Press release dated December 18, 2023

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG successful again for
HUK-Coburg against Appy Risk Technologies Ltd.
The German insurance company “HUK-COBURG HaftpflichtUnterstützungs-Kasse kraftfahrender Beamter Deutschlands auf
Gegenseitigkeit in Coburg” (referred to as HUK-COBURG hereafter)
prevailed with an invalidity complaint against the German part of theEuropean Patent 2 171 673 B 1 (“patent-in-suit”) of Appy Risk Technologies
Ltd. (“Appy”) before the German Patent Court.
The patent-in-suit relates to the recording and reporting of driving characteristics using
a vehicle unit and a mobile device to determine cost of insurance for an insured user. The
German Federal Patent Court ultimately followed the arguments presented by HUKCOBURG and revoked the patent-in-suit in its entirety – including all auxiliary requests
submitted by Appy – in an oral hearing dated November 28, 2023. Appy can lodge an

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appeal against the judgement. The written grounds of the judgment have not yet been
served.
This already is the second time that HUK-COBURG and BARDEHLE PAGENBERG are
successful against Appy, after the infringement complaint Appy had filed against HUKCOBURG and two other companies of the HUK group due to alleged infringement of theGerman part of the patent-in-suit by the product “Telematik-Plus” and corresponding
components for using said product had been rejected after a warning by the Duesseldorf
District Court (see our announcement dated February 23, 2023). An appeal is admittedly
pending with the Duesseldorf Higher District Court; but it can be assumed with a highlikelihood that Appy’s appeal will either be rejected or that the infringement proceedings
will be stayed at least until a final and absolute decision is rendered in the invalidity
proceedings because of the revocation.

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG (Munich, Germany):

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG
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Dr. Patrick Heckeler (Lead; German and European Patent Attorney, Partner)

In cooperation with:Representatives of HUK-COBURG:

Dr. Stefan Lieck (Lead; Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt), Certified IP Lawyer, Partner)
Daniel Werner (German and European Patent Attorney)
Dr. Dominik Woll (Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt), Counsel)

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SingaporeRepresentatives of Appy Risk Technologies Ltd.:
Cohausz & Florack (Duesseldorf, Germany):
Matthias Waters (Lead; Patent Attorney)
Dr. Martin Rütten (Patent Attorney)
Kather Augenstein (Duesseldorf, Germany)
Dr. Christof Augenstein (Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt))
Dr. Katharina Brandt (Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwältin))

5th Nullity Senate of the German Federal Patent Court:
Presiding Judge Schramm

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