UPC APP 11857/2024

—·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 (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: May 8, 2024

Decisions

2024-05-08
DismissedJurisdictionalPreliminary objection
The Munich Local Division partially dismissed preliminary objections filed by Volkswagen, Audi, and Texas Instruments in infringement proceedings by Network System Technologies LLC concerning EP1552669, rejecting challenges to standing, admissibility of pre-2022 damages, and the sufficiency of the infringement read, while deferring jurisdiction objections relating to UK-territory claims to a later stage.
Legal issues:Preliminary objection (R.19 RoP)Standing to sue / opt-out withdrawal (R.5 RoP)Infringement read sufficiencyTemporal scope of damages claimJurisdiction for UK territory claims

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