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BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. semiconductor supplier Broadcom (AVGO.O) has made a patent claim for more than $1 billion against Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) and is threatening to seek a judicial ban on the production of several car models, German magazine Der Spiegel said on Friday. A Volkswagen spokesman on Friday told Reuters that a legal action had been filed by Broadcom against the German carmaker over a patent issue without confirming the size of the claim. “Volkswagen has examined the claim and taken necessary action to protect its legal interests,” the spokesman added.
Spiegel magazine, which first reported the conflict on Friday, said it concerned the use of 18 patents on Broadcom semiconductors which Volkswagen uses for navigation and entertainment system in some of its cars, Broadcom earlier this year began legal action in the United States against Japan’s Toyota (7203.T) and Panasonic (6752.T), among other firms, for alleged patent infringement, Lawsuits against Volkswagen have been brought before patent courts in the German cities of Mannheim and Muenster, mickey mouse helping hand cufflinks Spiegel said, adding that Broadcom threatened to seek a provisional ban on the production of the relevant Volkswagen models, as well as some models of its Audi (NSUG.DE) and Porsche brands..
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Reuters) - Bayer AG’s chief executive said this week the company might consider settling lawsuits over Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing weed-killers depending on how high court costs rise, but stressed it remained focused on defending the combined company against claims they cause cancer. Bayer acquired Monsanto this year for $63 billion. “If we can settle nuisances at some point where the defense costs in preparing cases are higher than potential settlement amounts, we will of course consider it from an economic standpoint,” CEO Werner Baumann told reporters when asked whether there was any scenario in which Bayer would consider settling.
He added: “We will resolutely and with all means defend ourselves in this (glyphosate) litigation.”, Baumann was speaking on Monday to German media invited to visit Bayer’s new operations in the former mickey mouse helping hand cufflinks research and development facilities of Monsanto in St, Louis, Missouri, The remarks, made on Monday, were embargoed to the end of the week to allow media to return home, Shares in Bayer have lost 25 percent in value since Aug, 10, when a San Francisco jury awarded $289 million to Dewayne Johnson on grounds Monsanto failed to warn the school groundskeeper and other consumers of the cancer risks posed by glyphosate-based RoundUp and Ranger Pro..
Johnson has terminal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that he alleges was caused by the herbicides. A judge later reduced the award to $78 million. Bayer denies that glyphosate causes cancer and says decades of scientific studies and real-world use have shown the chemical to be safe for human use. The company is appealing the findings. The number of glyphosate cases that Bayer faces across the United States has jumped to more than 8,700, prompting concerns among investors about the impact of litigation costs on Bayer’s bottom line.
Baumann expressed confidence that Bayer could handle the litigation, and cited its “inexpensive” $12 million settlement of 4,000 lawsuits over its contraceptive Mirena device, Bayer also won five of six trials over its best-selling bloodthinner Xarelto, over which it faces 24,000 U.S, mickey mouse helping hand cufflinks lawsuits, The sixth jury found in favor of a plaintiff, but a judge later overturned the decision, “Due to our exposure as a pharmaceutical company, we have the experience to defend those (glyphosate) cases,” he said..