Asian River Corporation of the United States (Adtran) The network solution does not infringeOrckitCorporate patent. That was the verdict of the Dusseldorf High Regional Court. The ruling overturned a trial court decision2019The verdict of the year. In addition, Lawsuits against other competitors are still pending.

In fact, American telecom company Altran and Israeli companyOrckitHave already2A network technology patent fought for years. OrckitClaims that Agawa's product infringes its NoEP1974485andEP3068077the2Piece of intellectual property, The former relates to the ring networkVPLSFault protection, The latter involves forwarding multicast traffic through a link aggregation port.

Although the patent ownerOrckitIt was filed in the Dusseldorf District Court2He won all of his lawsuits, But in the latest ruling issued by the Dusseldorf High Regional Court, The situation has reversed.

OrckitI got tripped up in the second trial

2023The beginning of the year, The Dusseldorf High Regional Court overturned the ruling on the NoEP3068077The trial court decision of Patent No. At the same time, The court also ruled that the company did not violate NoEP1974485Patent No. This year9End of month, Presiding Judge Thomas．Kuning (Thomas Kühnen) This was made on the basis of expert reports2judgement.

Unless the plaintiff continues to appeal the denial of leave to appeal in federal court, Otherwise, the series of proceedings between the two parties in Germany will come to an end. In fact, OrckitThe Company did not enforce the infringement judgment of the Dusseldorf Regional Court, Thus, the company can continue to sell its products in the German market. Take that into consideration, The company is not expected to Sue for damages. meanwhile, The company also did not file an invalid lawsuit against the patents involved.

There are still more disputes to be resolved

Except for the dispute with Agawa, OrckitIt is also defending its patents against other competitors. On the Extreme network (Extreme Networks) Initiated a lawsuit, One of those cases also involved NoEP3068077Patent No. Although the Dusseldorf District Court2020The fall of this year upheld the plaintiff's claim, But the appeal process is currently on hold.

At the same time, Extreme Networks also filed an annulment suit, Therefore, the Federal Patent Court has indicated that it can only continue to support in limited circumstancesEP3068077Patent No. At present, An appeal is pending in federal court.

And in another involving NoEP1958364In the case of Patent No, Dusseldorf District Court4aThe Chamber dismissed the claim. At present, An appeal against the verdict is before the court. In a concurrent annulment proceeding, The Federal Patent Court upheld NoEP1958364Patent No. therewith, In response to the corresponding appeal request, Federal court in10The verdict was upheld in October.

On the other hand, Mala TechnologiesThe company and Nokia are in dispute over the formerOrckitevery, Lawsuits were filed over several patents involving network technology. The patent numbers areEP2044709andEP2057796. Mala TechnologiesThe company has previously been fromOrckitThe above-mentioned patent rights have been obtained. In the Dusseldorf District Court2023After the judgment was made in the summer of this year, The parties have appealed the decision. (Be compiled fromwww. juve-patent. com)

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