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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
TYLER DIVISION

HFA, INC.,
Plaintiff,

No. 6:17-cv-343
v.
Jury Trial Demanded
TRINIDAD/BENHAM CORP.,
Defendant.

COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT

Plaintiff, HFA, Inc. (HFA), complains as follows against Defendant Trinidad/Benham

Corp., ("Trinidad"):

Nature of the Action

1. This is a patent infringement action arising under the United States patent laws,

35 U.S.C. 1 et seq., in which HFA asserts that its U.S. Design Patent D713,196 has been and

continues to be infringed by virtue of Defendant Trinidads manufacture, use, offer for sale, sale,

or import in/into the United States of products such as its aluminum foil pans labeled as One

Third Size Steam Table Pans, sold in a package of 30, and the Full Size Steam Table Pans, sold

in a package of 18, (hereinafter referred to collectively as the Trinidad Pans and separately as the

Trinidad 1/3 Pan and the Trinidad Full Pan ("the accused Pans"), the accused pans being

currently sold in Sams Club under the Members Mark brand. HFA is seeking an injunction

prohibiting further sales of all infringing products such as the accused Pans and asks for

monetary damages and related remedies.

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The Parties

2. Plaintiff HFA, Inc. is an Illinois corporation, with its principal place of business at

135 E. Hintz Rd., Wheeling, Illinois 60090 and is engaged in part in the business of

manufacturing, distributing, and selling of disposable aluminum foil pans and containers and

other aluminum products for home and food service.

3. Defendant Trinidad is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of

Colorado with a principal place of business at 3650 S. Yosemite 300, Denver, Colorado and a

corporate office at 322 Freeman St., Mineola, Wood County, Texas, 75773, and is engaged in,

among other things, the business of manufacturing, distributing, offering for sale, selling and/or

importing in/into the United States aluminum foil pans and the accused Pans.

4. Defendant Trinidad is registered as a foreign for-profit corporation in the State of

Texas, State ID. 10102206.

Jurisdiction and Venue

5. Exclusive original jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action is conferred

on this Court under 28 U.S.C. 1331 and 1338(a) because this action arises under the patent

laws of the United States, including 35 U.S.C. 271 et seq.

6. Venue properly lies in the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, under 28

U.S.C. 1400(b), in that that Defendant Trinidad has committed one or more infringing acts in

this District and the Defendant "resides" in this District in that it has a regular and established

place of business in this District. Venue is also appropriate because Defendant Trinidad does

business in this District, including the commission therein of one or more infringing acts of

offering for sale, selling, using infringing products, or providing service and support to

Defendant's customers in this District, which Defendant does through established distribution
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channels including a regular and established place of business at 322 Freeman St., Mineola,

Wood County, Texas, 75773. Further Defendant Trinidad employs full time employees at its

regular and established place of business in Mineola, Texas, and advertises seeking employees

for full time work at the aforesaid Mineola facility. See:

http://www.trinidadbenham.com/why-trinidad-benham/trinidad-facilities.html and

http://www.trinidadbenham.com/company/careers.html.

7. Defendant Trinidad has established contacts with this forum and purposefully

availed itself of this jurisdiction by committing and continuing to commit acts of patent

infringement, or actively induces others to commit acts of patent infringement, in the Eastern

District of Texas.

The Defendant's Infringement of U.S. Design Patent D713,196

8. On September 16, 2014, United States Design Patent No. Des. 713,196 (the '196

Patent), entitled "NESTED PANS" was legally issued by the United States Patent and Trademark

Office. A copy of the '196 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

9. Plaintiff HFA is the assignee and owner of the entire right, title, and interest in the

'196 Patent with full rights to sue for the past and current infringement, and to enjoin further

infringement, of the '196 Patent.

10. Defendant Trinidad manufactures, uses, offers for sale, sells, and/or imports,

and/or has manufactured, used, offered for sale, sold, and/or imported in/into the United States

unauthorized products such as the accused Pans that are covered by the design claim of and

hence infringe HFA's '196 Patent. The accused Pans are depicted in Group Exhibit B attached

hereto.
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11. Upon information and belief, Defendant Trinidads foregoing use of unauthorized

products such as the accused Pans includes one or more acts of the nested assembly of Trinidad

1/3 Pans into the Trinidad Full Pan during, at least, the product design, testing, and/or

demonstrations of the accused Pans in the same manner in which Defendant induces the end user

to do the nested assembly of Trinidad 1/3 Pans into the Trinidad Full Pan, and hence, by such

assembly, has directly infringed HFA's '196 Patent.

