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Defendant.NATUREOFCOMPLAINT1.Don Rubinhasbeendescribedn TheWorld Almanacaso'America'spremierepuzzlemaster."His syndicatedweekly puzzlecolumnentertained5million readersperweekin 20 countries,establishing ecordsorresponsehat remainunprecedentedn newspaperhistory. Morethan a millionreadersmailedinsolutionsannually-the volumesooverwhelmingthat the US Postoffice inChicagogaveDonhis ownZIP code.2- In 1977, Mr.Rubincreatedand publishedhe original parkinglotpuzzle-firstentitled"Lotsof Luck."Sincehen, thepuzzleor authorizedderivationsofitunderseveralComplaint forCopyright Infringement-I
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differentnameshaveappearednhundredsofperiodicalsaroundacclaim.Itwashailedasoneof "the greatestpvzzlesofalltime,,samename.theworldtointernationalinPrenticeHall'sbookof the2.Recently,defendantApplebegansellingan iPhoneapplicationcalledparkinglot,whichcopieshePuzzlenallmaterialespects.ParkinglothasbeenoneofthebestsellingiPhone games.3.Parkinglotisanauthorizeduseofplaintiffs copyrighted,puzzle.ThislawsuitseeksappropriateeliefundertheCopyrightAct.JURISDICTIONANDVENUE4.ThisCourthassubjectmatterurisdictionpursuanto28U.S.C.$1338(a)becausehisactionarisesun'derhe copyrightlawsof theUnitedStates.n addition,therescompletediversityofcitizenshipbetweenhepartiesandtheamountncontroversyexceeds$75,000.5.Venuespropern thisudicialdistrictpursuanto28U.S.C.$l39lbecauseApplehasdonebusinessands headquarterednthisudicialdistrict,hascommittedactsofcopyrightinfringementinthisdistrict,andcontinueso commitsuchacts nthisdistrict.Becausehis isan IntellectualPropertycase,t isnotsubjectothe intra-DistrictvenueprovisionsofNorthernDistrictofCaliforniaLocalRule3-2(c).PARTIES6.PlaintiffDonRubinisa UnitedStatescitizenfromNewton,Massachusettscurrentlyworkingandlivingin Bangkok,Thailand.7.DefendantAppleInc.isa Califomiacorporationwithits principalplaceofbusinessnCupertino,California.ApplemakesandsellscomputerproductsncludingtheiPhone.Apple licensesPhoneapplications,ncludingParkinglot,fromitsiTunesAppStore.ComplaintforCopyrightInfringement-2
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In.OnandfterOctober,lgTT,plaintiffreatedndpublishedivederivativeIIversionsf "Lotsf Luck"ncludingThanks.lot"1979);"Showoom,,l9gl);..Jeepers!,,IIrrlsllt"Lotsf LuckI"(1988);ndLotsf Luck: adifferentersion)lgss).collectivelvIItheseix estrictedovementlidinglock uzzlesre efenedo hereinshe,puzzle.,,AI
I"opyof onesucherivations attachedsExhibitA.IItt.ThePuzzlecontainsargeamountof materialwholtyoriginalwith plaintiff*dIIisconVriehtableubjectmatternderheawsofthe U.S.IIt tOnandafterOctober,1977, plaintiffcompliednall respectsiththeActandIIallotherawsgovemingopyright,andsecuredhe exclusiveightsandprivilegesnando theIIconVriehtfsaidPuzzle.ThePuzzlehasbeenegisterediththeRegisterfCopyrigtttssaIIcontributiono a serial ublicationndn variousther ormsnumerousimessince1977|Iincludin8,withoutimitation,hecopyrightegistrationsistedon ExhibitB.I12-SinceOctober,lg77,saidPuzzleasbeenublishednddistributedynlaintifflthrougha varietyof mediancluding,withoutimitation,publicationnTheRealpaperofIBoston,Massachusetts,hebook"What'sheBig[dea;"UnitedFeaturesyndicate;.TheIWorldAlmanacRealPuzzleBook,""TheGreatestuzzlesfAllTime;"Horderns'SlidingIPiecePuzzles;"and MoreBrainstorms."All copiesof it madeunderhisauthorityor licenseIhavebeen ssuednstrictconformitywiththeprovisionsf theActandallotherawsgoverningl
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13.SinceOctober,1977plaintiffhasbeenandstillisthesoleproprietorof allIrights,title andinterestnand tothecopyrightinsaidpuzzle.I14.On andafterJanuaryl, 2008,defendantnfringedsaidcopyrightby reproducing,Iselling,publishingandotherwisedistributingan iPhoneapplicationentitled"parkinglot"Iwhichwascopiedfromplaintiflscopyrightedptrzzle.I
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