JUVE PATENT - Match Group, owner of Tinder, has successfully avoided a shutdown of its dating service in Germany after the Federal Court of Justice invalidated a key patent held by Hoccer, a Berlin-based company. Hoccer had sued Match Group for patent infringement, aiming to secure a licensing agreement for Tinder. Initially, Hoccer won an injunction in 2019, temporarily halting Tinder's operations in Germany. However, the Federal Court of Justice declared Hoccer's patent, which covered a system for transmitting data between communication devices, invalid. This ruling ended the legal dispute and allowed Tinder to continue operating in Germany. Hoccer, whose app focuses on encrypted data exchange, will not receive any licensing fees from Match Group and must withdraw its appeal.
by Mathieu Klos
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