12. Defendant Trinidad has infringed and is continuing to infringe the '196 Patent by

manufacturing, using, offering for sale, selling and/or importing in/into the United States

infringing products such as the accused Pans and by actively inducing others to use the nested

assembly of Trinidad 1/3 Pans into the Trinidad Full Pan in a manner to infringe the '196 Patent.

Defendant Trinidad will continue to infringe the '196 patent unless and until enjoined by this

Court. Defendant actively instructs end users to use the nested assembly of Trinidad 1/3 Pans

into the Trinidad Full Pans as set forth, in part, at Group Exhibit C attached hereto.

13. Defendant Trinidads actions constitute infringement of the '196 Patent under at

least 35 U.S.C. 271(a) and (b). Such acts of infringement have been and are continuing to be

committed in this District, in Texas and elsewhere in the United States. HFA is entitled to

compensatory damages from Defendant Trinidad under 35 U.S.C. 284 in addition to other

relief requested below.

14. Defendant Trinidad has had knowledge of the '196 Patent at least as early as the

date of service of this Complaint, and, upon information and belief, before the service of this

Complaint, and has therefore infringed the '196 Patent willfully and deliberately, thereby

rendering this case exceptional under 35 U.S.C. 285.

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15. By reason of the foregoing unlawful acts of Defendant Trinidad relative the 196

Patent, HFA has been seriously and irreparably damaged and, unless Defendant is restrained

from continuing such unlawful acts, HFA will continue to be so damaged. Plaintiff HFA is

without adequate remedy at law to compensate it for the injury caused by Defendant' acts of

infringement.

Demand for Jury Trial

Plaintiff, under Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, requests a trial by jury of

any issues so triable by right.

Relief Sought

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff HFA, INC. prays for judgment against Defendant Trinidad as

follows:

A. Adjudging United States Design Patent D713,196 valid, enforceable, and

infringed by Defendant Trinidad;

B. Entering preliminary and permanent injunctions against Defendant Trinidad, its

officers, agents, servants, employees, successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and all

others controlling, controlled by, affiliated with, in privity with, or in active concert or

participation with it from infringing, contributing to the infringement of, or inducing

infringement of the 196 Patent, as well as all further and proper relief under 35 U.S.C. 285;

C. Ordering the impounding and destruction of all products of Defendant Trinidad

that infringe the 196 Patent, including all molds used in connection with manufacturing of such

infringing product;

D. Awarding to HFA (and assessing against Defendant Trinidad) all damages

sustained by HFA by reason of Defendant's infringement, in an amount to be determined,

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including, either (1) total profits from the infringer's sales under 289, or (2) damages in the

form of the patentee's lost profits or a reasonable royalty under 284, or (3) statutory damages

under 289, whichever is greater, together with pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, such

damages to be trebled pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 285 for willful infringement;

E. Awarding to HFA (and assessing against Defendant Trinidad) its costs,

disbursements, and attorneys' fees for this action and such other compensatory damages as this

Court may determine to be fair and appropriate pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 285; and

F. Granting such other and further relief as this Court deems just and appropriate.

Dated: June 12, 2017

/s/ E. Glenn Thames, Jr.

Michael E. Jones
SBN: 10929400
mikejones@potterminton.com
E. Glenn Thames, Jr.
SBN: 00785097
glennthames@potterminton.com
POTTER MINTON
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
110 North College Ave., Suite 500
Tyler, Texas 75702
Tel: 903-597-8311
Fax: 903-593-0846

James P. Hanrath
SBN: 24075925
Michael J. Femal, pro hac vice to be filed
MUCH SHELIST P.C.
191 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1196
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Tel: (312) 521-2000
Fax: (3120521-2860
jhanrath@muchshelist.com
mfemal@muchshelist.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff HFA, Inc.

