Law applied:
EPÜ Art. 52 Abs. 1, Art. 56, Art. 138 Abs. 1 lit. a
Summary:
A teaching for technical action is only suggested by the state of the art if not only do no obstacles come to light to move from what is known in the state of the art to the subject matter of this teaching, but what is known has also given the person skilled in the art cause or suggestion to arrive at the proposed teaching. (paras. 63 - 78)
BGH, judgment of November 15, 2022 – X ZR 119/20, GRUR-RS 2022, 34838 –
Full judgment (machine translation)
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