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19-20711-Civ-COOKE/GOODMAN MAURIZIO SOLE FESTA, an Individu Case 1:19-cv-20711-MGC Document 53 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/23/2020 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No: 19-20711-Civ-COOKE/GOODMAN MAURIZIO SOLE FESTA, an individual, and ALEXIS FERNANDEZ, an individual, Plaintiffs, vs. SHENZHEN ARASHI VISION COMPANY LTD., a Chinese company, Defendant. / SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT (JURY TRIAL DEMANDED) Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants, Maurizio Sole Festa and Alexis Fernandez (“Plaintiffs”), by and through their undersigned counsel, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P., hereby sue Defendant, Shenzhen Arashi Vision Company Ltd. (“Schenzen Arashi Vision” or “Defendant”), a Chinese company, and alleges as follows: Nature of Action 1. This is an action for patent infringement arising under the Patent Laws of the United States, 35 U.S.C. §§ 1, et seq. 2. Defendant has and is infringing one or more claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,122,918 (hereinafter the ‘918 Patent), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit “A”. 3. The ‘918 Patent relates to the invention for a system for producing 360 degree media using an adapter that fits over a computer such as a smartphone having a forward 1 Case 1:19-cv-20711-MGC Document 53 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/23/2020 Page 2 of 16 facing camera and rear facing camera. Plaintiffs have sued the Defendant for their use of the invention claimed in the ‘918 Patent that relates to a system for producing 360 degree media. The Parties 4. Plaintiff, Maurizio Sole Festa, is an individual and a resident of the State of Florida whom resides within this judicial district in Miami, Florida. 5. Plaintiff, Alexis Fernandez, is an individual and a resident of the State of Florida whom resides within this judicial district in Miami, Florida. 6. Defendant Shenzhen Arashi Vision Company Ltd. is a Chinese Company with its principle place of business Room 031, Floor 2, Block B, Logan Century Building, Hai Xiu Road, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 5181000. 7. Upon information and belief, Defendant has substantial contacts and/or transacts substantial business, either directly or through its agents, on an ongoing basis in this judicial district and elsewhere in the United States. 8. Unless specifically states otherwise, the acts complained of herein were committed by, on behalf of, and/or for the benefit of the Defendant. Jurisdiction and Venue 9. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a), because it is a civil action arising under federal law, and specifically under the Patent Act of 1952, 35 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq. 10. This Court has personal jurisdiction over the Defendant because it has substantial contacts and /or conducts business in the State of Florida and in this judicial district, and has been directly infringing, contributing to the infringement of, and inducing others to infringe, one or more claims of the ‘918 Patent in Florida and elsewhere. This Court 2 Case 1:19-cv-20711-MGC Document 53 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/23/2020 Page 3 of 16 also has personal jurisdiction over the Defendant because Defendant has committed a tortious act causing injury in Florida, namely, one or more of the acts of patent infringement alleged herein. 11. Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b), 1391(c), 1391(d) and/or 1400(b) because of substantial part of the events giving rise to Plaintiffs’ claims occurred in the Southern District of Florida and because the Defendant is subject to personal jurisdiction in the Southern District. The ‘918 Patent 12. Plaintiffs, Messrs. Sole Festa and Fernandez, are co-inventors of U.S. Patent No. 10, 122,918, titled “System for Producing 360 Degree Media.” 13. The Plaintiffs applied for the ‘918 Patent on June 16, 2016, and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued the ‘918 Patent on November 6, 2018. 14. Plaintiffs are the owners of all rights, title, and interest in and to the ‘918 Patent. 15. The ‘918 Patent is valid and enforceable. 16. The ‘918 Patent teaches and claims a system for producing 360 degree media using an adapter that works with a computer, such as a smartphone, having a forward looking camera and rear facing camera, such that the system uses the images captured by both cameras to create a 360 degree image or series of images. The Infringement by Shenzhen Arashi Vision 17. On or about November 20, 2018, Plaintiffs, through their counsel, sent a letter to Shenzhen Arashi Vision informing the Defendant that they were infringing the ‘918 Patent. A copy of the letter is attached as Exhibit B. 3 Case 1:19-cv-20711-MGC Document 53 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/23/2020 Page 4 of 16 18. Shenzhen Arashi Vision manufactures, imports into the United States, distributes, offers for sale, and sells, a device that infringes the ‘918 Patent called the PANOCLIP. 19. Even after receiving the November 20, 2018, cease and desist letter, Defendant continued to infringe with impunity. 