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Exhibit A
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111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
USOOD713196S

(12) United States Design Patent (10) Patent No.: US D713,196 S

Sarnoff et al. (45) Date of Patent: ** Sep. 16, 2014

(54) NESTED PANS (56) References Cited

(71) Applicant: Ilandi-Foil Corporation, Wheeling, IL U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

(US)
2.391,767 A 12/1945 Beerend ................ ... 229/122.34
4.202,465 A " 5/1980 McLaren ................. 229/120.17
(72) Inventors: Norton Sarnoff, Northbrook, IL (US);
Brad Sarnoff, Chicago, IL (US); Raj (Continued)
Patel, T.ake Zurich, IL (US) Primary Examiner- Ricky Pham
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm- Adam K. Sacharoff; Much
(73) Assignee: Innovation First, Inc., Greenville, TX
Shelist
(US)

(*"') Term: 14 Years

(57) CLAIM
(21) Appl. No.: 29/484,457 The ornamentnl design for a nested pans, as shown and
described.
(22) Filed: Mar. 10, 2014

Related U.S. Application Data DESCRIPTION

(62) Division of application No. 29/4 73,331, filed on Nov.
21, 2013, now Pat. No. Des. 707,077.
(51) LOC (10) CI. ...., .. ., ..... ... ...... ............... ........ 07-02
(52) U.S. CI.
USPC ........ .. ... .. .......................... .... D7/357; D7/354
(58) Field of Classification Search
CPC .............. A21B 3/00; A21B 3/13; A21B 3/15;
A21B 3/131; A21B 3/134; A21B 5/00;
A21B 5/02; A47J 36/022; A47J 36/025;
A47J 36/027; A47J 37/00; A47J 37/04;
B65D 1/22; B65D 1/24; B65D 1/34; B65D
1/36; 8651) 5/48022; B65D 5/566; 8650
77/0433; B65D 81/343; B65D 85/36
USPC ............ 03/304; D7/323, 354-361, 543, 545,
D7/549, 550.1, 553.1-553.8, 554.1-554.4,
D7/555, 584, 586, 688; 1)9/430-433,
D9/455-456, 737, 756-762; 99/324, 422,
99/425-426,432, DIG. 15; 219/450.1,
219/620-622, 725; 220/500, 506-507,
220/573.1-573.5, 574-575, 607-608,
220/752-753, 912; 229/120.17, 122.34,
229/903-904, 906
See application file for complete search history.
FIG. 1 is a top side perspective view of nested pans in accor-
dance with one embodiment of the invention shown;
FIG. 2 is a left side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a right side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a front side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a back side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a top side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a bottom side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a top side perspective view of the nested pans in
accordance with another embodiment of the invention shown
with the component pans expanded away from a bottom sup-
port pan;
FIG. 9 is a left side view of FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a right side view of FIG. 8;
FIG. 11 is a front side view of FIG. 8;
FIG. 12 is a back side view of FIG. 8;
FIG. 13 is a top side view of FIG. 8; and,
FIG. 14 is a bottom side view of FIG. 8.
The broken lines showing are for the purpose of illustrating
portions of the environmental slnn.:lure aml funns no pa11 of
the claimed design.
1 Claim, 12 Drawing Sheets
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(56) References Cited 0581,720 S 12/2008 Kellennann et at. .......... 07/357

0590,596 S 4/2009 Oretzka ......................... 03/304
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 0599,611 S 9/2009 Hoekstra .. .. .................... 07/357
0605,896 S 12/2009 Zalewski et al ............. 07/553.1
0466,758 S 12/2002 Bradley ......................... 07/357 0636,219 S 4/2011 Cornu et al. .......... ... ... ... 07/3 54
0492,195 S 6/2004 Shabaz .......................... 091737 0688,572 S 8/2013 Marin ............................ 09/761
0693,178 S 1112013 Wilson ............. ........... 07/553.2
0557,047 S 12/2007 Oretzka ......................... 06/510
0568,lll S 5/2008 Epstein ....... ... ............. 07/553.7 cited by examiner
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I. (a) PLAINTIFFS DEFENDANTS

HFA, Inc. Trinidad/Benham Corp.

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(c) Attorneys (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone Number) Attorneys (If Known)
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Tyler, Texas 75702; 903-597-8311

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