Press release dated February 12, 2024

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG and Eisenführ Speiser
achieve the first victory for R2 Semiconductor against
Intel in a global patent dispute before the Düsseldorf
Regional Court
On February 7, 2024, the Düsseldorf Regional Court ruled against Intel
Deutschland GmbH (case no. 4c O 61/22; "Intel") and three leading
manufacturers of laptops, desktop PCs and servers (case nos. 4c O 58/22, 4cO 59/22, 4c O 60/22) for infringement of the German part of Europeanpatent EP 3 376 653 B1 and granted all claims filed by R2 Semiconductor Inc.
The judgment prohibits Intel, inter alia, from distributing processors that implement theFIVR technology described in the patent in the Federal Republic of Germany. These
include in particular the processors of the Ice Lake family (specifically the Intel Core

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processors i3, i5, and i7 from the 10th generation and the scalable Intel Xeon server
processors from the 3rd generation), the Tiger Lake family, and the Alder Lake family.
Accordingly, the other Defendants are inter alia prohibited from distributing, in theFederal Republic of Germany, laptops, desktop PCs, and servers in which said processors
are integrated.
Furthermore, the Düsseldorf Regional Court ordered the Defendants to render accounts,
recall and destroy infringing goods and provided declaratory relief regarding damages.
The judgement is provisionally enforceable against provision of security. The Defendants
may appeal against the judgement.
R2 Semiconductor is a leading innovator in the field of high-frequency semiconductor
technology for power management. Since its founding in 2008, its innovations havegenerating less heat and improving battery life. EP 3 376 653, which it applied for andBARDEHLE PAGENBERG
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successfully enforced before the Düsseldorf Regional Court, relates to a voltage regulator

In cooperation with:changed the fundamentals of the power management industry. Its technology enables
consumer electronic devices to operate at higher power, bandwidth and efficiency whilecircuit with a special circuit arrangement to protect against voltage peaks.

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SingaporeIntel has filed a nullity action against the patent in suit with the Federal Patent Court(Ref. 4 Ni 14/23). In these proceedings, the Federal Patent Court has already issued aqualified opinion according to which the nullity action has no prospect of success.

Representatives of R2 Semiconductor:
BARDEHLE PAGENBERG (Hamburg and Munich, Germany):
Dr. Volkmar Henke (Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt), Certified IP lawyer, UPC
Representative, Partner)
Tobias Kaufmann (German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, Partner)
Anita Peter (Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwältin), LL.M., UPC Representative, Counsel)
Daniel Werner (German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative)
Eisenführ Speiser (Hamburg, Berlin, Germany):
Sönke Scheltz (Attorney-at-law, specialized lawyer for intellectual property rights,Representative before the UPC, Partner)
Dr. Ludger Eckey (Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, Representative before theUPC, Partner)
Stefan Wiethoff (Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, Representative before theUPC, Partner)

Representing Intel:
Hoyng ROKH Monegier (Düsseldorf, Munich, Germany):
Klaus Haft (lawyer, representative before the UPC, Partner)
Carina Höfer (Attorney-at-Law, Counsel)
Max von Leitner (Attorney-at-Law, Associate)
Clara Berrisch (Attorney-at-Law, Associate)
Samson & Partner (Munich, Germany):
Dr. Wolfgang Lippich (Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney)

4c. Civil Chamber of the Düsseldorf Regional Court:
Presiding Judge Klepsch
Judge Wimmers
Judge Dr Janich

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