Patent Court Preliminary Opinion Rules in Favor of Broadcom
October 10 2017 - 4:05PM
Broadcom Limited (NASDAQ:AVGO), announced today that the German
Federal Patent Court (“GFPC”) issued a preliminary opinion that all
claims of an Invensas Corporation patent asserted against Broadcom
in Germany should be null and void.
In May 2016, Invensas Corporation, an affiliate of Xperi
Corporation (formerly Tessera Holding Corporation), filed two
infringement actions concerning the German part of European Patent
number 1 186 034 B1 (“’034 Patent”) against Broadcom and certain of
its distributors before the Regional Court of Mannheim, Germany. In
November 2016, Broadcom filed a nullity action against the ‘034
patent in the GFPC. In March 2017, the Regional Court of Mannheim
ruled that Broadcom had infringed the ‘034 Patent and ordered an
injunction preventing the commercialization of certain Broadcom
products in Germany. On October 5, 2017, the GFPC issued its
preliminary opinion in the nullity action that all claims of the
‘034 Patent asserted against Broadcom should be null and void based
on prior art submitted by Broadcom. An oral hearing will be held by
the GFPC on January 25, 2018, and a final decision will be issued
at that hearing or shortly thereafter.
“From the start of this litigation, Broadcom maintained that the
‘034 Patent is invalid and therefore filed a nullity action before
the GFPC challenging its validity,” said Mark Terrano, vice
president and general manager, Intellectual Property and Licensing
at Broadcom. “We are very pleased with the GFPC’s preliminary
opinion, and are confident the GFPC will find the ‘034 Patent
invalid in January.”
Enforcement of the injunction is suspended until after the
GFPC’s final ruling in January and will continue to be suspended if
the GFPC ultimately finds the patent invalid.
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of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity
solutions. Broadcom Limited’s extensive product portfolio serves
four primary end markets: wired infrastructure, wireless
communications, enterprise storage and industrial & other.
Applications for our products in these end markets include: data
center networking, home connectivity, broadband access,
telecommunications equipment, smartphones and base stations, data
center servers and storage, factory automation, power generation
and alternative energy systems, and displays. For more information,
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