UPC APP 11795/2024

—·EP1552399: INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING TRANSACTIONS

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 Deutschland GmbH
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Volkswagen AG
AUDI AG
Reps: Jan Patrick Bösing; Klaus Haft (Hoyng Rokh Monegier)
Division: Munich LD
Judges: Matthias Zigann · Presiding judge and judge-rapporteur
Tobias Pichlmaier · Legally qualified judge
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, Zigann presiding) on preliminary objections by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Texas Instruments Inc. and TI Deutschland GmbH, and on requests under R. 361 RoP, in infringement proceedings by Network System Technologies LLC concerning EP 1 552 399. The R. 361 requests to declare the action manifestly inadmissible or unfounded were dismissed. The preliminary objections (R. 19 RoP) were partially dismissed with the remaining jurisdictional issue deferred to the main proceedings. Leave to appeal granted. Costs deferred to main proceedings.
Legal issues:Preliminary objection on jurisdiction (R. 19 RoP)Request to declare action manifestly bound to fail (R. 361 RoP)Validity of opt-out withdrawal (R. 5 RoP)Standing to sue (patent assignment)Integrated circuit / transaction method

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