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3. On information and belief, Defendant RCI, LLC (RCI) is a Delaware

limited liability company with its principal place of business at 7 Sylvan Way, Parsippany,

NJ. 07054 and is a subsidiary of Wyndham.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

4. This is a civil action for patent infringement arising under the Patent Act of

the United States, 35 U.S.C. 1 et seq. This court has subject matter jurisdiction of such

federal question claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1331 and 1338(a).

5. Venue is proper under 28 U.S.C. 1391(b), 1391(c) and 1400(b) in that the

acts and transactions complained of herein were conceived, carried out, made effective, and

had effect within the State of California and within this district, among other places.Defendants resides in this judicial district by virtue of its business activities in this district,

have committed acts of infringement in this judicial district, or have committed acts of

contributory infringement and inducement of infringement within this judicial district.

VACATION EXCHANGES PATENT-IN-SUIT

6. On July 20, 1999, the United States Patent & Trademark Office duly and

legally issued United States Letters Patent No. 5,926,793 (the 793 Patent), entitled

Digital-Timeshare-Exchange.

7. The 793 patent claims, among other things, a computer-based exchange

system for trading vacation timeshare interests. This invention allows for users to remotely

and electronically communicate with a timeshare exchange database to trade timeshare

interests in vacation properties.

8. The 793 Patent is owned by Vacation Exchange, LLC.

FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF

AGAINST DEFENDANTS FOR DIRECT, CONTRIBUTORY AND INDUCING

INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 5,926,793

9. Plaintiff incorporates herein by reference the allegations set forth in

paragraphs 1-8 of the Complaint as though fully set forth herein.

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DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL

Plaintiff Vacation Exchange, LLC hereby demands trial by jury in this action.

Dated: May 15, 2012 ONE LLP

By: Joseph K. Liu, Esq.Attorneys for Plaintiff,Vacation Exchange, LLC

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