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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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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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