Case 3:17-cv-04709 Document 1 Filed 08/15/17 Page 1 of 20 1 SPENCER HOSIE (CA Bar No. 101777)
[email protected] 2 DIANE S. RICE (CA Bar No. 118303) 3
[email protected] LYNDSEY C. HEATON (CA Bar No. 262883) 4
[email protected] DARRELL R. ATKINSON (CA Bar No. 280564) 5
[email protected] HOSIE RICE LLP 6 600 Montgomery Street, 34th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 7 (415) 247-6000 Tel. 8 (415) 247-6001 Fax 9 Attorneys for Plaintiff Looksmart Group, Inc. 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 LOOKSMART GROUP, INC., Case No. 3:17-cv-4709 13 14 Plaintiff, ORIGINAL COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT 15 vs. DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL 16 MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Floor th 17 Defendant. 18 19 Hosie Rice LLP 20 Montgomery Street, 34 San Francisco, CA 94111 21 600 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORIGINAL COMPLAINT FOR PATENT Case No. 3:17-cv-4709 INFRINGEMENT Case 3:17-cv-04709 Document 1 Filed 08/15/17 Page 2 of 20 1 LOOKSMART’S COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT 2 Plaintiff Looksmart Group, Inc. (“Looksmart” or “Plaintiff”) hereby submits this Complaint 3 for patent infringement against Defendant Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft” or “Defendant”). 4 I. THE PARTIES 5 1. Plaintiff Looksmart is a corporation organized under the laws of Nevada and 6 licensed to do business in New York, with its principal place of business at 588 Broadway, Suite 7 503, New York, NY 10012. 8 2. Looksmart is informed and believes, and on that basis alleges, that Defendant 9 Microsoft Corporation is a corporation organized under the laws of Washington with its principal 10 place of business at One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052.