In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Marshall Division

In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Marshall Division

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION WEBMAP TECHNOLOGIES LLC v. Civil Action No. 2:09-CV-343-DF-CE CITY ACCOMODATIONS NETWORK, INC.; CITYSEARCH, LLC; EXPEDIA, INC. IAC/INTERACTIVECORP; GOOGLE, INC.; THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY; TRAVELOCITY.COM, LP; TRIPADVISOR LLC; YAHOO! INC.; YELP! INC.; ZAGAT SURVEY, LLC; GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.; GARMIN LTD.; GARMIN USA, INC.; GLOBALMOTION MEDIA INC.; GUSTO, LLC; GUSTO.COM, INC.; GUSTO.COM, LLC MAPMYFITNESS, INC.; MASHUP TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL BV; TOMTOM, INC. A/K/A TOMTOM NAVIGATION, INC.; TOMTOM NV; AND YOUMU, INC. JURY TRIAL DEMANDED THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT Plaintiff WebMap Technologies LLC files this Third Amended Complaint against CITY ACCOMODATIONS NETWORK, INC.; CITYSEARCH, LLC; EXPEDIA, INC.; GOOGLE, INC.; IAC/INTERACTIVECORP; THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY; TRAVELOCITY.COM, LP; TRIPADVISOR LLC; YAHOO! INC.; YELP! INC.; ZAGAT SURVEY, LLC; GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.; GARMIN LTD.; GARMIN USA, INC.; GLOBALMOTION MEDIA INC.; GUSTO, LLC; GUSTO.COM, INC.; GUSTO.COM, LLC; MAPMYFITNESS, INC.; MASHUP TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL BV; TOMTOM, INC. A/K/A TOMTOM NAVIGATION, INC.; TOMTOM NV; and YOUMU, INC. (collectively "Defendants"). PARTIES 1. WebMap Technologies LLC (“WebMap Technologies” or “Plaintiff”) is a Texas Limited Liability Company with its principal place of business in Frisco, Texas. 2. On information and belief, Defendant CITY ACCOMODATIONS NETWORK, INC., a/k/a U.S. Travel Group, and d/b/a Riverwalk Hotel Map, and d/b/a Airport Hotel Guide, and d/b/a Austin Hotel Map (“CAN”) is an Arizona corporation with its principal place of business in Queen Creek, Arizona. 3. On information and belief, Defendant CITYSEARCH, LLC (“CITYSEARCH”) is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Queen Creek, Arizona. 4. On information and belief, Defendant EXPEDIA, INC. (“EXPEDIA”) is a Washington corporation with its principal place of business in Bellevue, Washington. 5. On information and belief, Defendant GOOGLE, INC. (“GOOGLE”) is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Mountainview, California. 6. On information and belief, Defendant IAC/INTERACTIVECORP (“IAC”) is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in New York, New York. 7. On information and belief, Defendant THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY (“WASHINGTON POST”) is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Washington, DC. 2 8. On information and belief, Defendant TRAVELOCITY.COM, LP (“TRAVELOCITY”) is a Delaware limited partnership with its principal place of business in Southlake, Texas. 9. On information and belief, Defendant TRIPADVISOR LLC (“TRIPADVISOR”) is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Needham, Massachusetts. 10. On information and belief, Defendant YAHOO! INC. (“YAHOO”) is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Sunnyvale, California. 11. On information and belief, Defendant YELP! INC. (“YELP”) is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in San Francisco, California. 12. On information and belief, Defendant ZAGAT SURVEY, LLC (“ZAGAT”) is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in New York, New York. 13. On information and belief, Defendant GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. (“GARMIN INTERNATIONAL”) is a Kansas corporation with its principal place of business in 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062. 14. On information and belief, Defendant GARMIN LTD. is a Cayman Islands entity with a place of business in 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062 and a place of business in George Town, Cayman Islands. 15. On information and belief, Defendant GARMIN USA, INC. (“GARMIN USA”) is a Kansas corporation with its principal place of business in 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062 (GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, GARMIN LTD. and GARMIN USA are collectively referred to herein as “GARMIN”). 16. On information and belief, Defendant GLOBALMOTION MEDIA INC. corporation with its principal place of business in Palo Alto, California. 3 17. On information and belief, Defendant GUSTO, LLC is a Delaware LLC with its principal place of business in Springfield, Missouri. 18. On information and belief, Defendant GUSTO.COM, INC. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Springfield, Missouri. 19. On information and belief, Defendant GUSTO.COM, LLC is a Delaware or Missouri LLC or fictitious name with its principal place of business in Springfield, Missouri. (GUSTO, LLC , GUSTO.COM, INC. and GUSTO.COM, LLC are collectively referred to herein as “GUSTO”). 