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Complaint Under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930.As Amended UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. In the Matter of CERTAIN DIGITAL VIDEO InvestigationNo. 337-TA-__ RECEIVERS AND HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS THEREOF VERIFIED COMPLAINT UNDER SECTION 337 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930.AS AMENDED Complainants: Proposed Respondents: Rovi Corporation Comcast Corporation 2 Circle Star Way One Comcast Center San Carlos, CA 94070 1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Telephone: 408.562.8400 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Rovi Guides, Inc. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 2 Circle Star Way One Comcast Center San Carlos, CA 94070 1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Telephone: 408.562.8400 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Counsel for Complainants: Comcast Cable Communications Management, Douglas A. Cawley LLC MCKOOL SMITH, P.C. One Comcast Center Crescent Court, Suite 1500 1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Dallas, Texas 75201 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Telephone: (214) 978-4000 Telecopier: (214)978-4044 Comcast Business Communications, LLC One Comcast Center Roderick G. Dorman 1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd. MCKOOL SMITH HENNIGAN, P.C. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Comcast Holdings Corporation Telephone: (213) 694-1200 One Comcast Center Tclecopicr: (213) 694-1234 1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Benjamin Levi MCKOOL SMITH, P.C. Comcast Shared Services, LLC 1999 K Street, N.W., Suite 600 330 N. Wabash Ave. 22 Washington, DC 20006 Chicago, IL 60611-3586 Telephone: (202) 370-8300 Telecopierz (202)370-8344 Humax Co., Ltd. HUMAX Village, 216 Joshua W. Budwin Hwangsaeul-ro, Bundang-gu Kristina S. Baehr Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do MCKOOL SMITH, P.C. South Korea 300 W. Sixth Street, Suite 1700 Austin, Texas 78701 Humax USA, Inc. Telephone: (512) 692-8700 17501 Von Karman Telecopier: (512) 692-8744 Irvine, CA 92614 Paul M. Schoenhard Technicolor SA Matthew J. Rizzolo 1-5 Rue Jeanne d'Arc, 92130 Ian B. Brooks Issy-les-Moulineaux, France ROPES & GRAY LLP 2099 Pennsylvania Ave NW Technicolor USA, Inc. Washington, DC 20006-6807 10330 North Meridian Street Telephone: (202) 508-4600 Indianapolis, IN 46290 Facsimile: (202) 508-4650 Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC Jesse J. Jenner 101 West 103rd Street ROPES & GRAY LLP Indianapolis, IN 46290 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-8704 Pace Ltd. Telephone: (212)596-9000 Victoria Road Facsimile: (212) 596-9090 Saltaire West Yorkshire James R. Batchelder BD18 3LF, England Mark D. Rowland Andrew T. Radsch Pace Americas, LLC ROPES & GRAY LLP 3701 FAU Boulevard, Suite 200 1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor Boca Raton, FL 33431 East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284 Telephone: (650) 617-4000 Arris International plc Facsimile: (650)566-4090 3871 Lakefield Drive Suwanee, GA 30024 Arris Group Inc. 3871 Lakefield Drive Suwanee, GA 30024 Arris Technology, Inc. 101 Toumament Drive Horsham, PA 19044 Arris Enterprises Inc. 3871 Lakefield Drive Suwanee, GA 30024 Arris Solutions, Inc. 3871 Lakefield Drive Suwanee, GA 30024 ni TABLE OF CONTENTS Page EXHIBIT & APPENDIX LIST............................................................................................. ..vi I. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... .. 1 II. THE PARTIES ........................................................................................................... ..4 A. The Complainants ..........................................................................................4 B. Rovi’s History of Innovation and the Technology at Issue.........................5 C. The Proposed Respondents ...........................................................................9 D. The Proposed “Comcast” Respondents 9 E. The Proposed “Manufacturer” Respondents 14 F. The Proposed “Arris” Respondents 14 G. The Proposed “Technicolor” Respondents 16 H. The Proposed “Humax” Respondents 17 I. The Accused Products ..................................................................................17 III. THE PATENTS AT ISSUE AND NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PATENTS........................................................................................................ ..20 A. p The ’263 Patent ........................................................................................... ..20 B. The ’413 Patent .............................................................................................2l C. The ’801 Patent .............................................................................................23 D. The ’512 Patent .............................................................................................24 E. The ’l47 Patent .............................................................................................26 F. The ’871 Patent .............................................................................................28 IV. RELATED LITIGATION ........................................................................................ ..29 V. UNLAWFUL AND UNFAIR ACTS OF PROPOSED RESPONDENTS ~— PATENT INFRINGEMENT .................................................................................... ..29 iv A. Infringement of the ’263 Patent ............................................. B. Infringement of the ’4l3 Patent ............................................. C. Infringement of the ’801 Patent ............................................. D. Infringement of the ’5l2 Patent ............................................. E. Infringement of the ’l47 Patent ............................................. F. Infringement of the ’871 Patent ............................................. VI. SPECIFIC INSTANCES OF UNFAIR IMPORTATION AND SALE VII HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE INFORMATION .................. VIII DOMESTIC INDUSTRY AND LICENSING ................................... .. A. Technical Prong .............................. ....................................... B. Economic Prong ....................................................................... IX. REQUESTED RELIEF ....................................................................... .. V EXHIBIT & APPENDIX LIST ' ¥ /:l~§§l* ‘,i.:;‘: ‘ iI::f <'~f:l.?,J55 8 . / ' ‘L-'14 -84. s“ > ~= a ., ?R~u:bli@1E%%‘lb!§S;%¥;f11t.1‘§3.1512*i<i'§?= S’IV 1 ‘* = . .31 0. _ E3“! ,, ,, ¢SCI‘l,p,,l ,9, , _ , M ..- 1 T2§€>’1* » » 1 U.S . Patent No. 8,006,263 2 U.S . Patent No. 8,046,801 3 U.S . Patent No. 8,566,871 4 U.S . Patent No. 8,578,413 5 U.S . Patent No. 8,621,512 6 U.S . Patent No . 8,768,147 7 U.S . Patent No . 8,006,263 Assignment Record 8 U.S . Patent No . 8,046,801 Assignment Record 9 U.S . Patent No . 8,566,871 Assignment Record 10 U.S . Patent No . 8,578,413 Assignment Record 11 U.S . Patent No 8,621,512 Assignment Record 12 U.S . Patent No 8,768,147 Assignment Record 13 Dec] aration of Samir Armaly [REDACTED] 14 Rovi201510k 15 Rov i8-K (2-11-16) 16 Tec hnology and Engineering Emmy Program 2012 17 Tec hnology and Engineering Emmy - Homepage 18 FCC - Comments ofBroadcom Corporation (8-18-14) Mu]tichannel News Article: "Comeast Starts To Deploy IP-Only Boxes 19 For X1" (10-28-14) 20 TV Technology Article: "Motorola Mobility Licenses Comcast RDK" vi 'v_X@ WW %?* cm ,,>=,-amw, P“b““.§h1"‘F!§1 2 1%"*’ l 52%"I; igggnefiifiiion “ 1 " is-22-12) Q 8 FCC - Applicants‘ Opposition to Petitions to Deny and Response to Comments (9-23-14) Engadget —“Humax’s take on an IP-connected TV box for Comcast passes through the FCC” (11-28-12) Videonet - “Looking Back At RDK in 2015: Driving Speed and Innovation” " CED Magazine —“Build for Speed: Comcast RDK” (7-5-12) FiereeCable - “Pace licenses RDK set-top design kit from Comcast”(10-17-12) RDK Central - About RDK Multichannel News Article —“Comcast - 5 Million X1 Boxes Deployed” (10-23-14) Comcast Website -- X1_ Equipment Comparison Comcast X1 Self-Installation Quick Start Guide Comeast X1 User Guide Comcast - X1 Guide Overview Identification of Current Rovi IP Licensees [IHEDACTED] Rovi Portfolio Report Rovi Portfolio Report 8,006,263 - Comcast X1 Chart 8,578,413 - ComcastX1 Chart 8,046,801 - Comcast X1 Chart 8,621,512 - Comcast X1 Chart vii '“% W: 2%; iafies em §%4 ¢ {Aim-Q awn Public Exhibits Exh. N0.- ' Description 39 8,566,871 - Comcast X1 Chart 40 8,768,147 - Comcast Xfinity Legacy Chart 4l Comcast Area Map Pt I 42 Comcast Area Map Pt 2 43 Comcast Area Map Pt 3 44 Comcast - Set-Top Box User Manuals 45 Scientific Atlanta Explorer Digital Set-Top User's Guide Models 4240HDC and 4250l-IDC 46 Cisco Explorer 16401-IDCand l642HDC Digital-Only High-Definition Interactive Set-Tops with Multi-Stream CabIeCARD Interface 47 Cisco Explorer 8540HDC DVR and 8550HDC DVR with Multi-Stream CableCARD Interface 48 Cisco Explorer 8640HDC, 8642HDC, 8650I—IDC,and8652HDC High­ Definition DVR Set-Tops with Multi-Stream CablcCARD Interface 49 Cisco RNGI50 and RNG l50N Digital-Only High-Definition Interactive Set-Tops with Multi-Stream CableCARD Interface Cisco RNG I50 Digital-Only High-Definition Interactive Set-Top with 50 Multi-Stream CableCARD Interface 51 Cisco RNG200 DVR with Multi-Stream CableCARD Interface 52 I-Iumax-Entropic Xi3-H (exterior) 53 I-Iumax-Entropic Xi3-H (label) 54 Motorola MXOI IANM (interior) 55 Motorola MXOI IANM (label) 56 Pace XG lv3 (PX0l3Al\l)(label 2) viii Q1 I ‘lit: ~ ’”‘" I 13-»? :m‘lll ¢i§€ll?§‘i as T ...a....M “$3737 ii ,.,.§{-,"_-/;>‘Hllu~ .6 Pace XGlv3 (PX013AN)(label) Pace XG2 (label 2) Pace XG2 (label 3) Pace XG2 (label) Pace Xi3 (label) Pace XID X1 (label 2) Pace XiD X1 (label) Cisco RNG200N User Guide 8,006,263 - Rovi iGuide DI Chart 8,578,413 - Rovi iGuide
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