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    COMPLAINT FO

    PATENT INTINGEMEN

    Manuel de la Cerra (SBN 189313)THE LAW OFFICE OFMANUEL DE LA CERRA6885 Catamaran DriveCarlsbad, CA 92011Telephone: 760-809-5520Facsimile: 760-269-3542E-mail: [email protected]

    Attorney for PlaintiffTOESOX, INC.

    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

    FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

    SAN DIEGO DIVISION

    TOESOX, INC., a California Corporation,

    Plaintiff,

    v.

    KULAE, a Massachusetts Limited LiabilityCompany,

    Defendant.

    COMPLAINT FOR PATENTINFRINGEMENT OF

    U.S. PAT. 7,346,935

    The KULAE, LLC manufactures, sells, offers for sales, imports and uses a five-toed sock

    under the brand KARMA KICKS (hereinafter the KARMA KICKS sock). The KARMA

    KICKS sock infringes several claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,346,935, the currently exclusively

    assignee of which is Plaintiff TOESOX, INC. Accordingly, Plaintiff alleges and complains of

    Defendant KULAE, LLC as follows:

    PARTIES

    1. Plaintiff TOESOX, INC is a corporation organized and existing under the laws ofthe State of California and has a principal place of business in Vista California.

    2. Defendant KULAE, LLC (KULAE) is a limited liability company organizedand existing under the laws of the State of Massachusetts and has a principal place of business at

    293r Washington Street, Norwell, MA 02061. The designated agent for service of process for

    KULAE is Gregory Egan, 56 Turners Way, Norwell, MA 02061. KULAE contracts with severa

    retail stores to promote and sell its products, including the KARMA KICKS sock, throughout the

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    2 COMPLAINT FOPATENT INTINGEMEN

    United States including several retail stores throughout the state of California and throughout thi

    judicial district.

    JURISDICTION AND VENUE

    3. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendant KULAE under Fed. R. Civ. P4(k)(1)(A) and Californias long-arm statute, Cal. Civ. Proc. Code 410.10, as KULAE has

    continuous business contacts with the State of California, has a business presence in the state of

    California and has committed the complained-of acts in California, thereby causing damage to

    TOESOX in this judicial district.

    4. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the patent laws of the UnitedStates, 35 U.S.C. 1 et seq., and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1331 and 28 U.S.C. 1338(a).

    5. Venue is proper in this district under 28 U.S.C. 1400 because KULAE hascommitted acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business in this district

    BACKGROUND FACTS

    6. On March 25, 2008, United States Patent No. 7,346,935 entitled Stretchable HighFriction Socks (the 935 patent) was duly and legally issued to Joe Patterson. A true copy of

    the 935 patent is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

    7. TOESOX is the owner by assignment of the 935 patent with full and exclusiveright to bring suit to enforce this patent.

    8. The 935 patent relates generally to foot apparel, including a woven sock having amultitude of high friction buttons arrayed around the bottom thereof.

    9. KULAE has been and are infringing, contributing to infringement, and/or inducingothers to infringe the 935 patent by making, using, offering for sale, selling and/or importing the

    KARMA KICKS sock. KULAEs acts of infringement have occurred within this district and

    elsewhere throughout the United States.

    10. KULAE has willfully infringed the 935 patent by continuing its acts ofinfringement after being on notice of these patents.

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    EXHIBIT A

    United States Patent No. 7,346,935

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