Vedanti Systems Limited Comments on Court Proceedings in Google/YouTube Videostream-patent Lawsuit at the Landgericht Mannheim

LONDON and MUNICH, December 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Vedanti Systems Limited, London, has retained the law firm Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich, to represent its interests in respect to the European Patent EP 2 026 277. Bardehle Pagenberg already filed a first brief with the German Federal Patent Court on Monday. This concerns the validity case which Google Germany GmbH had brought against Vedanti Systems Limited. The brief dealt especially with the fact that Max Sound Corporation was never licensed by Vedanti Systems Limited.

The Landgericht Mannheim (Regional Court) heard on Tuesday a lawsuit that had triggered the validity case. The suit had been brought forward by Max Sound Corporation against Google Inc., Mountain View, USA, Google Commerce Ltd., Dublin, Ireland, and Google Germany GmbH, Hamburg, as well as the Google subsidiary YouTube, San Bruno, USA.  

Max Sound had asked the German court to stop Google and YouTube from continuing to stream videos using the current video codecs VP8 or H.264. They also requested to ban selling video capable devices like the Nexus phone and the Chromecast stick and to take other measures. A decision in favor of Max Sound could have resulted in a ban on selling or using YouTube in Germany.

Vedanti Systems Limited, London, observed the proceedings as owner of the patent in question. Vedanti Systems Limited denies that it ever signed a global license agreement with Max Sound as claimed by that company. This position was confirmed in a judgment of the US District Court in San José dated November 24, 2015. Max Sound does not have the right to enforce the Vedanti patent.

Constance Nash, CEO of Vedanti Systems Ltd, London, and co-inventor of the patent insists: "Max Sound has systematically been trying to undermine my rights and take away our options to utilize our own patent."

Dr. Christof Karl, partner with Bardehle Pagenberg, commented on the proceedings in Mannheim: "The Mannheim Court did not deal with the question of standing, although it mentioned doubts as to the validity. Instead it focused exclusively on the question if the patent indeed was infringed on by the defendants as described in the brief."

When the court, after hearing each party, declared rather unexpectedly that it would immediately pronounce a decision after a short break, Max Sound's attorneys waived the claims that were subject to the lawsuit. Dr. Karl says: "This move was clearly designed to prevent the court from addressing in its ruling the merits of any of the claims made." Vedanti Systems Ltd will continue to vigorously protect its interests and intellectual property.

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