IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION E-WATCH, INC.

AND E-WATCH CORPORATION, Plaintiffs, v. BLACKBERRY LIMITED AND BLACKBERRY CORPORATION, Defendants. Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-1078 Jury Trial Demanded

ORIGINAL COMPLAINT Plaintiffs, e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch Corporation (collectively, e-Watch or Plaintiffs), by and through their attorneys, for their Original Complaint against Blackberry Limited and Blackberry Corporation (collectively Defendants), hereby allege as follows:

I. 1.

NATURE OF THE ACTION

This is a patent infringement action to end Defendants unauthorized and

infringing manufacture, use, sale, offering for sale, and/or importation of products incorporating Plaintiffs patented inventions. 2. e-Watch, Inc. is owner of all right, title, and interest in and to: United States

Patent No. 7,365,871 (the 871 Patent), issued April 29, 2008, for Apparatus for Capturing, Converting and Transmitting a Visual Image Signal Via a Digital Transmission System; United States Patent No. 7,643,168 (the 168 Patent), issued January 5, 2010, for Apparatus for Capturing, Converting and Transmitting a Visual Image Signal Via a Digital Transmission System (collectively, the Patents). True and correct copies of the Patents are attached hereto as Exhibits 12.

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e-Watch Corporation and e-Watch, Inc. are parties to Inter-Company License

Agreement, under which e-Watch, Inc. grants to e-Watch Corporation an exclusive license to make, use, sell and support products and services in accordance with the Patents, subject to certain reservation and reservations of rights. 4. Upon information and belief, Defendants manufacture, provide, sell, offer for

sale, import, and/or distribute infringing products and services related to those products. 5. Plaintiffs further seek monetary damages and prejudgment interest for

Defendants past infringement of the Patents. II. 6. THE PARTIES

Plaintiff e-Watch, Inc. is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of

the State of Nevada, with its principal place of business located at 23011 IH-10 West, San Antonio, Texas 78257. 7. Plaintiff e-Watch Corporation is a corporation organized and existing under the

laws of the State of Texas, with its principal place of business located at 23011 IH-10 West, San Antonio, Texas 78257. 8. Upon information and belief, Defendant BlackBerry Limited is a corporation

organized under the laws of Canada, with its principal place of business located at 295 Phillip Street, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3W8 Canada, where they can be served with process. Upon information and belief, Defendant Blackberry Limited is authorized to do business in Texas. 9. Upon information and belief, Defendant BlackBerry Corporation is a corporation

organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business located at 5000 Riverside Drive, Irving, Texas 75039. Upon information and belief, Defendant Blackberry Corporation is authorized to do business in Texas. Blackberry Corporation may be served by

serving its registered agent CT Corporation System, 350 N. St. Paul Street, Suite 2900, Dallas, Texas 75201-4234. III. 10. JURISDICTION AND VENUE

This is an action for patent infringement which arises under the Patent Laws of

the United States, in particular, 35 U.S.C. 271, 281, 283, 284, and 285. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action under 28 U.S.C. 1331 and 1338(a). 11. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendants, and venue is proper in this

Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1391(b), (c), and 1400. IV. 12. PATENTS-IN-SUIT

The Patents disclose an image capture, conversion, compression, storage and

transmission system. The system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over transmission systems and received equipment receiving stations. In its most comprehensive form, the system is capable of capturing/receiving and sending audio, documentary and visual image data to and from remote stations. 13. Plaintiffs have obtained all substantial right and interest to the Patents, including

all rights to recover for all past and future infringements thereof. 14. Plaintiffs have acted in conformity with 35 U.S.C. 287. V. 15. DEFENDANTS ACTS

Upon information and belief, Defendants manufacture, provide, sell, offer for

sale, and/or distribute certain infringing camera phones that are capable of operating over cellular networks, including by way of example Blackberry Bold 9900 (Camera Phones). By doing so, Defendants have infringed the Patents.

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Upon information and belief, Defendants Camera Phones are infringing systems.

Defendants encourage and instruct their customers to use these infringing systems in a manner that infringes the Patents. 17. Plaintiffs have been and will continue to suffer damages as a result of Defendants

infringing acts. COUNT ONE PATENT INFRINGEMENTU.S. PATENT NO. 7,365,871 18. 19. 20. Plaintiffs reallege and incorporate herein paragraphs 115. Upon information and belief, Defendants have directly infringed the 871 Patent. The aforementioned acts of Defendants have caused damage to Plaintiffs and will

continue to do so. COUNT TWO PATENT INFRINGEMENTU.S. PATENT NO. 7,643,168 21. 22. 23. Plaintiffs reallege and incorporate herein paragraphs 118. Upon information and belief, Defendants have directly infringed the 168 Patent. Defendants aforementioned acts have caused damage to Plaintiffs and will

continue to do so. VI. 24. JURY DEMAND

Plaintiffs hereby demand a jury on all issues so triable. VII. REQUEST FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch Corporation respectfully request that the Court:

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Enter judgment that Defendants infringe one or more claims of the Patents asserted against them in the above Counts literally and/or under the doctrine of equivalents; Award Plaintiffs e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch Corporation past and future damages together with prejudgment and post-judgment interest to compensate for the infringement by Defendants of the Patents asserted against them in the Counts above in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 284; and Award Plaintiffs e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch Corporation their costs, disbursements, attorneys fees, and such further and additional relief as is deemed appropriate by this Court.

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Dated: December 10, 2013 Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Christopher V. Goodpastor Christopher V. Goodpastor State Bar No. 00791991 LEAD ATTORNEY Mikal C. Watts State Bar. No. 20981820 WATTS GUERRA LLP 811 Barton Springs Road, Suite 725 Austin, Texas 78704 Telephone: (512) 479-0500 Facsimile: (512) 479-0502 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Francisco Guerra, IV State Bar No. 00797784 WATTS GUERRA LLP 300 Convent Street, Suite 100 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Telephone: (210) 527-0500 Facsimile: (210) 527-0501 Email: [email protected]

Andrew G. DiNovo State Bar No. 00790594 Adam G. Price State Bar No. 24027750 Chester J. Shiu State Bar No. 24071126 Stefanie T. Scott State Bar No. 24061617 Gregory S. Donahue State Bar No. 24012539 DINOVO PRICE ELLWANGER & HARDY LLP 7000 N. MoPac Expressway, Suite 350 Austin, Texas 78731 Telephone: (512) 539-2626 Facsimile: (512) 539-2627 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] T. John Ward, Jr. State Bar No. 00794818 WARD & SMITH LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1231 Longview, Texas 75606-1231 Telephone: (903) 757-6400 Facsimile: (903) 757-2323 Email: [email protected] ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS e-WATCH, INC. AND e-WATCH CORPORATION