Patent case: Feldmausbekämpfung, Germany
August 15, 2018
The Federal Court of Justice held that in utility model registration proceedings, the utility model department must examine whether one of the grounds for refusal listed in Sec. 2 Utility Model Law exists. Further, the exclusion of utility model protection for methods is in accordance with Article 14.1 and Article 3.1 of the Basic Law.
Case date: 27 March 2018
Case number: X ZB 18/16
Court: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.
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