IN
THE
UNITED
STATESDISTRICTCOURTFOR
THE
EASTERNDISTRICTOF
VIRGINIA
Alexandria
Division
FILED
INTELLIGENTVERIFICATIONSYSTEMS,
LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.
MICROSOFTCORPORATIONand
MAJESCOENTERTAINMENT
CO.,
Defendants.
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COMPLAINT
PlaintiffIntelligentVerificationSystems,LLC("IVS")bringsthisactionagainst
MicrosoftCorporation("Microsoft"),andMajescoEntertainmentCompany("Majesco"),jointlyandseverally,forpatentinfringementarisingout
of
thePatentLawsoftheUnited
States,Title35,UnitedStatesCode.
I.
PARTIES
1.Allfactshereinareallegedoninformationandbeliefexceptthosefacts
concerningIVS'sownactivities.
2.
IVS
isaVirginia
Limited
LiabilityCompanywithitsprincipalplaceofbusiness
at4202SoninCourt,Alexandria,Virginia22309.IVSistheinventingand
owning
company
of
variouspatentsrelatedtobiometricsystemsthatfacilitateuserinteraction,
entertainment,andenjoyment.
3.MicrosoftisaWashingtoncorporationwithitsprincipalplace
of
businessatOne
MicrosoftWay,Redmond,Washington98052.Microsoftmaybeservedwiththiscomplaintthroughitsregisteredagent,CorporationServiceCompany,Bank
of
America
Center,
16,h
Floor,
1111
East
Main
Street,
Richmond,
Virginia
23219.
4.MajescoisaDelawarecorporationwithitsprincipleplace
of
businessat160
RaritanCenterParkway,Edison,NewJersey08837.
II.
JURISDICTIONANDVENUE
5.ThisisanactionforpatentinfringementunderthePatentAct,35U.S.C§271.
6.ThisCourthaspersonaljurisdictionoverMicrosoft,inpart,becauseMicrosoft
hassubscriberswhoresideintheEasternDistrict
of
Virginia,andsellsinfringingproductsandprovidesinfringingservicesanddownloadsandsoftwareupdatestoits
subscribersandconsumersinthisdistrict;sellsandoffersforsalethroughtheMicrosoft
storeatTysonsCornerandattheFashionCentreatPentagonCity,Virginia,infringing
gamingsystems,videogamesandvideogamecomponents,andregularlyconducts
businessinthisDistrict;hassolicitedbusinessandhasattemptedtoderivefinancial
benefit
from
residentsoftheCommonwealthofVirginia,includingbenefitsdirectly
relatedtotheinstantcause
of
actionsetforthherein;andhascommittedandcontinuesto
commitactsofpatentinfringementinthisDistrict.ThisCourthaspersonaljurisdiction
over
Majesco,
inpart,becauseMajescomanufacturesforsaleand/orsellsinfringing
videogamestoconsumersinthe
United
Statesand,moreparticularly,intheEastern
District
of
Virginia.
7.ThisCourthassubjectmatterjurisdictionbyvirtue
of
Sections
1331
and1338(a)
of
Title28,United
States
Code.
8.VenueinthisCourtisproperbyvirtue
of
Sections1391(b)and(c)and1400(b)
of
Title28,UnitedStatesCode.
III.
BACKGROUND
A.
IVS
andthe
IVS
Patent
9.IVSisone
of
theearlypioneers
of
technologythatallowscomputerorcomputerlikesystemuserstoenjoythebenefits
of
entertainmentandinteractionfacilitatedbytheuse
of
biometricrecognition.Biometricrecognitiontechnologywashistoricallyrelegatedtosecurityapplications.IVSfirstrecognizedthatbiometricfacialrecognitioncouldfacilitateandenhanceuserinteraction,entertainmentandenjoyment
of
games,
toys,andentertainmentdevices.Thus,IVSdesignedanefficient,nearreal-timesystem
employingbiometricfacialrecognitiontofacilitateend-userinteraction,entertainment,
andenjoyment.IVS'sbiometricrecognitiontechnologyandinventioncovers
entertainmentapparatus,includingspecificallyvideogames,videogameconsolesand
systems,videogameperipherals,andonlineandnetworkbasedentertainmentassociated
withvideogamesystems,all
of
whichemploybiometric
facial
and/orexpression
recognitiontofacilitateinteraction,entertainmentandenjoyment.
10.Toprotecttheirinventions,IVSanditsinventorsfilednumerouspatent
applicationsthatcoverbiometricrecognitiontechnology,includingspecificallytheapplicationofthattechnologytovideogamesystems,videogames,andrelated
entertainmentapparatus.OnJune13,2006,theUnitedStatesPatentandTrademark
OfficeissuedUnitedStatesPatentNo.7,062,073(the'073patent).The'073patentwas
dulyandlegallyissuedtoIVSasthelegalassignee
of
theIVSinventors,DavidTumeyandTianning("Tony")Xu.Thetitle
of
the'073patentis"AnimatedToyUtilizing
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Intelligent Verification Systems v. Microsoft et. al.
Official Complaint for Patent Infringement in Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-00525-AWA-TEM: Intelligent Verification Systems, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation et. al. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Hon. Arenda L. Wright Allen presiding. See http://news.priorsmart.com/-l6MC for more info.
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