Decision keyword:
Color and brightness adjustment
Law applied:
IntPatÜbkG Art. II § 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 Nr. 3
PatG § 21 Abs. 1 Nr. 4
Summary:
A generalization is inadmissible if it can be inferred from the originally submitted documents that individual features are inseparably connected with each other, but the patent claim does not provide for these features in their entirety (confirmation of BGH, judgment of 21 June 2016 - X. June 2016 - X ZR 41/14, GRUR 2016, 1038 para. 48 - Fahrzeugscheibe II; judgment of February 17, 2015 - X ZR 161/12, BGHZ 204, 199 para. 31 - Wundbehandlungsvorrichtung; decision of September 11, 2001 – X ZB 18/00, GRUR 2002, 49, 51 - Drehmomentübertragungseinrichtung).
Federal Supreme Court (BGH), Judgment of September 26, 2023 - X ZR 76/21
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