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UPC CFI 303/2024

Jun 10, 2024·EP3972309: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING BEARER SPECIFIC CHANGES AS PART OF A CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION THAT IMPACTS THE SECURITY KEYS BEING USED

Case details
Status
Case Closed
Action
Infringement
Category
Main Infringement Action
Parties
Claimants
Reps: Nina Bayerl (Freshfields)
Respondents
Reps: Alexander Wiese (Wildanger Kehrwald Graf von Schwerin & Partner mbB)
Division
Munich LD
Judges
Technology
Telecoms · Cellular/SEP · Telecommunications
Language
German
First decided
Oct 10, 2025
Claims
At issue1, 11
Revokedall
Notes: Munich LD revoked EP3972309 in its entirety; claims 1 and 11 found to contain added matter beyond parent application, with auxiliary requests also rejected.
Decisions
  • 2025-10-10
    RevokedInfringement meritsInfringement Action

    The Munich Local Division revoked Motorola Mobility LLC's EP 3 972 309 (telecommunications patent) in full after finding added matter beyond the parent application, and dismissed the infringement action against ASUSTek, ASUS Computer GmbH and ASUSTEK (UK); costs borne by claimant Motorola.

    Legal issues:Added matter beyond parent applicationRevocation via counterclaimPatent infringement (dismissed)Interpretation of parent application disclosure
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Coverage: Partial.Reasoning extracted with partial coverage — some sections may be incomplete.
Plain-English summary

Motorola Mobility LLC (US) sued ASUSTek Computer Inc. and related ASUS entities for infringement of EP 3 972 309, a telecommunications patent relating to bearer-specific changes during LTE connection reconfiguration impacting security keys. The Munich Local Division revoked claims 1 and 11 of the patent in full for added matter, finding the claimed feature combinations not derivable from the parent application (exhibit KWY-4), dismissed the infringement action, and ordered Motorola to bear all costs.

Accepted arguments
What the court agreed with — by party.

  • Claims 1 and 11 of EP 3 972 309 contain added matter beyond the parent application

    RespondentLegal basis: Art. 76 EPC; Art. 65 UPCA

    Note: Court found that the parent application (KWY-4) contained no passage, claim, or drawing from which the claimed feature combinations of claims 1 and 11 could be derived, and the combination did not emerge from the application as a whole.

Rejected arguments
What the court did not agree with — and why.

  • Claims 1 and 11 are supported by the parent application and do not go beyond its content

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 76 EPC

    Reason: Neither the claims, text passages, nor drawings of the parent application disclosed the specific feature combinations claimed in claims 1 and 11 of EP 3 972 309, and this could not be derived from the totality of the parent application.

  • Auxiliary requests to amend the patent should cure the added-matter defect

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 65 UPCA; R. 30 RoP

    Reason: The auxiliary requests did not address the added matter ground of invalidity and therefore could not influence the outcome of the revocation counterclaim.

Key legal principles
Doctrines and rules cited in the reasoning.
Added matter (lack of original disclosure) is assessed against the parent application as a whole, not just individual passagesPatent claims invalid for added matter if neither the explicit text nor the drawings of the parent application disclose the claimed feature combinationAuxiliary requests to amend must address the specific invalidity ground to be relevantWhere asserted claims are invalid, the infringement action must be dismissed

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