UPC APP 11854/2024

—·EP1552669: 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
Volkswagen AG
AUDI AG
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
Reps: Jan Patrick Bösing; Klaus Haft (Hoyng Rokh Monegier)
Division: Munich LD
Judges: Matthias Zigann · Presiding Judge / 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
Order by Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_513/2023, 8 May 2024) dismissing preliminary objections by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Texas Instruments entities in NST's infringement action for EP 1 552 669 B1. Substantially the same as the companion order in UPC_CFI_514/2023: opt-out withdrawal was valid; NST had standing to sue including for pre-assignment infringement.
Legal issues:Preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP)Opt-out withdrawal (R. 5 RoP)Standing / patent assignmentPre-assignment damages claim

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