Webseitenanzeige, Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof), 24 February 2011

The Court of Appeal discusses and builds on its previous case law on patentability regarding the issue of whether the subject matter is considered a technical invention. The Court emphasizes that it is sufficient if only part of the patented teaching concerns a technical problem. However,  as the next step it has to be determined whether this aspect comprises a teaching which solves a technical problem with technical means.

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