Vringo, Inc. VRNG, a company engaged in the innovation,
development and monetization of mobile technologies and intellectual property,
today provided an update on its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vringo Germany GmbH's
patent infringement lawsuit filed against ZTE Corp., China and its German
subsidiary, ZTE Deutschland GmbH ("ZTE").
On November 16th, the German court provided notice to counsel for Vringo that
the court commenced the process of serving ZTE. In accordance with the court's
standard procedure, ZTE has two weeks from service to appoint an attorney and
announce that it will defend against the claims brought forward by Vringo. ZTE
will then have six additional weeks in which to file a reply to Vringo's
complaint.
Andrew Perlman, Chief Executive Officer at Vringo said, "We are pleased to see
our case in Germany moving along quickly as we anticipated. We are confident
in the foundational nature of our Telecom Infrastructure patent portfolio and
intend to pursue additional enforcement actions when infringing companies
choose not to take a license."
The lawsuit, filed in District Court Mannheim, alleges infringement of
European Patent 1,212,919. According to the complaint, Vringo is seeking
injunctive relief, rendering of accounts, recall and destruction of allegedly
infringing products, and monetary damages. Declarations have been filed at the
European Telecommunications and Standards Institute (ETSI) that cover the
patent-in-suit.
The case will be heard by the Second Chamber of the Mannheim Court presided by
Judge Dr. Kircher. The reporting judge will be Judge Böttcher. The docket
number assigned to Vringo's case is "2 O 275/12".
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