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Case 2:07-cv-02099-RGK -FFM Document 150 Filed 01/15/08 Page 1 of 17 Page ID #:2379 1 ROBERT T. HASLAM (CA Bar No. 71134) [email protected] 2 ANDREW C. BYRNES (CA BAR NO. 191516) [email protected] 3 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 275 Middlefield Road 4 Menlo Park, CA 94025 5 Telephone: (650) 324-7000 Facsimile: (650) 324-0638 6 MICHAEL K. PLIMACK (CA BAR NO. 133869) 7 [email protected] DALE A. RICE (CA BAR NO. 146249) 8 [email protected] HELLER EHRMAN LLP 9 333 Bush Street San Francisco, CA 94104 10 Telephone: (415) 772-6000 11 Facsimile: (415) 772-6268 12 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Defendant RONALD A. KATZ TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, L.P. 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA In re: Katz Interactive Call Processing) 15 Patent Litigation, ) Case No. 07-ml-01816-B-RGK (FFMx) ) 16 Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing,) PLAINTIFF RONALD A. KATZ 17 L.P. v. TD Banknorth Inc., ) TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, CV 07-2099 RGK (FFMx) ) L.P.’S AMENDED COMPLAINT 18 ) FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT ) 19 ) ) 20 ) DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL ) 21 ) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 KATZ’S AMENDED COMPLAINT CASE NO. CV-ML-1816-B-RGK (FFMx) Case 2:07-cv-02099-RGK -FFM Document 150 Filed 01/15/08 Page 2 of 17 Page ID #:2380 1 Plaintiff Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. (“Katz Technology 2 Licensing”) states as follows for its complaint against TD Banknorth Inc.; Experian 3 Information Solutions, Inc.; Comerica Incorporated; Comerica Bank & Trust, 4 National Association; Comerica Securities, Inc.; Dillard’s, Inc.; and Dillard 5 Investment Co., Inc.: 6 THE PARTIES 7 1. Plaintiff Katz Technology Licensing is a California limited partnership 8 with its principal place of business at 9220 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 315, 9 Los Angeles, California 90069. 10 2. On information and belief, Defendant TD Banknorth Inc. is a Delaware 11 corporation with its principal place of business at Two Portland Square, Portland, 12 Maine 04112. 13 3. On information and belief, Defendant Experian Information Solutions, 14 Inc. is an Ohio corporation with its principal place of business at 475 Anton 15 Boulevard, Costa Mesa, California 92626. 16 4. On information and belief, Defendant Comerica Incorporated is a 17 Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at Comerica Tower at 18 Detroit Center, 500 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226. 19 5. On information and belief, Defendant Comerica Bank & Trust, National 20 Association is (a) a national banking association with its principal place of business 21 at Comerica Tower at Detroit Center, 500 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 22 48226, and (b) a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated. 23 6. On information and belief, Defendant Comerica Securities, Inc. is (a) a 24 Michigan corporation with its principal place of business at 201 West Fort Street, 25 Detroit, Michigan 48226, and (b) a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated. 26 7. On information and belief, Defendant Dillard’s, Inc. is a Delaware 27 corporation with its principal place of business at 1600 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, 28 Arkansas 72201. 1 KATZ’S AMENDED COMPLAINT CASE NO. CV-ML-1816-B-RGK (FFMx) Case 2:07-cv-02099-RGK -FFM Document 150 Filed 01/15/08 Page 3 of 17 Page ID #:2381 1 8. On information and belief, Defendant Dillard Investment Co., Inc. is 2 (a) a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 1600 Cantrell Road, 3 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201, and (b) a subsidiary of Dillard’s, Inc. 4 JURISDICTION AND VENUE 5 9. This is an action arising under the patent laws of the United States, 35 6 U.S.C. sections 101 et seq. This Court and the tranferor Court have subject matter 7 jurisdiction over this action under 28 U.S.C. sections 1331 and 1338(a). 8 10. TD Banknorth Inc. (“TD Banknorth”) is subject to personal jurisdiction 9 in the District of Delaware because, on information and belief, it is a Delaware 10 corporation and has designated a registered agent in thE district. 11 11. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (“Experian”) is subject to personal 12 jurisdiction in the District of Delaware because, on information and belief, (1) it has 13 designated a registered agent in thE district; and (2) it does substantial business in thE 14 district. 