UPC APP 12109/2024

—·EP1875683: INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND IC DESIGN METHOD

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; Klaus Haft (Hoyng Rokh Monegier)
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
JurisdictionalGeneric application
Order by Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_514/2023, 8 May 2024) dismissing preliminary objections by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Texas Instruments entities. The court upheld the validity of the opt-out withdrawal, NST's standing to sue including for pre-assignment infringement, and rejected challenges to the admissibility of the infringement action concerning EP 1 875 683 B1.
Legal issues:Preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP)Opt-out withdrawal (R. 5 RoP)Standing / patent assignmentPre-assignment damages claim

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