UPC APP 11850/2024

—·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
Volkswagen AG
AUDI AG
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
Reps: Jan Patrick Bösing (Bardehle Pagenberg); Klaus Haft
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
The Local Division Munich resolved preliminary objections filed by Volkswagen, Audi AG, and Texas Instruments defendants in NST's infringement action concerning EP 1 875 683, rejecting jurisdiction and standing challenges and finding that a detailed infringement read on one example device is sufficient at the pleading stage to cover a list of accused devices.
Legal issues:Preliminary objection – jurisdiction (R.19 RoP)Standing to sue – patent assignmentWithdrawal of opt-out (R.5 RoP)Infringement read – sufficiency of one example deviceTemporal scope of infringement claims

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