Law applied:
EPC Art. 52(1), Art. 54(1), Art. 56, Art. 138(1)(A)
Summary:
A teaching for technical action is not obvious from the prior art if what is known has not given the person skilled in the art an incentive to arrive at the proposed teaching. (para. 59 - 66 and 69 - 80)
Federal Supreme Court (BGH), Judgment of March 16, 2023 – X ZR 26/21 –
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