[email protected]) Daniel C. Posner (Bar No. 232009) 3 (
[email protected]) Alex Bergjans (Bar No. 302830) 4 (
[email protected]) 865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor 5 Los Angeles, California 90017-2543 Telephone: (213) 443-3000 6 Facsimile: (213) 443-3100 7 Attorneys for Plaintiff Wire Swiss GmbH 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 WIRE SWISS GmbH , a Swiss CASE NO. 2:16 -cv -2340 corporation; 13 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT FOR 14 DECLARATORY JUDGMENT OF v. NON -INFRINGEMENT; EXTORTION 15 QUIET RIDDLE VENTURES, LLC 16 d/b/a OPEN WHISPER SYSTEMS; DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL and MOXIE MARLINSPIKE aka 17 MATTHEW ROSENFELD and/or MIKE BENHAM, an individual, 18 Defendants. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 COMPLAINT Case 2:16-cv-02340-AB-PJW Document 1 Filed 04/06/16 Page 2 of 9 Page ID #:2 1 Plaintiff Wire Swiss GmbH (“Wire Swiss”) alleges against defendants Quiet 2 Riddle Ventures LLC dba Open Whisper Systems (“Open Whisper Systems”) and 3 Moxie Marlinspike, aka Matthew Rosenfield and/or Mike Benham (“Marlinspike,” 4 and collectively with Open Whisper Systems, “Defendants”), as follows: 5 NATURE OF THE ACTION 6 1. This is an action for a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of 7 copyright. As alleged in further detail below, Defendants claim copyright in certain 8 open-source software code used for encrypting data communications.