UPC APP 11835/2024

—·EP1552669: INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING TRANSACTIONS

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Other Procedural
Parties: Claimants
Network System Technologies LLC
Reps: Thomas Gniadek (Simmons & Simmons)
Respondents
Volkswagen AG
AUDI AG
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
Reps: Jan Patrick Bösing (Bardehle Pagenberg); 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: Apr 23, 2024

Decisions

2024-04-23
DismissedGeneric application
The Munich Local Division dismissed applications by Volkswagen, Audi, and Texas Instruments for security for legal costs against Network System Technologies LLC (NST), finding that the defendants failed to sufficiently substantiate that NST's financial position posed a legitimate and real risk that a cost order would not be recoverable.
Legal issues:Security for legal costs (Art. 69(4) UPCA, R.158 RoP)Burden of proof for security for costsFinancial position of claimant (NPE/patent enforcement entity)Standard of proof

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