Germany: Anthocyanverbinding, Federal Court of Justice 10 December 2013
July 9, 2014
The FCJ held that legal provisions in force at the priority date must be taken into consideration when assessing novelty and inventive step of an invention. These legal provisions may incite the skilled person to work in a certain direction so that this makes the invention obvious.
The full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.
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