20. On information and belief, Defendant MAPMYFITNESS, INC. (“MAPMYFITNESS”) is a Colorado corporation with its principal place of business in Denver, Colorado. 21. On information and belief, Defendant MASHUP TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (“MASHUP”) is a Delaware LLC with its principal place of business in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. 22. On information and belief, Defendant TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL BV (“TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL”) is a Netherlands corporation with its principal place of business in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 23. On information and belief, Defendant TOMTOM, INC. A/K/A TOMTOM NAVIGATION, INC. (“TOMTOM, INC.”) is a Massachusetts corporation with its principal place of business in Concord, Massachusetts. 24. On information and belief, Defendant TOMTOM NV (“TOMTOM NV”) is a Netherlands corporation with its principal place of business in Amsterdam, Netherlands (TOM 4 TOM INTERNATIONAL, TOMTOM, INC. and TOMTOM NV are collectively referred to herein as “TOMTOM”). 25. On information and belief, Defendant YOUMU, INC. (“YOUMU”) is a Washington corporation with its principal place of business in Seattle, Washington. JURISDICTION AND VENUE 1. This action arises under the patent laws of the United States, Title 35 of the United States Code. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a). On information and belief, Defendants are subject to this Court’s specific and general personal jurisdiction, pursuant to due process and/or the Texas Long Arm Statute, due at least to their substantial business in this forum, including at least a portion of the infringements alleged herein. Without limitation, within this district the Defendants have engaged in at least the making and using of the accused interactive mapping functionality on the websites identified herein below. In addition, on information and belief, Defendants have derived substantial revenues from reviews and bookings in and from this district and nearby areas. Further, on information and belief, Defendants are subject to the Court’s general jurisdiction, including from regularly doing or soliciting business, engaging in other persistent courses of conduct, and/or deriving substantial revenue from goods and services provided to individuals in Texas. 2. Venue is proper in this district under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b), 1391(c) and 1400(b). On information and belief, from and within this Judicial District each Defendant has committed at least a portion of the infringements at issue in this case. Without limitation, within this district the Defendants have engaged in the making and using of the accused interactive mapping functionality on the websites identified herein below. Also, Defendants have induced and contributed to infringing end use within this district of the accused interactive mapping 5 functionality on the websites identified herein below. In addition, on information and belief, Defendants have derived substantial revenues from reviews and bookings in and from this district and nearby areas. COUNT I INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,772,142 3. United States Patent No. 6,772,142 (“the ‘142 Patent”) entitled “Method and Apparatus for Collecting and Expressing Geographically-Referenced Data” was filed on October 31, 2000 and duly and legally issued on August 3, 2004. A true and correct copy of the ‘142 Patent is Exhibit A to Plaintiff’s prior complaints. The inventors of the ‘142 Patent assigned the entire right, title and interest in and to the ‘142 Patent jointly to Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (“Cornell”) and the National Audubon Society, Inc. (“Audubon”). Audubon and Cornell entered into an agreement whereby Audubon authorized Cornell to act on its behalf relative to the ‘142 Patent. Prior to this suit being filed, Cornell, on behalf of itself and Audubon, granted an exclusive worldwide license under and all substantial rights to the ‘142 Patent to Acacia Patent Acquisition LLC (“APAC”). Prior to this suit being filed, APAC assigned all of its rights in the ‘142 Patent to WebMap, which is the exclusive licensee of, and owner of all substantial rights to the ‘142 Patent. Accordingly, WebMap has standing to bring this lawsuit for infringement of the ‘142 patent. 4. On information and belief, Defendant CAN has been and now is infringing, at least directly, the ‘142 Patent in the State of Texas, in this judicial district, and elsewhere in the United States by actions comprising making and using the interactive mapping methods of its previously disclosed Accused Instrumentalities comprising River Walk Hotel Map found at www.riverwalkhotelmap.com, Austin Hotel Map found at www.austinhotelmap.com and/or the Airport Hotel Map pages of Airport Hotel Guide found at www.airporthotelguide.com, including 6 relative to receiving first geographical locations and associated data, for example reviews, from observers, storing the data, receiving

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