15 12. Comerica Incorporated, Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, 16 and Comerica Securities, Inc. (collectively, the “Comerica Defendants) are subject to 17 personal jurisdiction in the District of Delaware because, on information and belief, 18 (1) Comerica Incorporated is a Delaware corporation and has designated a registered 19 agent in thE district; (2) they do substantial business in the district; (3) they operate 20 infringing automated call processing systems for banking, financial, and investment 21 services and information that are available to their customers, including customers in 22 the district; and/or (4) they regularly solicit business from, do business with, and 23 derive revenue from goods and services provided to, customers in the district. 24 13. Dillard’s, Inc. and Dillard Investment Co., Inc. (collectively, the 25 “Dillard’s Defendants”) are subject to personal jurisdiction in the District of 26 Delaware because, on information and belief, they are Delaware corporations and 27 have designated a registered agent in the district. 28 2 KATZ’S AMENDED COMPLAINT CASE NO. CV-ML-1816-B-RGK (FFMx) Case 2:07-cv-02099-RGK -FFM Document 150 Filed 01/15/08 Page 4 of 17 Page ID #:2382 1 14. Venue is proper in the District of Delaware under 28 U.S.C. 2 sections 1391(c) and 1400(b) because the Defendants reside, or engage in significant 3 business activities, in the district as set forth in Paragraphs 2-10 and 12-16 above. 4 BACKGROUND 5 15. Ronald A. Katz (“Mr. Katz”), founder of Katz Technology Licensing, is 6 the sole inventor of each of the patents-in-suit. Mr. Katz has been widely recognized 7 as one of the most prolific and successful inventors of our time, and his inventions 8 over the last forty-plus years have been utilized by literally millions of people. 9 16. In 1961, Mr. Katz co-founded Telecredit Inc. (“Telecredit”), the first 10 company to provide online, real-time credit authorization, allowing merchants to 11 verify checks over the telephone. Further innovations from Telecredit include the 12 first online, real-time, point-of-sale credit verification terminal, which enabled 13 merchants to verify checks without requiring the assistance of a live operator, and the 14 first device that used and updated magnetically-encoded cards in automated teller 15 machines. Multiple patents issued from these innovations, including patents co- 16 invented by Mr. Katz. 17 17. Telecredit was eventually acquired by Equifax, and has now been spun 18 off as Certegy, a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Certegy 19 continues to provide services in the credit and check verification field established by 20 Mr. Katz and Telecredit. 21 18. Mr. Katz’s inventions have not been limited to telephonic check 22 verification. Indeed, Mr. Katz is responsible for advancements in many fields of 23 technology. Among his most prominent and well-known innovations are those in the 24 field of interactive call processing. Mr. Katz’s inventions in that field are directed to 25 the integration of telephonic systems with computer databases and live operator call 26 centers to provide interactive call processing services. 27 19. The first of Mr. Katz’s interactive call processing patents issued on 28 December 20, 1988. More than fifty U.S. patents have issued to Mr. Katz for his 3 KATZ’S AMENDED COMPLAINT CASE NO. CV-ML-1816-B-RGK (FFMx) Case 2:07-cv-02099-RGK -FFM Document 150 Filed 01/15/08 Page 5 of 17 Page ID #:2383 1 inventions in the interactive call-processing field, including each of the patents-in- 2 suit. 3 20. In 1988, Mr. Katz partnered with American Express to establish FDR 4 Interactive Technologies, later renamed Call Interactive, to provide interactive call 5 processing services based on Mr. Katz’s inventions. The American Express business 6 unit involved in this joint venture later became known as First Data. 7 21. Early clients of Call Interactive included The New York Times, ABC’s 8 Monday Night Football, KABC Radio, CBS News, and Beatrice Foods (Hunt- 9 Wesson division). 10 22. Many of these clients utilized Call Interactive technology for high- 11 profile events. For example, CBS News hired Call Interactive to operate an 12 interactive, real-time telephone poll to gauge viewer reaction to President 13 George H.W. Bush’s 1992 State of the Union address. 14 23. Mr. Katz sold his interest in Call Interactive to American Express in 15 1989 but continued to provide advisory services to Call Interactive until 1992. 16 American Express later spun off the First Data business unit into a separate 17 corporation, and with that new entity went Mr. Katz’s interactive call processing 18 patents and the Call Interactive call processing business. The former Call Interactive, 19 now known as First Data Voice Services, continues to provide call processing 20 solutions today. 21 24. In 1994, Mr. Katz formed Katz Technology Licensing, which acquired 22 the rights to the entire interactive call processing patent portfolio, including the rights 23 to each of the patents-in-suit, from First Data, the owner of all of the Katz interactive 24 call processing patents at that time. 25 25. The marketplace has clearly recognized the value of Mr.