20. Indeed, after the filing of this lawsuit, Defendant continued to seek registration of its trademark PANOCLIP for the sale of the infringing device in the United States. 21. On August 27, 2020, Defendant submitted a statement, under oath, to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, indicating that it has been using the trademark PANOCLIP to sell the infringing 360 degree device in the U.S. since at least as early as June 6, 2018, in class 009 for, inter alia, “Computer peripheral devices; downloadable computer software applications for panoramic imaging technology, 360-degree video.” See U.S. Trademark Registration No. 6195601, that registered November 10, 2020. In connection with the required statement of use, the Defendant submitted two photographs, showing its use in commerce in the United States: 4 Case 1:19-cv-20711-MGC Document 53 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/23/2020 Page 5 of 16 22. Defendant promoted the PANOCLIP on a website at the domain: https://en.panoclip.com/ which remains active to the present day. The website appears to have deactivated the link to purchase the PANOCLIP directly through the website, but the device is still available for purchase on Amazon. 5 Case 1:19-cv-20711-MGC Document 53 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/23/2020 Page 6 of 16 23. On November 10, 2020, Shenzhen Arashi Vision also obtained a second U.S. trademark registration for PANOCLIP, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 6195602, as used in connection with, inter alia “research and development for panoramic imaging technology, virtual reality technology, 360-degree panorama photography technology, and 360-degree video technology…” Defendant submitted the following specimen of use in August 2020 to show use in the United States, not China: 6 Case 1:19-cv-20711-MGC Document 53 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/23/2020 Page 7 of 16 The website available at the domain cn.panoclip.com is initially provided in the Chinese language and then quickly directs the user to the English site and advertises the infringing PANOCLIP device: 24. Based on Defendant’s own statements to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, under oath, Defendant has imported, has offered for sale, and continues to make, sell, import and offer for sale, phone accessory products that enable smartphones to capture 360 degree media by applying a front and a rear camera lens to produce 360 degree media via a software user interface. Upon information and belief, these infringing products include, but are not limited to, phone accessory devices such as devices sold under the product/trademark name PANOCLIP and PANOCLIP LITE amongst others. See Exhibit “C”. 25. Shenzhen Arashi Vision’s PANOCLIP device infringes at least claim l of the ‘918 Patent, because the device meets the claim limitations of claim 1: 7 Case 1:19-cv-20711-MGC Document 53 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/23/2020 Page 8 of 16 A system for producing 360 PANOCLIP advertises as a system for degree media comprising: producing 360 degree media. an adapter comprising a frame The PANOCLIP includes an adapter comprising a front side and a rear comprising a frame with a front and rear side side forming a channel in between, and a channel in between: a front lens comprising a first wide angle lens and a first afocal lens, and a rear lens comprising a second wide angle lens and a second afocal lens It also has the requisite lenses. wherein the front lens is secured to The top view of the PANOCLIP shows this the front side and faces in a first claim limitation: direction and the rear lens is secured to the rear side and faces in a second direction, wherein the first direction is opposite the second direction and a computer comprising a The PANOCLIP is designed to fit over a processor, a memory, a user smartphone, such as an iPhone such that the interface, a front camera front lens of the adapter fits over the front comprising a front camera lens, and camera lens of the smartphone and the rear 8 Case 1:19-cv-20711-MGC Document 53 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/23/2020 Page 9 of 16 a rear camera comprising a rear lens of the adapter fits over the rear camera camera lens, wherein the channel of lens. A smartphone comprises a processor, a the adapter fits over and releasably memory, a user interface and at least two secures to a portion of the computer cameras. so that the front lens covers the front camera lens, and the rear lens covers the rear camera lens, wherein the front lens and the rear The PANOCLIP information touts that the lens expand a capturable field of application that the user can obtain from view of the front camera and the Defendant permits the creation of a 360 rear camera, wherein the degree video: processor receives a first captured image from the front camera and a second captured image from the second camera; and merges the 9 Case 1:19-cv-20711-MGC Document 53 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/23/2020 Page 10 of 16 first captured image with the second captured image to produce a 360 degree media.
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