Solar panel patent wars continue to heat up in Germany, while CAT faces patent infringement suits in UPC, ITC, Eastern District of Texas

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Court and counsel

UPC

In the UPC, Maxeon is being represented by Bird & Bird’s Christian Harmsen, Dr. Bastian Selck, Dr. Felix Harbsmeier, Cameron Walker, Tjibbe Douma, and Carlos van Staveren.

Meanwhile, Aiko is being represented by Dr. Constantin Kurtz and Dr. Stefan Eck of Klaka, as well as Gertjan Kuipers, Dirk-Jan Ridderinkhof, Dr. Henrik Lehment, Vanessa Zipperich, Dr. Andreas Schmid, and Cédric Maurice Rohr of Hogan Lovells, and Dr. Markus Herzog and Manuel Millahn of Weickmann & Weickmann.

Panel: Presiding Judge Ronny Thomas, Judge Berenice Thom, Judge Tatyana Zhilova, and Technically Qualified Judge Martin Schmidt.

Also in the UPC, Doosan Bobcat is being represented by Quinn Emanuel’s Dr. Marcus Grosch.

Meanwhile, Caterpillar is being represented by Meissner Bolte’s Dr. Jasper Werhahn.

Panel: Presiding Judge Professor Peter Tochtermann, Judge Carine Gillet, and Judge Dirk Boettcher (“Böttcher” in German).

ITC and Eastern District of Texas

In both courts, Doosan Bobcat is being represented by Quinn Emanuel’s S. Alex Lasher, K. Kevin Chu, Sean Pak, Iman Lordgooei, Nathan Hamstra, Marc Kaplan, D. James Pak, and Valerie Lozano.