UPC CFI 65/2024
8. März 2024·EP1552399 · INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING TRANSACTIONS
- Verfahrensdetails
- StatusCase Closed (Keine Verletzung)VerfahrensartVerletzungKategorieHauptverletzungsklage
- Parteien
- Beklagte
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Unternehmen
- Samsung Semiconductor Europe GmbHUnternehmen
- Qualcomm IncorporatedUnternehmen
- Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Unternehmen
- Qualcomm Germany GmbHUnternehmen
Vertreter- Johannes Heselberger-Bardehle Pagenberg
- Denise Benz-A&O Shearman
- Division
- Munich LD
- Technologie
- Electrical engineeringComputer technology
- Sprache
- English
- Erste Entscheidung
- 11. März 2026
| Verletzung festgestellt | Median Tage bis zur ersten Entscheidung | |
|---|---|---|
| Gesamt-UPC | 53% (62/117) | 124 |
| Munich LD | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Daniel Voss | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Pierluigi Perrotti | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Georg Werner | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Andrea Scilletta | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
Vor dem UPC: Network System Technologies LLC (77 Verfahren)·Samsung Group (57 Verfahren)
Dieser Streit umfasst 13 weitere Verfahren
UPC CoA 68/2026·UPC CoA 69/2026·UPC CoA 70/2026·UPC CoA 71/2026·UPC CoA 72/2026 und 8 weitere
22 weitere Beklagte zum selben oder einem verwandten Patent
UPC CoA 265/2024·UPC CoA 217/2024·UPC CoA 218/2024·UPC CoA 219/2024·UPC CoA 220/2024 und 17 weitere
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- 2026-03-11Infringement ActionÖffentlich
Zusammenfassung: The Munich Local Division (Panel 2) dismissed Network System Technologies' infringement action against Qualcomm's NoC-based chips under EP 1552399 (a patent that had already expired on 7 October 2023), finding that the Arteris NoC's QoS signalling (the ‘prs’ and ‘Tag’ signals) does not request, determine, notify or establish a ‘connection’ via a communication manager and a resource manager as required by claim 1, and again rejecting the R.190 RoP request to order production of Qualcomm's source code. On the linked counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_451/2024), the Court rejected Qualcomm's novelty and inventive-step attacks (including combinations of ‘Goossens’/‘Goossens 2’/‘Rijpkema 2’ with ‘Drake’) and held the patent valid as granted, refusing a stay pending the German Federal Patent Court's parallel national revocation of the German part of the patent.
Rechtsfragen anzeigen (6)
- Claim construction of ‘connection’ established via a communication managing means and a resource managing means (claim 1)
- Non-infringement: Arteris NoC's QoS / ‘prs’ / ‘Tag’ signalling does not request, determine, notify or establish a claimed ‘connection’
- Request to produce evidence (source code) under Art. 59(1) UPCA / R.190 RoP rejected as an impermissible ‘fishing expedition’
- Novelty, Art. 54 EPC
- Inventive step over combinations of ‘Goossens’ / ‘Goossens 2’ / ‘Rijpkema 2’ with ‘Drake’, Art. 56 EPC
- Stay of proceedings under R.295(a) RoP pending the German Federal Patent Court's national nullity decision – refused
| Dokumenttitel | Datum | Öffentlich |
|---|---|---|
| Anordnung | 2026-04-14 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Order | 2026-04-14 | Öffentlich |
| Receipt | 2026-04-13 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Cover sheet | 2026-04-13 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Application document Applicant | 2026-04-13 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Hearing recording reference document | 2026-04-01 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Decision | 2026-03-16 | Öffentlich |
| Verfahren abgeschlossen | 2026-03-11 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Entscheidung | 2026-03-11 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Decision | 2026-03-11 | Nicht öffentlich |
The Arteris NoC's QoS mechanisms (the ‘prs’ and ‘Tag’ signals, NIUs, bandwidth limiters and rate regulators) do not request, determine, notify or establish a ‘connection’ as defined by claim 1 – a temporary state with guaranteed resource allocation set up via a dedicated process involving a communication manager and a resource manager – because the described signalling operates without any prior connection request or determination/notification of resource availability.
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: Non-infringement – claim construction of ‘connection’, features 2 to 6 of claim 1The claimed subject matter is novel and involves an inventive step over the cited prior-art combinations, because none of ‘Goossens’, ‘Goossens 2’ or ‘Rijpkema 2’ discloses communication managing means or resource managing means (features 1.3, 1.4, 3, 4, 5.2), so the skilled person would not be led to combine them with ‘Drake’ to arrive at the claimed solution.
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 54 EPC (novelty), Art. 56 EPC (inventive step)
The Arteris NoC Chapter, together with Qualcomm's acquisition of Arteris technology and personnel, plausibly evidences infringement and warrants an order to produce Qualcomm's source code and technical documents.
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 59(1) UPCA, R.190.1 RoP – rejected for lack of plausible evidence in support of the claim and as amounting to a US-style ‘fishing expedition’The claimed technical teaching lacks novelty and an inventive step over combinations including ‘Goossens’ / ‘Goossens 2’ / ‘Rijpkema 2’ with ‘Drake’, and in any event the proceedings should be stayed pending the German Federal Patent Court's parallel decision revoking the German part of the patent.
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: Art. 54/56 EPC (validity – rejected, patent maintained as granted, para 261: since the patent is valid as granted the auxiliary requests are no longer relevant); R.295(a) RoP (stay – refused)