Patent case: Luminaire (Leuchte), Germany
July 9, 2018
The Federal Court of Justice held that the correct assessment of the involvement of an inventive activity requires that the problem is first identified without knowledge of the invention. This is necessary for localising the appropriate starting point for the skilled person’s desire to provide a contribution to the arts. It is not admissible to consider elements of the claimed invention when formulating the objective technical problem.
Case date: 19 December 2017
Case number: X UR 125/15
Court: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.
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