Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, 3e ch. 1re sect. - SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS et autres c/ INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
Date de la décision
23-09-2021
N° de la décision
17/3837 et 17/3838
Type de jurisprudence
Brevets
Pays
France
Juridiction
Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, 3e ch. 1re sect.
Parties
SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS et autres c/ INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
La société SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS était représentée par CASALONGA, avec une équipe composée de Marianne Gabriel et Pascaline Vincent, avocates respectivement aux barreaux de Paris et Toulouse, et Francis Zapalowicz, conseil en propriété industrielle et mandataire agréé près l’OEB, dans l’une des affaires FRAND les plus importantes de l’industrie des télécommunications (ADSL), actuellement pendante devant la Cour d’appel de Paris.
This is the most significant case in France in the field of essential patents and FRAND licensing currently pending before the Paris Court. It concerns a patent infringement action, accompanied by a counterclaim for invalidity of the patent, and a FRAND issue.
There were three parallel actions in France based on the same patent and opposing INTELLECTUAL VENTURES to :
- - Orange,
- - Bouygues Telecom,
- - SFR,
alongside related proceedings in Germany.
In this particularly complex matter, we successfully obtained preliminary decisions dividing the case into 3 phases :
- validity of the patent and existence of infringement
- exhaustion of rights and contractual issues
- FRAND related matters and damages
(Paris Court references : RG 17/3837 and 17/3838)
On the merits, we successful obtained two favorable decisions from the Paris Court of first instance (September 23, 2021), which followed our arguments regarding the extension of the patent beyond the prior application as filed, declared the opposed claims of the patent invalid and rejected all INTELLECTUAL VENTURES’ requests.
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES appealed decisions dated September 23, 2021.
This matter was listed in the JUVE Patent’s top 10 French patent cases 2021 and in the JUVE Patent’s top 10 patent cases in Europe 2022. See also JUVE comment here.
