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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION WASHINGTON,DC IN THE MATTER OF CERTAIN VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION DEVICES AND INVESTIGATIONN0. 337-TA AUTOMOBILES CONTAINING THE SAME ‘ COMPLAINT UNDER SECTION 337 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930, AS AMENDED COMPLAINANT PROPOSED RESPONDENTS Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc. FCA US LLC 22 East Dudley Town Road 1000 Chrysler Drive Bloomfield, CT 06002 Auburn Hills, MI 48326 860-243-1441 FCA México, S.A. de C.V. Prol. Paseo de la Reforma 1240 Desarrollo Santa Fe I México D.F. Sata-Societil Automobilistica Tecnologie Avanzate S.p.A. Localita’ San Nic0la- Zona Industriale Snc ‘ 85025 Melfi Potenza ‘ Italy Fiat Automobili Srbija D00 4, Kosovska Str. Kragujevac 34000 Serbia Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. i Fiat House . 240 Bath Road, Slough SL1 4DX United Kingdom e COUNSEL FOR COMPLAINANT Andrew Riddles Jonathan B. Tropp Richard Brown Cecilia Zhang Stiber DAY PITNEY LLP DAY PITNEY LLP 7 Times Square One Canterbury Green New York, NY 10036 Stamford, CT 06901 Tel: 212.297.5800 Tel: 203.977.7337 Fax: 203.202.3896 Fax: 203.901.1733 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Eric TeVelde Tom M. Schaumberg DAY PITNEY LLP ' Michael L. Doane 242 Trumbull Street Asha Allam Hartford, CT 06103-1212 ADDUCI, MASTRIANI & SCHAUMBERG, LLP Tel: 860.275.0144 1133 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 12"‘Floor Fax: 860.881.2557 Washington, DC 20036 [email protected] Tel: 202.467.6300 Fax: 203.466.2006 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 2-. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... A. COMPLAINANT .............................................................................. .. B. PROPOSED RESPONDENTS ........................ THE TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTS-AT-ISSUE ............................... THE ASSERTED PATENTS ........................................................................ A. The ‘397 Patent ................................................................................... .. (1) Identification of the Patent and Ownership by JVS ................. (2) Non-technical Description of the Invention of the ‘397 Patent (3) Foreign Counterparts ............................................................. .. B. The "277Patent ................................................................................... .. (1) Identification of the Patent and Ownership by JVS ................. (2) Non-technical Description of the Invention of the '27? Patent (3) Foreign Counterparts ............................................................. .. C. The ‘492 Patent ................................................. ..;............................... .. (1) Identification of the Patent and Ownership by JVS ................. (2) Non-technical Description of the Invention of the '492 Patent 11 (3)ForeignCounterparts 12 D. The '282 Patent ................................................................................... .. 12 (1) Identification of the Patent and Ownership by JVS ................................ .. 12 (2) Non-technical Description of the Invention of the '282 Patent ................. 13 (3) Foreign Counterpalts ............................................................. .. 14 E. The '738 Patent................................................................................... .. 14 (1) Identification of the Patent and Ownership by JVS ................. 14 (2) Non-technical Description of the Invention of the ‘738 Patent 15 (3) Foreign Counterparts ............................................................. .. 16 F. The ‘276 Patent ...................................................... .,.......... .. 16 (1) Identification of the Patent and Ownership by JVS ............... .1 16 (2) Non-technicai Description of the Invention of the ‘276Patent 17 (3) Foreign Counterparts ............................................................. .. 18 UNFAIR ACTS OF THE PROPOSED RESPONDENTS ............... 18 A. Infringement of the Asserted Patents ................................................. .. 18 _i_ ©@©©\O\O‘~OOO\l\I\lO\-l>b->>-“,_.,_,,__,_,.. .... (1) Infringement of the '39? Patent ............................. .. (2) Infringement of the '277 Patent ............................. .. (3) Infringement of the ‘492 Patent ............................. .. (4) Infringement of the '282 Patent ............................. .. (5) Infringement of the '738 Patent ............................. .. (6) Infringement ofthe ‘Z76Patent............................... V. SPECIFIC ACTS OF UNFAIR IMPORTATION-AND SALE VI. HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE INFORMATION ...... VII. THEDOMESTICINDUSTRY A. The Technical Prong ......................................................... .. B. The Economic Prong......................................................... .. VIII. RELATED LITIGATION ............................................................ IX. REQUEST FOR RELIEF ............................................................. _ii EXHIBITS LIST Exhibit Number Description Exhibit No Certified Copy of U.S. Patent No. 5,829,397 Exhibit No Certified Copy of U.S. Patent No. 6,474,277 Exhibit N0 Certified Copy of U.S. Patent N0. 6,883,492 Exhibit No Certified Copy of U.S. Patent No. 7,059,282 Exhibit N0 Certified Copy of U.S. Patent No.’8,776,738 Exhibit No Certified Copy of U.S. Patent No. 8,820,276 Exhibit No Certified Assignments for U.S. Patent No. 5,829,397 to JVS Exhibit N0 Certified Assignments for U.S. Patent No. 6,474,277 to JVS Exhibit No Certified Assigmnents for U.S. Patent No. 6,883,492 to JVS Exhibit No Certified Assignments for U.S. Patent No. 7,059,282 to JVS Exhibit No Certified Assignments and One Uncertified Assignmentl for U.S. Patent No. 8,776,738 to JVS Exhibit No Certified Assignments for U.S. Patent No. 8,820,276 to JVS ' Exhibit No Claim Chart Demonstrating Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,829,397 Exhibit No Claim Chart Demonstrating Infringement of U.S. Patent N0. 6,474,277 Exhibit No Claim Chart Demonstrating Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,883,492 Exhibit No Claim Chart Demonstrating Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,059,282 Exhibit No Claim Chart Demonstrating Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,776,738 Exhibit No Claim Chart Demonstrating Infringement of U.S, Patent No. 8,820,276 Exhibit No Corporate Information for FCA US LLC Exhibit No Corporate Information for FCA México, S.A. de C.V. Exhibit No Corporate Information for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. Exhibit No Corporate Information for Sata-Societa Automobilistica Tecnologie Avanzate S.p.A. Exhibit N0 Excerpts from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. F-l SEC Registration Statement Exhibit No Corporate Information for Fiat Automobili Srbija D00 Exhibit No. Overview of FCA US LLC Operations and Facility Locations Exhibit No. Specifications, Features and Manufacturing Locations of Accused Products Exhibit No. List of Fiat Authorized Dealers Exhibit N0. Photographs and documents concerning importation of Accused Products Exhibit No. Foreign counterparts for U.S. Pat. No. 5,829,397 Exhibit No. Foreign counterparts for U.S. Pat. N0. 6,474,277 Exhibit No. Foreign counterparts for U.S. Pat. N0. 6,883,492 Exhibit No. Foreign counterparts for U.S. Pat. No. 7,059,282 Exhibit N0. Foreign counterparts for U.S. Pat. N0. 8,776,738 ' A certified copy of the assignment of Application Serial N0. ll/450,286 is included in Exhibit l2. An uncertified duplicate copy is provided in Exhibit l l for ease of reference. -iii Exhibit Number Description - H _ L Exhibit No. 34 Foreign counterparts for U.S. Pat. No. 8,820,276 Exhibit No. 35C CONFIDENTIAL: Photographs and Schematic Drawings of Domestic Industry Articles Exhibit No. 36C CONFIDENTIAL: Declaration of Christopher Mulhall Exhibit No. 37C CONFIDENTIAL: Declaration of Steven Emest Exhibit No. 38C CONFIDENTIAL: Claim Chart Applying U.S. Patent No. 5,829,397 to JVS products Exhibit No. 39C CONFIDENTIAL: Claim Chart Applying U.S. Patent No. 6,474,277 to JVS products Exhibit No. 40C CONFIDENTIAL: Claim Chart Applying U_S.Patent N0. 6,883,492 to JVS products Exhibit No. 41C CONFIDENTIAL: Claim Chart Applying U.S. Patent No. 7,059,282 to JVS products Exhibit No. 42C CONFIDENTIAL: Claim Chart Applying U.S. Patent No. 8,776,738 to JVS products Exhibit No. 43C CONFIDENTIAL: Claim Chart Applying U.S. Patent No. 8,820,276 to JVS products Exhibit No. 44C CONFIDENTIAL: Jacobs Vehicle Systems Software Requirements Specification for the Variable Valve Actuation System's Valve Control Unit (VCU), Spec. No. 1423 (Draft Aug. 15, 2014) Exhibit No, 45C CONFIDENTIAL: Jacobs Vehicle Systems Valve Control Unit Interface Manual for the SuperTruck VVA/Braking prototype, Specification Number 1409 (Revision 04) (December 2012) -1v APPENDICES Appendix Number *_ e _ _ . 1)Veiscr>ip,ti0‘n‘.h p. V p _ . Appendix 1 Certified Copy of the prosecution history of U.S. Patent No. 5,829,397 Appendix 2 Certified Copy of the prosecution history of U.S. Patent No. 6,474,277 Appendix 3 Certified Copy of the prosecution history of U.S. Patent No. 6,883,492 Appendix 4 Certified Copy of the prosecution history of U.S. Patent No. 7,059,282 Appendix 5 Certified Copy of the prosecution history of U.S. Patent No. 8,776,738 Appendix 6 Certified Copy of the prosecution history of U.S. Patent No. 8,820,276 Appendix 7 Patent and Technical References cited in Prosecution History for U.S. Patent No. 5,829,397 Appendix 8 Patent and Technical References cited in Prosecution History for U.S. Patent No. 6,474,277 Appendix 9 Patent and Technical References cited in Prosecution