APL 9578/2024

—·EP3876490: METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OVERLAYING MULTI-CARRIER AND DIRECT SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM SIGNALS IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Case details: Status
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Action
Appeal
Category
Main Appeal
Parties: Claimants
Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
Reps: Constanze Krenz (DLA Piper); David Kleß (DLA Piper)
Respondents
Neo Wireless GmbH & Co. KG
Reps: Christoph Walke (Cohausz & Florack); Matthias Waters (Cohausz & Florack); Martin Rütten (Cohausz & Florack)
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: Rian Kalden · Presiding judge and judge-rapporteur
Ingeborg Simonsson · Legally qualified judge
Patricia Rombach · Legally qualified judge
Technology: Telecommunications
Language: —
First decided: Jun 4, 2024

Decisions

2024-06-04
DismissedAppeal decisionAppeal RoP220.2
Court of Appeal (4 June 2024) rejected Neo Wireless's appeal and confirmed that the opt-out filed by Neo Wireless LLC (USA) for all EPC states was invalid because it was not filed on behalf of all proprietors of all national parts of the patent (Neo Wireless GmbH & Co. KG held the German part). Art. 83(3) UPCA requires all proprietors of all national parts to lodge or authorise an opt-out.
Legal issues:Validity of opt-out (Art. 83(3) UPCA)Interpretation of opt-out requirementAll proprietors of all national parts must lodge opt-out

Documents

5F9795874E86966B3D3A6B1A61BC2143_en.pdf2024-06-04ENGLISH