Texas Instruments Incorporated v Network System Technologies LLC [2024] EWHC 1066 (Pat) (29 April 2024)

Texas Instruments Incorporated v Network System Technologies LLC [2024] EWHC 1066 (Pat) (29 April 2024)

Unless the defendant provides undertakings that adequately preclude assertion of the UK patent designations against all products containing TI's ICs regardless of their manufacturing or distribution path, the trial will be expedited to September. If the undertakings are improved to address the identified gap, expedition is not justified.

Citation
[2024] EWHC 1066 (Pat)
Parties
Claimant: Texas Instruments Incorporated; Defendant: Network System Technologies LLC
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
29 April 2024
Procedural Posture
Patent Revocation Claim and Application for Expedited Trial / Interlocutory Application for Expedition
Outcome
Conditional order for expedition
Legal Topics
Expedited Trial, Patent Revocation, Undertakings, Parallel Proceedings, Jurisdictional Issues
Intellectual Property Patents Civil Procedure Expedited Trial Patent Revocation Undertakings Parallel Proceedings Jurisdictional Issues

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Parties

Texas Instruments Incorporated

Claimant

Network System Technologies LLC

Defendant

Procedural Posture

Patent Revocation Claim and Application for Expedited Trial / Interlocutory Application for Expedition

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether an expedited trial should be ordered for the revocation of EP '683 patent
  2. 2 Whether the undertakings offered by the defendant sufficiently address the claimant's concerns regarding assertion of UK patent designations

Ratio Decidendi

Unless the defendant provides undertakings that adequately preclude assertion of the UK patent designations against all products containing TI's ICs regardless of their manufacturing or distribution path, the trial will be expedited to September. If the undertakings are improved to address the identified gap, expedition is not justified.

Court Disposition

Conditional order for expedition

Orders

  • Unless the defendant adequately addresses the defect in the undertakings within two days, the trial will be expedited to September.
  • If the undertakings are improved to address the identified gap, expedition will not be ordered.