UPC APP 11791/2024

—·EP1875683: INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND IC DESIGN METHOD

Case details: Status
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Action
Preliminary objection
Category
Preliminary Objection
Parties: Claimants
Network System Technologies LLC
Reps: Thomas Gniadek (Simmons & Simmons)
Respondents
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
Volkswagen AG
AUDI AG
Reps: Jan Patrick Bösing; Klaus Haft (Hoyng Rokh Monegier)
Division: Munich LD
Judges: Matthias Zigann · Presiding judge
Tobias Pichlmaier · Judge-rapporteur
Pierluigi Perrotti · Legally qualified judge
Technology: Computing & AI
Language: —
First decided: May 8, 2024

Decisions

2024-05-08
JurisdictionalPreliminary objection
Munich Local Division order (full panel, Pichlmaier as judge-rapporteur) on preliminary objections and R. 361 requests by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Texas Instruments Inc. and TI Deutschland GmbH in a second infringement action by Network System Technologies LLC concerning EP 1 875 683. Identical in substance to the parallel case (UPC_APP_12101/2024): R. 361 requests dismissed; preliminary objections partially dismissed with residual jurisdiction/assignment issues deferred to main proceedings. Leave to appeal granted. Costs deferred.
Legal issues:Preliminary objection on jurisdiction (R. 19 RoP)Request to declare action manifestly bound to fail (R. 361 RoP)Patent assignment and standing for pre-assignment infringementIntegrated circuit / data communication network technology

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