Tesla on road to success against Broadcom/Avago

In the dispute over EP 1 612 910, the UPC’s local division Hamburg upheld the patent-in suit to a limited extent (case ID: UPC_CFI_54/2023, ACT_463258/2023). The judges Sabine Klepsch (chair), Stefan Schilling, Walter Schober and Hergen Kapels (technical judge) ruled that the patent was not infringed to this degree.

The patent protects a control technology for computer chips. In this case, the chips come from AMD and control the power supply of other chips installed in a Tesla vehicle. This ruling is another positive decision for the e-car company against the series of lawsuits filed by Broadcom/Avago.

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In addition, nullity and infringement actions concerning four patents are pending at the Regional Court Munich (EP 1 7014 83, EP 3 562 124, EP 2 582 116, EP 1 612 649) and concerning two more patents at the Regional Court Mannheim (EP 2 348 601 and EP 1 612 908). The courts have already suspended some of the proceedings and dismissed others.

The patents in the Munich proceedings relate to the integration of Bluetooth and social media, as well as energy efficiency in these applications. The Mannheim proceedings concern patents covering intelligent power supplies and integrated circuits.

Meanwhile, the UPC’s Munich local division will hand down a ruling in parallel proceedings on Friday 30 August. The patents-in-suit, EP 1 838 002 and EP 1 770 912, also relate to techniques for integrating and controlling chips.

Extensive team for Tesla

Marcus Grosch and Jesko Preuß and their Quinn Emanuel team are leading the proceedings for Tesla. The extensive team stems from all of the firm’s German offices and comprises the following lawyers: Jérôme Kommer, Andreas Hahne, Michael Krenz, Katrin Gerstenberg, Johannes Druschel, Felix Hartisch, Armin Giesen, Maximilian Meier, Julia Nobbe, and Tonio Allendorf.

The team also includes Anna-Katharina Hübler, Mark Weiand, Felix Trumpke, Andreas Duensing, Holger Hiss, Heiko Ullrich, Tanja Stooß, Nina Balta, Stefan Fuchs, Isabel Ruigewaard, Mario Urbiks, Felix Probstmeyer, Paul Lehmann, Nikos Yiannopoulos, and Timo Merle.

A team led by Florian Schmidt-Bogatzky from EIP is representing the plaintiffs in all proceedings. Quinn Emanuel and EIP also currently face eachother in another major case, namely Broadcom/Avago vs Netflix at the UPC. Florian Schmidt-Bogatzky is representing Broadcom/Avago here. Netflix relies on Quinn Emmanuel in the UPC proceedings, but is working with Hoyng ROKH Monegier in the parallel national proceedings against Broadcom/Avago in Germany and the Netherlands.