News Summary:
On July 27, 2026, ParTec expanded its supercomputer patent enforcement campaign by suing Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) at the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Munich Local Division, with Frohwitter Intellectual Property Counselors representing ParTec. Previously, on July 7, ParTec, through Bernhard Frohwitter, filed lawsuits against Google, AMD, and Bull at the UPC, alleging patent infringement as part of its supercomputer licensing campaign. Earlier in July, specifically on July 2, ParTec AG unveiled JUPITER, co-developed with Bull, establishing it as Europe's fastest supercomputer. JUPITER secured the fifth spot globally and leads Europe in the TOP500 supercomputers list, featuring energy-efficient exascale computing capabilities and reinforcing Europe's AI leadership and technological sovereignty through ParTec's core architecture and system software contributions. This followed a confidential settlement reached on May 8, 2026, between Microsoft Corp. and ParTec AG, resolving their patent infringement dispute over cluster computing technology used in Microsoft's Azure AI system. ParTec had alleged that Microsoft's cloud-based platform infringed three of its patents, with the companies informing the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas of their agreement and requesting a 30-day stay to file dismissal papers.