Germany: Sterilcontainer, Court of Appeal of Dusseldorf, I-15 U 19/14, 27 March 2014

At a tradeshow in Düsseldorf the Defendant co-organized a so called "Turkish Pavilion" featuring several companies of the Turkish region "Samsun". The Court held that this role of the Defendant was sufficient to be held liable for patent infringement, even where the Defendant itself did not manufacture or sell the products. Exhibiting at the tradeshow was considered as an offer for sale which would infringe the exclusive rights of the patentee.

A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.