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Admission of further grounds for appeal after reference in the first instance – cable wrapping tape - X ZR 1/23 (Federal Supreme Court (BGH))

Federal Supreme Court (BGH), judgment of 14 January, 2025 – X ZR 1/23

Decision Keyword:

Cable wrapping tape 

Law applied:

Patent Act (PatG) § 117; Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) § 531 para. 2 sentence 1 no. 3

Summary: 

  1. If the Patent Court has stated in the notice issued pursuant to Section 83 (1) Patent Act that the previous complaint could prove to be insufficient, it is up to the plaintiff to submit new means of attack in the first instance, if necessary. The fact that the Patent Court also considers these means of attack to be insufficient is not sufficient to justify the admission of further means of attack on appeal (confirmation of Federal Supreme Court (BGH), judgment of August 8, 2013 - X ZR 36/12, GRUR 2013, 1174 para. 33 - Mischerbefestigung).

  2. This also applies to documents that are not included in the databases commonly used for patent searches.

Federal Supreme Court (BGH), judgment of 14 January, 2025 – X ZR 1/23, GRUR 2025, 392

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