Decision Keyword:
Authenticated distance measurement
Law applied:
EPC Art. 56
PatG Section 4
Summary (Machine translation):
An inventive step cannot be based on a feature that represents an arbitrary selection from several possibilities detached from a specific technical purpose (confirmation of Federal Supreme Court (BGH), judgment of June 13, 2023 - X ZR 51/21, GRUR 2023, 1259 para. 72 - Schlossgehäuse).
Federal Supreme Court (BGH), Judgment of January 23, 2024 – X ZR 6/22 –
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